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  • 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…

  • Approaching health care with dignity, concern, and compassion

    Approaching health care with dignity, concern, and compassion

    How the Central Florida Physician’s Alliance Serves Patients Spending more time in the waiting room than with the doctor… not having questions fully answered… finding no help with medical insurance… these are just a few of the patient complaints that plague healthcare, and many of us have likely experienced similarly frustrating interactions at the doctor’s…

  • Bringing hunger awareness to the table

    Bringing hunger awareness to the table

    The staggering facts on food insecurity among our fellow neighbors September and Hunger Awareness Month is especially important in Polk County, where food scarcity plagues nearly 17.9 percent of the population.

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  • Family Health: Beat the heat with summer safety tips for health and wellness

    Family Health: Beat the heat with summer safety tips for health and wellness

    FLORIDA IS NOTORIOUS for its hot, humid weather. During the summer months, take care to protect yourself from the elements. High temps are dangerous for those who are prone to chronic health issues, so it’s imperative to take the proper precautions.

  • Think of your vacation as a vaca-shun

    Think of your vacation as a vaca-shun

    THERE’S A REASON PEOPLE need vacations and recreation. Vacate and re-create! Think of it as a vaca-shun. Shun the things that bother you. Take in the new. When you’re away, don’t think about the old things that trouble your mind.

  • Health Facts: Getting to the heat of the matter

    AS TEMPERATURES RISE in sunny Florida, so does your risk of developing heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Approximately 20 cases of heat stroke per 100,000 people occur annually, with at least 240 deaths.

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