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Posted: Sep 9, 2026

Seek & Destroy: The New Drug Beating Prostate Cancer

With Urologic Oncology Surgeon Robert Carey, MD, PhD, FACS

In 2025, roughly 313,780 men in the US will learn they have prostate cancer and 35,770 will die from it. Since 2014, that rate has only been increasing. But a new targeted therapy called Pluvicto is changing the game.

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Posted: Sep 1, 2026

Are You Handling Your Food Safely?

Simple Steps for Safer Food with Mikka Ipri, RDN

Fresh fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet, but even the healthiest foods can pose a risk if they aren’t handled, stored or prepared safely. From the grocery store to the kitchen table, a few simple food-safety habits can help protect you and your family from foodborne illness.

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Posted: Aug 11, 2026

A Parents’ Guide to Childhood Obesity

With Pediatrician Susan Mihm, MD

When the American Academy of Pediatrics officially updated its guidelines on the treatment and prevention of childhood obesity in 2023, they did so in the hopes of combating its alarming rise. Still, one in five American children and teenagers today have obesity. We spoke with First Physicians Group pediatrician Dr. Susan Mihm to learn more about how parents can build healthy habits that give their children an advantage in the growing epidemic.

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Posted: Aug 4, 2026

Protecting Student-Athletes From Sudden Cardiac Arrest

SMH & ACSP partner for Cardiac Athletic Screening for Adolescents

Nearly 2,000 children and adolescents die from sudden cardiac arrest each year, with student-athletes being at particular risk. That’s why Sarasota Memorial Hospital and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Specialty Physicians team up each year to present Cardiac Athletic Screening for Adolescents, or CASA, as an opportunity for parents to have their children evaluated for risk of sudden cardiac arrest, free of charge, and to schedule whatever follow-up care they may need.

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Posted: Jul 28, 2026

The Primacy of Primary Care

Four ways a primary care provider helps your health.

Having a primary care doctor to help guide you through medical issues that come up through the years is critical to taking the best care of yourself. A good primary care doctor provides not only routine care but a medical home and safe harbor whenever life confronts you with health scares or overwhelming diagnoses.

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