Presidents Column

Editor’s Dose: Adventures with kids and vegetables

My twins are turning five this year, and they have officially reached the “vegetables are...

Medical Memoirs: Finding the right track in the medical field

Frances Martin, MD is a urological oncologist with the Lakeland Regional Cancer Center. A graduate...

Healthy Cook: What to eat to help that healthy glow

Beauty may be only skin deep, but it might be the skin on a cucumber...

Healthy way to school

Join the nation by ditching the bus or car and walking or bicycling to school...

Legislative update: Recently passed Florida House Bill 671

 New Regulations on Pharmacy Staffing Leaves for Some Debate The Florida Legislature is entertaining bills...

Put your body into it!

Bodyweight Training: A Tool to Getting the Athletic Look While Feeling Better Everybody would like...

Love the skin you’re in: Protect it from cancer

Sun-Safe Measures and Early Detection Make a Difference Jean Tayntor is sometimes called the Cookie...

Avoiding the rabbit holes of retirement planning

 Calling it Quits: Planning to Retire from Your Medical Career Physicians can put in 12+-hour...

Aural rehabilitation for improved volume and clarity

The Next Step After the Hearing Device Volume and clarity. These are the reasons that...

Neighborhood watch on hot technologies

  The Newest, Cutting-Edge Procedures Unfolding in the Local Medical Community When the aortic valve...

Florida house passes FMA’s medical liability reform bill

  On May 1 at Capitol Hill, the Florida Medical Association’s priority medical liability legislation...

Signs and symptoms: Q&A on preventing and reversing acne

Acne. By definition it is a condition, but by experience it is one of the...

PCMA Letter: Covering more than just the surface of health

Do you know what the largest organ of the human body is?  If you answered...

In My Opinion

  In your opinion, what’s an important, but oftentimes overlooked part of planning for retirement...

War on medicare fraud intensifies

The federal government has revved up its battle against Medicare fraud, recovering more than $14.9...

PCMA Letter: Covering lots of ground

In this edition of Central Florida Doctor, we are covering several topics of concern.  We...

A time to change for the better

Another year has passed. It is once again time to reflect on the 12 months...

Get health STAT

  Weighing In On National Statistics   A Taxing Diet 52 Percent of U.S. adults say...

Healing Polk’s communities

New Research Points to Health Disparities Among Certain Residents How a county thrives is based...

Eating in or dining out: Realistic steps to keep your diet resolution

  Someone long ago said half a loaf is better than none. Half a loaf...

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