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It is difficult to ignore certain struggles that our nation is facing today; one of which happens to be Alzheimer’s disease. This disease causes dementia over an extended period of time due to damage and shrinkage of the brain. The exact cause of this expensive health issue is still unknown. An estimated 5.1 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s …

You have enough things on your mind. Your hair loss shouldn’t be one of them. CONGRATULATTIONS! You’ve had your last chemotherapy treatment! Soon your hair will get back to “normal”, right? Not so fast, chemo still has surprises in store for you. Chemotherapy drugs are very strong… meant to kill fast growing cancerous cells. However, they can also attack fast …

By W.L. “Hunter” Huntley, III, HAS, BC-HIS The month of August is noted for raising awareness of National Safety Month. However, most people do not associate this with hearing properly.  Inadequate hearing can sometimes jeopardize an individual’s ability to hear in complex or dangerous situations, or even locate which direction sounds are coming from.  Simply walking across the street can …

Twenty years ago this July, local ophthalmologist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, started his practice, then called Florida Eye Health, in a medical office building at Lee Memorial Hospital. He moved to his current Fort Myers location at 12731 New Brittany Blvd. in 1996.  He now heads a multi-physician, multi-office practice that incorporates the latest technologies to provide patients throughout …

The thought of surgery can be stressful and frightening, however, surgery to remove the gallbladder is a common procedure. Most people do not know what a gallbladder is or where it is located; that is, until there is a problem. The gallbladder is a very small, pear-shaped organ that resides directly below the liver in the upper right section of …

By Dee Merritt The health care reform law passed in 2010 – called the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) – requires many insurance plans to pay for preventive services like shots and screening tests, many important services are covered at no additional costs.  The preventive services defined under 3 headings; Adult, Women, including pregnant women and children.  This is a …

Health begins with Nerve System Function & Body Balance 1. Stress and Injuries Various stresses or injuries throughout our life can overload our system and therefore directly affect the ability of our brain, brain-stem and nerve system to control the body.  These events can be big and represent things like slips, falls, & car accidents or they can be small …

By Tara Moser, LCSW, RPT-S We hear about season kicking in each Fall through Spring, but an often overlooked mental health change in Southwest Florida is the “Back to School” season. No matter who you are, the schools starting back in session impact your life. What does it mean for school to be starting back in session? Schedules are changing. …

Keeping estate planning documents up to date not just with the tax laws but with events that occur in your life makes sense to most people. For instance, you would not want to be in your car at the top of a steep hill wondering whether your brakes were in good shape as you headed down that hill, right? Your …

By Alex Anderson Mayflies I had this crazy thought. See if you can follow me on this. I’m 53 years old. If I live to be 86 years old (a very real possibility given my genes) then I have 33 years left. At first this sounds like a lot of time, and it is, unless the perspective is changed to …