By Sherry Jones
Homelessness. It’s a word we often hear, a situation we see, but one that too many of us avoid truly talking about. For some, it feels distant—an issue for “other people.” But what happens when homelessness isn’t just a statistic, but a reality that hits someone you...
By Maggie Dawson, Activities Director
Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Walton Beach
By the end of this decade – which, after all, we’re halfway through – 1 in 4 of our fellow Floridians will be 65 or older. Our state will require more and more people to meet the...
By Kelly Stalnaker
Are you a Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic patient that is tired of constant finger sticks? Then it might be time to consider a continuous glucose monitor. A continuous glucose monitor (or CGM, for short) is a device that automatically tracks your blood sugar level 24/7,...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect, HealthyDay HealthyLife
What a great topic for the holidays! This is the time of year we escape from the disciplines we’ve created. The family recipes, the cookies, pies and beverages flow. And, depending on our emotional state during all the busyness and possible drama is...
By Melissa Fertitta
February marks the 20th anniversary of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women initiative.
Started in 2004, Go Red for Women prioritizes educating women about their risk for cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women, taking a life every 80 seconds, according to the AHA.
Each...
In the wake of an unimaginable loss, local resident Diane Cooke channeled her grief into creating hope and support for others. When her son, Drew, age 20, died by suicide on December 23, 2018, she initially lost herself in unfathomable pain. But, through Ketamine Infusion therapy, Diane found a...
By Dr. Richard Chern, MD
Hormone therapy has many benefits and I’ve written about these for several years now. Hormones can, however, have some unexpected effects and I have seen these effects firsthand in our clinic. I’ve informed prospective patients for years that hormones are not just for libido and...
Dr. Richard Chern, M.D.
We’ve been providing hormone therapy for over ten years. In that time thousands of patients have received bio-identical pellet therapy and we are one of the largest and longest-running bio-identical hormone pellet therapy clinics in the Southeast. I’ve seen so many lives change for the better with bio-identical...
