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Posted: Sep 19, 2023

How to Recognize and Prevent Malnutrition

With Clinical Dietitian Gemady Langfelder, MS, RD, LDN, CPT

Proper nutrition through a balanced and varied diet is a central part of maintaining good health, improving quality of life on a day-to-day basis and even helping manage symptoms of chronic disease. But maintaining proper nutrition can be difficult, and malnutrition can affect anyone, especially adults ages 65 years and above.

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Posted: Sep 12, 2023

It’s Not Flesh-Eating Bacteria But It’s Still Dangerous

How to avoid and identify a Vibrio vulnificus infection

“Flesh-eating bacteria.” It’s the scary, though slightly inaccurate, subject of recurring headlines each year. But the real culprit is a bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus, which can cause serious infections and even death. Thankfully, Vibrio vulnificus is easy to avoid and readily treatable.

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Posted: Sep 5, 2023

A Gamechanger In Prostate Surgery

The basics and benefits of robot-assisted prostate surgery

It’s estimated that, granted long life, just about everyone with a prostate will experience symptoms of an enlarged prostate at some point. Enlarging is just kind of what prostates do. But advances in robotic-assisted prostate surgery have led to amazing and minimally invasive solutions.

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Posted: Aug 29, 2023

Thrive With Integrative Oncology

With Outpatient Oncology Dietitian Sharlene Bidini, RD, CSO, LD

When treating something as serious as cancer, it’s important to care for the whole person—and their family—so they can truly thrive through the course of their treatment. This is where the Sarasota Memorial Thrive Integrative Oncology Program comes in. Click to learn more about the complementary therapies employed.

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Posted: Aug 22, 2023

Ask An Expert: Addressing Childhood Obesity

With Pediatrician Susan Mihm, MD

In response to a rise in childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidelines on the treatment and prevention of childhood obesity for the first time in 15 years. We spoke with First Physicians Group pediatrician Dr. Susan Mihm to learn more.

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