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A New Study on Ketamine Efficacy Adolescents and teens have purportedly become more depressed in recent years, but with the pandemic, the number of teens with mental health disorders has increased significantly. A new report published by the Kaiser Foundation, found the following to be true about teen mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. • One in three adolescents (31.9 …

Learn More About Compounding & Sarasota Compounding Pharmacy’s Numerous Options to Enhance Your Health By Gerry Letendre, RPh, MBA, CHt Sarasota Compounding Pharmacy and Wellness Center is an independent, family-owned pharmacy that has served the Sarasota community for over 40 years. We specialize in meeting patient’s needs through innovative compounding. Our compounding pharmacists work with physicians, veterinarians, dentists and other …

COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019, is a disease that comes from a coronavirus—an upper-respiratory illness that can be transmitted from person to person. It is common knowledge that smoking is bad for your health, however; the scientific and medical community is just beginning to understand COVID-19 and the health implications of smoking or e-cigarette use. While much is …

Ask the majority of adults today how important omega fatty acids are, and they are sure to have an opinion on taking oral supplements or incorporating cold-water fish, krill, or algae into their daily diet. Several researchers, physicians, and key thought leaders in wound care began to develop prototypes based on omega fatty acid profiles to reduce inflammation, enhance blood …

By Physicians Rehabilitation Got aching joints? It’s tough to be in constant pain, but one of the worst things is it puts a big damper on all of the activities that we love and enjoy. Do you want to improve your golf game, pickleball game, tennis, and card playing? Physicians Rehabilitation has several options to treat and retrain your joints …

Telemedicine (also referred to as telehealth) has become the main medium for healthcare workers that are able to do so. Telemedicine refers to the practice of caring for patients remotely when the provider and patient are not physically present with each other. Modern technology has let doctors to consult patients by using HIPAA compliant video-conferencing tools such as Zoom, TheraNest, …

Master Herbalist Steve Frank If you suffer from chronic sinusitis and have been through multiple courses of antibiotics then you know the ills of the antibiotic approach. The antibiotics leave you with intestinal problems and often yeast infections while they only get rid of the sinus infection for 6 months or so. The next time it comes back, you have …

What is Peyronie’s Disease? Peyronie’s Disease is a condition in which plaque formation occurs inside the penis. The plaque build up leads to a reduction in the elasticity of the tissues and the flexibility of the penis during erection, leading to curvature. Prevalence and Impact: Peyronie’s Disease is estimated to affect up to 9% of men each year. It is …

Some of the common arthritic symptoms are joint pain, stiffness, warmth, immobilization, and loss of range of motion, fatigue and inadequate blood flow. Two of the main types of arthritis are Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). With Osteoarthritis, wear and tear damages the cartilage in the joints and causes friction between the bones rubbing together. Injury or infection usually …

By Heidi Smith, Contributor Ellen Hofmann already knew she had a heart condition, so when she and her husband moved to Venice, she looked for a cardiologist. She believes she’s alive today because she didn’t delay following up on her care. “I found out in 2018 that one of my carotid arteries was 90 percent blocked (by plaque), then later, …