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Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Tips For A Happy, Hazard-Free Holiday

With SMH Emergency Care & Injury Prevention Specialists

From button batteries and baking ingredients to botanical bothers, holiday hazards abound. Keep the merry in your holiday with these safety tips from Sarasota Memorial emergency care and injury prevention specialists

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Posted: Dec 10, 2024

Understanding the Updated Guidelines on Stroke Prevention

With Vascular Neurologist David K. Stone, MD, PhD

For the first time in 10 years, the AHA and the ASA have updated the official guidelines for stroke prevention, providing new guidance for preventing stroke in women, including during pregnancy, and placing new emphasis on social aspects of stroke prevention and the specific benefits of the Mediterranean Diet.

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Posted: Oct 22, 2024

Reversing Heart Disease With The Ornish Program

Get heart-healthy without relying on medication or surgery

Through diet, exercise and stress reduction, learn to slow or reverse heart disease without relying on medication or surgery.

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Posted: Aug 6, 2024

School Safety 101

Eat right, travel safely and stay home if sick

Summer is out and school is in. But before you send the wee ones off for another (or their first!) year of scholastic enterprise, take a moment to re-familiarize your favorite student and yourself with some basic tips to keep everyone healthy and safe this year.

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Posted: Jun 18, 2024

Could Your Diet Be Linked To Cancer?

Study observes possible link between ultra-processed foods and increased risk of cancer.

Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods may be linked to an increased risk of not only developing cancer but succumbing to it. Sarasota Memorial Clinical Dietitian Laura McLeroy, RD, LD, weighs in on the growing evidence that ultra-processed foods are overall negatively impacting health.

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