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  • Beyond Breast Cancer Awareness

    Beyond Breast Cancer Awareness

    A look at prevention 365 days a year It’s time to lavish your pink frocks, flaunt that cotton candy boa, showoff those fuchsia stilettos and sport your cherry blossom bustier! Call all your BFFs as it’s October and that means Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

  • Affordable Care Act Update

    Affordable Care Act Update

    Many Polk County residents are continuing to rely on free healthcare clinics, despite health insurance subsidies available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  As the nation nears its second open enrollment period for health insurance in November, it is business as usual at some area clinics.

  • Pop Quiz: What’s your Medicare IQ?

    Pop Quiz: What’s your Medicare IQ?

    A Test that Will Help You Get Smarter About Your Coverage For youngsters, autumn means going back to school. For seniors and those who qualify, fall signals that it’s Medicare enrollment and renewal time. The Medicare Fall Open Enrollment Period is specially geared towards choosing Medicare Advantage Plans and Prescription Drug Plans, and it lasts…

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  • Medical Advice: Awareness is key to stopping upward trend of STDs

    Medical Advice: Awareness is key to stopping upward trend of STDs

    Every year in April, we observe STD Awareness Month.  This is an opportunity for individuals, doctors, and communities to address ways to prevent some of the nearly 20 million sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that occur in the United States each year.  Half of all new infections occur among people between the ages of 15 to…

  • Ask a Nurse: Dental plaque & arterial plaque

    Ask a Nurse: Dental plaque & arterial plaque

    Have you ever wondered what the dentist scrapes off of your teeth when you go in for your annual cleaning? Several studies over the past few years have found some surprising results. In 2010, Cornell University and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden collected samples from the mouth, gut, and arteries of 15 heart disease patients.…

  • Publisher’s Note: More options coming for Florida residents seeking health and dental coverage

    Publisher’s Note: More options coming for Florida residents seeking health and dental coverage

    You may or may not have heard already that there is an alternative option for discounted health coverage outside of the plans offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Four companies intend to offer 15 to 20 discounted plans, which will include health and dental coverage options. Once the website is launched, residents should be…

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