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Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Pessary vs. Surgery

By Joseph Gauta, MD, FACOG Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) affects 1 in 3 women. As women age, their pelvic floor, which protects and supports the internal pelvic organs may become weakened, stretched, less elastic and less resilient. The weakened pelvic floor muscles can subsequently allow organs to prolapse and fall into the vagina. It can also cause overactive bladder and incontinence …

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WHY MAKE A LAST WILL? [AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON’T]

By Steven J. Gibbs, Esq. Nobody likes to think about their own mortality. And there’s never a “convenient time” to discuss making a last will with your lawyer. But what you need to remember is that you don’t write a will for yourself.  You write it for your loved ones – both to make sure they’re provided for and to …

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Adventure & Relaxation Await: Taking in the Majestic Sites and Sounds from Dublin to Oslo, Aboard the Oceania Nautica

Wendy Taylor, CTC, STE, Leisure Division Leader with Preferred Travel of Naples, recently took a 20-day cruise from Dublin, Ireland to Oslo, Norway. She landed in Dublin from Miami and was able to spend two incredible nights at the Fitzwilliam Hotel in the heart of Irish city. This downtown location has breathtaking architecture, great walking, Irish pubs, galleries, and International clientele. …

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Spider Veins – Cosmetic Concern or Tip of the Iceberg?

By Joseph G. Magnant, MD, FACS, RPVI & Patrick A. Nero, MD, FACS, RPVI Spider veins are a common complaint in our vein practice here in Southwest Florida where we have sunny and warm shorts weather year round.  Most patients feel this is only a cosmetic concern though that is not true in every case.  In some cases spider veins …

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Red Tide and Your Respiratory Health

There are plenty of fish in the sea, but unfortunately, this year many of them ended up on the beaches due to red tides toxic effects. Karenia Brevis, also known, as K. Brevis is a natural algae bloom. It is also indicative of blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate. In order to make the algae bloom and migrate, many components are …

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Circumnavigating the World and Reviving Your Heart’s Desires

Luxury Travel Consultant, Shelly Krygier was planning to take her husband on a very special Birthday trip to Africa for his 60th. Meanwhile, Shelly and her Aunt Marion found an opportunity to travel together on a cruise from Singapore to Cape Town. Shelly was able to combine both trips into one 44-day around the world adventure. “Asia was on my …

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Treating Chronic Foot and Toe Pain with Regenerative Therapy

By Debra K. Brinker, RN Chronic foot and toe pain affect an incredibly large part of our population. We spend hours on our feet daily while working, playing sports, shopping, and also while trying to reach that goal of 10,000 steps a day. Each of those steps generates a force on the foot. During an average day, the feet support …

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Are Facials That Complicated?

By Daniel I. Wasserman, M.D. Why does it seem like everyone is getting a facial?  Facials are nothing more than some form of mechanical manipulation of the facial skin to improve its appearance.  The human desire to apply such methods to maintain and improve beauty were even used by the ancient Egyptians as far back as thousands of years ago.  …

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Debunking the Myth of Cankles

By Joseph G. Magnant, MD, FACS, RPVI CALF + ANKLE= CANKLE….when the calf and the ankle appear as one. I have seen many patients with similar appearing calves and ankles which have been self described as their Grandma’s ankles or stovepipe legs. As I caught the last segment of the show, I found it odd that Dr. Oz was missing …

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Steps to Take If the IRS Contacts You

By Kevin Carmichael One of the least pleasant items of mail taxpayers receive is a notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), indicating that taxes, penalties and interest may be due on a return which has or has not been filed. As unpleasant as the notice may be, and while the notice should be taken seriously, taxpayers should not panic upon …

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