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Dental Appliances Are An Alternative Treatment To The Common CPAP. Sleep apnea is a serious, and potentially life-threatening, sleep disorder. Sleep apnea is a common disorder that causes pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. As a result, not enough air reaches your lungs. A person with sleep apnea is constantly awoken by the body due to lack …

Micronutrient testing can help to pinpoint the areas that need to be addressed and why. Assessing thyroid function is more complex than simply looking at TSH levels and making sure that it falls within the broad range of .4 – 4.5. Many factors need to be assessed through proper laboratory testing and evaluation of clinical symptoms. If your physician relies …

By Adam Shuster, DO Pain Management Consultants of SWFL – Peripheral neuropathy is a common cause of pain across a wide spectrum of patients.  Many patients are familiar with diabetic neuropathy.  Neuropathic pain is often described as burning, tingling, stabbing, and is often worse at night.  Patients may also suffer from numbness of the feet or legs.  The symptoms tend …

By W.L. “Hunter” Huntley, III, HAS., BC-HIS – Every January most people set new goals and resolutions for themselves. Some individuals resolve to lose weight; either by diet or exercise, or adding weight training or some type of cardiovascular routine. One thing people should also consider, but most don’t, is having a hearing evaluation.  The National Speech and Hearing Institute …

Life Care Center of Estero is pleased to offer the revolutionary Alter-G Anti-Gravity Treadmill for patients in outpatient and skilled nursing rehabilitation. This unique piece of therapy equipment is ideal for seniors recovering from neurologic and orthopedic-related injuries and yields amazing results by gently unweighting while they walk or exercise. Mobility Meets Stability The Anti-Gravity Treadmill® gets mobility-impaired patients back …

By Drs. Drew and Kanema Clark – Thyroid problems have become all too common, but definitely not normal.  It is estimated that 30 million Americans suffer with thyroid problems and of those 30 million, 95% of them have a thyroid that is under functioning.  To add insult to injury almost half of those cases either go misdiagnosed or in some …

By Yollo Wellness – Being able to keep a lid on inflammation and pain turns out to be the secret to healthy aging and wellness in general. Ring in the new year, start to connect the dots and take control of your diet and lifestyle. Get empowered to take charge of your health. Inflammation is your body’s natural immune response …

By Jorgen Albrechtsen In a normal fitness center: More sets of each exercise are practiced – and it a higher pace. Causes reduced intensity and results. The quality of the equipment compared to that of Concept 10 10 – much friction and often not constructed in the strength curve that is adequate for the movements. . No equipment that effectively …

At the start of a new year many individuals commit to getting fit by starting a new fitness program. Exercise is a great way to get in shape, improve your health, prevent disease, lose weight, boost your confidence, relieve stress and help to eliminate depression. Pain often interferes with  our fitness goals. Pinpointing the pain and the cause of the …

By Jade Dellinger, Director of Exhibitions & Collections, Edison State College – In Education Next, the Educational Researcher journal and in a recent New York Times article titled “Art Makes You Smart,” researchers have rather definitively proven and published evidence that “Museum visits really do improve critical thinking.”  According to their recent findings, students who visited museums early-on developed a …