For this issue of Healthy Living, Abbie Light, a certified personal trainer/LSSC sport and exercise science student, demonstrates two arm exercises on equipment at The Iron Village Gym in [...]

Satisfying food cravings might require more than a quick trip to the nearest grocery store. Have you ever given in to a strong craving for chocolate cake or [...]

Tips for a Healthy Financial Balance People all over the world are struggling with credit card debt.  The accessibility of credit cards and their ease of use may [...]

Keeping It Real in an Era of Digital Dependence. The 1970 hit song “Close To You” by The Carpenters wasn’t about smartphones – they weren’t invented yet – [...]

Remember many years ago noticing that an inordinate number of women coming to me for cosmetic or reconstructive surgery were on some medication for anxiety, depression or both. Valium, [...]

 How much medical information should you share with family?   MARC ROBERTZ-SCHWARTZ   I grew up in a household – and probably a generation – where there were a [...]

Motivated and Hopeful for the New Year  You pulled it off!  Every kid got what they wanted for Christmas.  You were worried about hosting this year, because getting [...]

Fitness Pro Jaime Brenkus Teaches Boomers and Beginners How to Live Healthier Longer Exercise more. Eat better.  Many of us try — and sometimes succeed — to fit [...]

Forming Healthier Habits One Day at a Time Whether you call them “resolutions” or “goals,” the changes you vow to make as the calendar rolls over to a [...]

Weight loss surgery: Is it an option for you?  Being overweight or obese continues to be an issue for many people.  According to the CDC’s National Health and [...]

The spirit of giving was in full swing as the local community came together on December 2 to support United Way’s “Stuff the Bus” initiative. This event aimed to [...]

U.S. News & World Report today recognized the maternity practices at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville and UF Health Jacksonville as “high performing” for their excellence [...]

AdventHealth Ocala earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” [...]

Growing up in the Orlando area, Savannah Parvu navigated a merciless world overshadowed by her mother's crippling drug addiction. Savannah’s innocence was stolen at the tender age of 11 [...]

Richard “Doc” Greer finds hope amid a terminal diagnosis . . . twice.  Seven years ago, Umatilla pharmacist Richard “Doc” Greer walked out of his cardiologist's office with [...]