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Common Misconceptions About Service Animals

Rights, Best Practices, and Etiquette by CELÉSTE JO WALLS You have heard of them: guide...

Where Sleep and Mental Health Intersect

by TERESA SCHIFFER Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care   Sleep is often an underrated...

Teaming Up For Good Pediatric Oral Health

by TERESA SCHIFFER   Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care   Good oral health begins...

Listen to Your Heart

Man’s Experience Underscores Importance of Advocating for Yourself as a Patient   by TERESA SCHIFFER...

Know the Numbers: 1 in 4

Don’t Underestimate the Effects of Stress on Heart Health   by TERESA SCHIFFER   Heart...

Game On!

Polk Senior Games Return This Year With Outdoor Activities   by CATHERINE CERVONE   This...

Pop Quiz: Heart attack or Panic Attack: Which Is It?

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., so it’s no wonder...

Are You Talking to Me?

Recognizing and Neutralizing Negative Self-Talk  by TERESA SCHIFFER   As the new year gets underway...

Vaccination, Early Detection Key to Fighting Cervical Cancer

by TIM CRAIG Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care   January is Cervical Cancer Awareness...

Pop Quiz: Think You Know Thyroid Disorders? Think Again

Weight gain and weight loss are common occurrences in any adult’s lifetime, but unexplained weight...

Fostering a Resolution

 Fitness Club Tailors Training to Individual Needs by PAUL CATALA    Robin Chaddick of Lakeland...

Surviving the Season

Tips to Help Your Holidays Feel Less ‘Run Rudolph Run’ and More ‘Silent Night’ by...

The Changing Face of Aging

Combination Treatments Make for Minimally Invasive Modifications by TERESA SCHIFFER How we look and present...

Game-Changing Grins

You Don’t Have to Settle for a Less-Than-Stellar Smile by  PAMELA PALONGUE Have you ever...

Medications for HIV Have Come a Long Way: Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

by TERESA SCHIFFER Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care   With World AIDS Day taking...

Pop Quiz: Stop Sabotaging Your Skin

Looking your best is an important consideration for most people, and the options for skincare...

Pop Quiz: Crash Course on Caffeine

Caffeine plays a big role in the lives of many Americans, with coffee, tea, caffeinated...

Touched by Type 1

Health Advocate Fulfilling Dream of Helping Youth With Type 1 Diabetes by TERESA SCHIFFER It...

Let Food Be Thy Medicine

A Dietician’s Guidance Can Help You Make the Best of Your Health by PAMELA PALONGUE...

Care Team an Important Part of Diabetes Care: Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

by TERESA SCHIFFER An estimated 34.2 million Americans are living with diabetes, a disease that...

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