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  • Word of Mouth: Myths About Implants Debunked, Part III: Are they Affordable?

    Word of Mouth: Myths About Implants Debunked, Part III: Are they Affordable?

    In my last two columns (part 1 | part 2), we debunked some common myths about the practicality and effectiveness of dental implants. Now let’s talk affordability. Nearly 70 percent of adults have lost a tooth, and the solutions are pretty straightforward: dental implants, bridges, or dentures. For most, dental implants are the best option,…

  • What you should know about lesser-known cancers

    What you should know about lesser-known cancers

    Understanding the signs and symptoms for males of all ages Although breast cancer is usually a women’s disease, men get it too. A bone cancer, Ewing sarcoma,usually peaks in teens during a growth spurt, but men can get it too. Like all cancers, the more rare forms of the disease are best caught early to…

  • Meet the father of Family Fun and Fitness at the Fountain

    Meet the father of Family Fun and Fitness at the Fountain

    Nat West: A man with plans for a better tomorrow A statue of a little boy reading sits in Winter Haven’s Central Park, a testimony to a man dedicated to improving the city’s quality of life: Nat West.  At 69, the former vice president of Winter Haven Hospital (WHH) is retired, but still active in…

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  • Signs & Symptoms: Practicing safety & preventing the little known CMV Virus

      The Varicella-Zoster Virus causes chicken pox and the painful rash, shingles. The Epstein-Barr Virus is associated with mononucleosis, an infection known as the kissing disease. Then there’s CMV, the lesser-known cytomegalovirus, which joins them as a herpes viruses. Most people who catch CMV don’t know they have anything, at least nothing more than a…

  • Common ground found regarding the 1099 rule

    Common ground found regarding the 1099 rule

      It is very seldom that the two political parties of our country join together in a bipartisan fashion. The former 1099 rule of the new health care bill, however, did just that. Many of the leaders from both parties rallied behind the cause to remove this particular rule from being mandated as part of…

  • Take these two pills of commentary and call me in the morning

    Take these two pills of commentary and call me in the morning

      You Spoke, We Listened In our last online poll at www.CentralFloridaHealthNews.com, we asked what you wanted to read about most for your health. The top answer was no surprise to me: Disease Prevention. As a person who cares about your health and that of your children’s, you don’t just want to know how to…

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