Free test strips for pools available
While contamination is most common in kiddie and wading pools, it’s not unusual for adult public pools to be a danger of waterborne illnesses, according to the health department.
- May 24, 2013
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Potentially infection-causing contaminated steroid injections reported
State and federal regulators are investigating reports of potentially infection-causing contaminated steroid injections produced at a Newbern, Tenn., pharmacy.
- May 24, 2013
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Donors get $25 gift card for at blood drive next week in Fort Myers
Lee Memorial Blood Center, primary supplier to Lee Memorial Health System’s four acute-care hospitals, will hold a blood drive next week at the Edison Mall to help offset summer blood shortages.
- May 24, 2013
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Lee Memorial Health System residency program receives accreditation
Lee Memorial Health System's family medicine residency program is now fully accredited for the next three years, the organization announced this afternoon.
- May 23, 2013
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Free health clinic to open at Harlem Heights Community Center
The good news: A new clinic will open July 1 at the Harlem Heights Community Center, offering free care to people who qualify — those at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
- May 21, 2013
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Adult children of parents with dementia meet
Adults who have a parent with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia can turn to a support group at the Alvin A. Dubin Alzheimer’s Resource Center for help and advice.
- May 21, 2013
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Blood donors sought in Naples
The Community Blood Center in Naples is asking the public to donate blood this Memorial Day weekend to shore up currently low blood supplies.
- May 21, 2013
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South Florida Mud Run pledges $100K for new children's hospital
The founders of the South Florida Mud Run, Dustin Edwards and Stefanie Ink-Edwards, announced today a five-year, $100,000 donation pledge to help finance a new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
- May 21, 2013
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Gluten-free is everywhere, but is it right for you?
Gluten-free seems to be popping up everywhere. We see it on countless items at the grocery store, on the menu at our favorite restaurant, even at the gas station on candy bars.
- May 20, 2013
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Healthful happenings: National Senior Health and Fitness Day
National Senior Health and Fitness Day
- May 20, 2013
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Health question of the week: What are bio-identical hormones?
Bio-identical or natural hormones are extracted from either soybeans or wild yams. They are further processed in the laboratory to manufacture hormones that are biochemically similar to those the human body produces.
- May 20, 2013
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How to stay healthy when you travel
It's that time of the year again, and I'm writing this from the sunny, hot, beautiful coast of the Bay of Colon on the Atlantic coast of Panama.
- May 20, 2013
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Improve your health with alternative relaxation techniques
Watching TV is part of many people's evening relaxation ritual. Work hard all day, then plop down on the sofa for some R&R — but be discerning about what you watch.
- May 20, 2013
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Know thyself: Mind/body connection: Feeling secure in chakra one
There's the physical body, and then there's the energetic body.
- May 20, 2013
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These exercises can get your focus on arms
Summer is just around the corner, which means sleeveless tops and days at the beach can't be far away either. Get toned and strong arms with classic free weight and body weight exercises.
- May 20, 2013
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Tips for ensuring good nail health
Having nice fingernails and toenails is less a matter of luck and more a matter of caring for them correctly, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, which offers tips for ensuring good nail health at a salon or on your own.
- May 20, 2013
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Fusion profusion, workouts that combine disciplines
Their names sound like the results of an elementary school word game: 'If Sandy Smith married Mike Beach …'
- May 20, 2013
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Dr. Sal says: Set the goal first to better health
'The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.' — Benjamin E. Mays
- May 20, 2013
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Diabetics can take steps to reduce risk of blindness
About 8.3 percent of the population of the United States have diabetes. That's 25.8 million children and adults, according to data from the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet.
- May 20, 2013
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Senior Health and Fitness Day is May 29
“Get Moving – Start Improving!” is the theme for National Senior Health & Fitness Day, celebrated across the country and locally May 29 at Lee Memorial Health System’s wellness centers.
- May 20, 2013
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Heart association honors LCEC as fit workplace
The electric company serving much of Southwest Florida since 1940 is on the cutting edge of employee health, according to the American Heart Association.
- May 20, 2013
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Fort Myers doctor loses licenses for improperly prescribing pain meds
State regulators have suspended the medical license of a Fort Myers doctor for improperly providing addictive pain and anxiety medications to patients.
- May 17, 2013
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New NAMI board members named
National Alliance on Mental Illness Lee County now has two new board members: Dr. Omar Rieche and Lisa Scheidt.
- May 17, 2013
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Collier's David Lawrence Center offers new art therapy program
The David Lawrence Center, a non-profit mental health and substance abuse treatment center in Naples, will now offer adults in its residential substance abuse treatment program a new art therapy program to help in their recoveries.
- May 17, 2013
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