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By Kenneth Books Transitioning to an assisted living facility can be traumatic, an onerous chore that no one really wants to undertake. It can be expensive, time-consuming and, sometimes, dangerous. But where to turn for advice, help and protection? “We help steer our clients to resources to help pay for assisted living,”...
By Victoria Ostrosky When she heard the authoritative knock on her front door, she quickly ran to her baby brother and grabbed his hand. Her eyes were great pools of fear and, with a trembling voice, she begged to not be separated from her little brother. Their home, such as...
By Lisa Woodrum Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., with almost half of all people living with some form of cardiovascular disease? Also, congenital heart disease is the No. 1 birth defect in the U.S. To answer this need, Mended Hearts (MH)...
By Greg Durette For those folks new to the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP), the overwhelming volume of mailing pieces, emails and phone calls are dizzying. For those folks more experienced in this time, the sigh of despair and cries of “Oh no, not again!” can be heard from every...
By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D. Are there any men out there who are tired, irritable, have trouble sleeping, headaches, brain fog, dry cracked skin, depression, anxiety, high cholesterol or high triglycerides? These are just some problems associated with low Estrogen levels levels. As I’ve discussed previously, testosterone breaks down into...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect The same virus that causes chickenpox, shingles or Herpes Zoster (VZ) is a reactivation of the dormant VZ within the nervous system. This virus can live in the nervous system for years before being triggered. So, if you’ve had chickenpox, you carry the virus. Shingles begins...
Area resident, Amelia Cooley, is age 4 and currently battling Leukemia. But, her love of animals helps her to keep going. So, her wish to be a zookeeper was granted this summer as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Zoo Miami teamed up to make Amelia’s dream come true. Amelia, along with...
By Greg Durette It’s finally here again…Medicare Open Enrollment or more precisely, the Annual Election Period (AEP). Every year, from October 15th to December 7th, Medicare eligible folks are able to do pretty much anything they want with their coverage. Some of my previous columns have addressed many of the...
By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D. How often does this happen? You wake up but don’t feel rested. You won’t be productive so maybe just skip the day. You drag yourself out of bed and go through the motions. The goal is to get back home and end the day. You...
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital celebrated the completion of the first phase of its $100 million expansion Aug. 30, which includes a new four-story, 95,000-square-foot patient tower and 10,000-square-foot renovated dietary space. This phase of the expansion adds 10 ICU beds, eight cardiovascular ICU beds and 24 surgical care beds...