This tiny device carries a powerful purpose. “You insert it into the heart and it draws blood from the left ventricle, the main pumping chamber of the heart, and delivers it to...
January 8, 2021
January 8, 2021
Loving Kindness is one of the most direct routes to happiness. This is a great way to cultivate a propensity for kindness. It involves mentally sending goodwill, kindness, and warmth towards others...
January 2, 2021
It accounts for nearly four percent of malignancies in the United States. Doctors say head and neck cancer is the seventh most common cancer worldwide. “Head and neck cancer is typically diagnosed...
January 2, 2021
These two sets of numbers can give doctors a quick inside look at your heart. Lee Health cardiologist Dr. Steven Deutsch says if these numbers are too high, patients are considered hypertensive....
December 27, 2020
Smoking, obesity, poor diet, high blood pressure, and lack of physical activity—these are things doctors say can put you at risk for a stroke. “One of the most important things that a...
December 20, 2020
“We are there for the patients throughout their journey,” said oncology nurse navigator Veena Sharma. She understands how overwhelmed patients can feel after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis. “If they are newly...
December 20, 2020
Cathy Devine says she’s always known she’s at risk for breast cancer. “We have a long history of breast cancer in my family. My grandmother had breast cancer at the age of...
December 20, 2020
It happens when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted. At that point, patients can either suffer from an ischemic stroke or a hemorrhagic stroke. “An ischemic stroke occurs when the...
December 20, 2020
“When we do a colonoscopy, we are looking around the entire colon. What we are looking for are these tiny little guys, those are benign polyps. You wouldn’t know if you had...