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LEE HEALTH OFFERS FREE TELEHEALTH CARE FOR HURRICANE

Lee TeleHealth is offering free visits through Sept. 7 as a way to help the community and visitors get the non-emergency care they need for any reason due to Hurricane Dorian. Lee Telehealth provides on-demand access to board-certified physicians 24/7 even if patients unable...

Pulmonary Consultants Helping Patients Prepare for Potential Hurricanes

Pulmonary Consultants of Southwest Florida has partnered with Lee County Emergency Management by offering applications to patients for the Special Needs Program — a backup hurricane evacuation plan that assigns individuals to one of three types of shelters. “Pulmonary Consultants knows that people with lung...

Protect your eyes by wearing UV-blocking sunglasses

Florida is the sunshine state. That’s great for getting outdoors and on the water all year long. But the summer months with more daylight hours bring the greatest amount of the sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation, particularly as rays reflect off water, cement and sand. Consumers have become pretty savvy about protecting...

Stay away from booms that can blind

Fireworks safety is key for protecting your eyes Every year, the Fourth of July is a terrible time to be on call for ophthalmology due to the high risk of potentially blinding eye injuries from fireworks. “During my residency, I worked at a level 1 trauma center,” said...

June is Cataract Awareness Month

By Dr. Sarah Eccles-Brown, Elmquist Eye Group One in six Americans older than age 40 will develop cataracts. By the time we turn 70, over one-half of Americans will have them. Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss for people older than 55, but they don’t have to be. Unlike...

Local and national nonprofits collaborate to care for Southwest Florida seniors

Volunteers of America, Hope Healthcare and Lee Health are collaborating to address Lee County’s need for more skilled nursing, transitional care and assisted living beds. It’s an alliance of venerable non-profit healthcare providers with a history of improving services for area residents and...

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