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  • Outdoor safety tips for summer

    Outdoor safety tips for summer

    Just in Time for Fireworks and Grilling Season According to the American Pyrotechnics Association’s National Council on Firework Safety, each year in the United States, fireworks cause 20,000 fires and almost 10,000 people are injured from activities related to fireworks. On average, four people die from their injuries each year. What is extremely eye opening…

  • A campaign to help those with hearing loss

    A campaign to help those with hearing loss

    How the ‘Loop Florida’ Initiative Will Create Better Quality Hearing for those in Need “Loop Florida” is a phrase that you will be hearing more often from now on. On April 17, the Loop Florida initiative was officially launched. Spearheaded by the Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center with participation by the Hearing Loss Association, Lakeland…

  • Spring cleaning for your skin

    Spring cleaning for your skin

    4 Bad Habits and How to Fix Them Dr. Marci Pepine, a board certified dermatologist at Adult and Pediatric Dermatology in Lakeland and a Polk County Medical Association member, has certainly seen her share of skin related problems and needs. What strikes hardest for her is that so many of the problems she encounters are…

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  • PCMA Letter: Looking at breast cancer in a different light

    PCMA Letter: Looking at breast cancer in a different light

                It is unavoidable that illness effects many peoples’ lives, not just that of the afflicted.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and, while this disease is serious and at times life threatening, it should not be looked at with fear.              As with diabetes and heart disease, cancer is another…

  • Healthy Cook: Cooking ideas for the cancer patient

    Healthy Cook: Cooking ideas for the cancer patient

     Cooking ideas for the cancer patient and her family Drugs can do miracles these days, but the body has a wonderful aptitude for helping itself get better. Like using the proper octane in a car, we have to fuel the body with nutrients that help it do its job. This is just as important, if…

  • Healthy Cook: Enjoy good food without bad acid reflux

    Healthy Cook: Enjoy good food without bad acid reflux

    Some maladies don’t sound too bad. Heartburn could be something to do with affection. Some sound as bad as they are. GERD can’t sound nice. It hurts, and you know it. The proper name is Gastroesophageal  Reflux Disease . . . acid reflux to you. Or heartburn. Stomach acid backs up and makes you feel…

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