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  • A Different Kind of First Aid

    A Different Kind of First Aid

    Peace River Center Offers Mental Health First Aid by REBEKAH PIERCE An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This timeless adage is something we think about often when it comes to our physical health, but not necessarily what’s going on inside our heads. Yet the reality is that, in 2024, mental health…

  • Prepare Your Kids for a Happy, Healthy School Year

    Prepare Your Kids for a Happy, Healthy School Year

    by RYAN MILEJCZAK Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care Soon, kids across Central Florida will be going back to school, and that means it’s time to start preparing. In addition to loading up on school supplies, it’s also important to make sure kids are prepared to stay healthy so they can get the most out…

  • Pop Quiz! How Serotonin Savvy Are You?

    Pop Quiz! How Serotonin Savvy Are You?

    From Mood to Memory, This Chemical Is a Mighty Messenger If you were told that there is a chemical in your body that plays a role in nearly every part of your life, would you believe it? It’s serotonin, and while you may have heard of it in relation to feeling happy, it actually plays…

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  • Body, Mind & Spirit: Restoring confidence while reconstructing the breast

    Reconstruction of a breast that has been removed due to cancer or other disease, in my experience, is one of the most rewarding surgical procedures. New medical techniques have made it possible for us to create a breast that can come close in form and appearance to matching a natural breast. Frequently, reconstruction is possible…

  • Beyond breast cancer: Looking after your health

    Beyond breast cancer: Looking after your health

    You’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer and undergone the first phase of treatment: surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy. Now comes the next step in your journey: taking good care of yourself, monitoring your health, and learning habits to promote good health for the long run. As a breast cancer survivor, healthy habits and…

  • Publisher’s Note: Will the Medicaid overhaul favor certain FL-based HMOs?

    Publisher’s Note: Will the Medicaid overhaul favor certain FL-based HMOs?

     It seems only yesterday it was August 2, when hundreds of pages describing the Florida Medicaid overhaul were released.  The goal of this overhaul is to shift Medicaid beneficiaries into “managed-care plans” by 2013 while using a heavily debated pilot program until then to set the wheels in motion. But which companies stand to benefit most…

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