Suzanne and her husband Shawn moved to Cape Coral 2 ½ years ago from Union, Kentucky, after a job transfer to Kentucky took them from their original home in Massachusetts. They have been married 20 years and live here year round with their two...

The skin is the largest organ of the body with over 20 square feet of surface area. The skin plays an important role in our health such as protection and heat regulation. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States....

Halloween often centers on candy, sweets, costumes, trick-or-treating and fun.  Having grown up in an era where it was safe to go trick-or-treating way past dark with no adult supervision, I remember the excitement of receiving not only the usual candy bars of the...

According to a recent article by Dr. Michael Greger, there are several levels of preventative medicine.  Primary prevention would be like trying to prevent someone at risk for heart disease from getting their first heart attack.  Secondary prevention is when you already have the...

“Bacon, bacon, bacon!” cries the dog in the Purina Beggin Strips commercial.  “Smokey bacon, crispy bacon, tasty bacon – gotta have that bacon!”  Apparently dogs aren’t the only ones who are still beggin for more bacon. Americans on average eat more than 18 pounds of...

One of the most devastating issues facing many people in the U.S. as they age is cognitive decline. The older we get, the more importance we might attach to our ability to think and make decisions.   Some in the medical profession and drug companies...