A blue light and some dye have significantly enhanced the ability of doctors at Venice Regional Bayfront Health (VRBH) to diagnose bladder cancer.
SARASOTA - The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County announced late Friday the results of an investigation looking into a case of hepatitis A.
The Senior Co-Pastors of SunCoast Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), 3276 E. Venice Ave., Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson and Rev. Vickie Miller will host Lemon Bay Playhouse Reader’s Theater performance of “The Laramie Project” Saturday, May 11, 4 p.m.
Lighthouse of Manasota, a nonprofit organization that provides no-cost rehabilitation training and education to the blind and visually impaired in our region, announced its new name and unveiled a new logo in front of over 200 ardent supporters at the Art in the Dark gala April 13. The organ…
(Editor’s note: This bi-weekly series shares gratitudes expressed by members of the Venice Regional Bayfront Health team.)
Diane Wedge is looking for a few good men — and women — to serve the wellness needs of veterans attached to American Legion Post 159.
Special guest Henry Kisor will speak at the May 8, noon to 1:30 p.m. meeting of the Hearing Loss Association of America-Sarasota/Manatee Chapter. It will be held at the North Sarasota Newtown Library, 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota.
Dr. Steven and Karen Feldman had been married for about seven years when they drove down to Florida from Virginia in their Volkswagen van in 1973, searching for a new place to call home.
If it’s Wednesday, Bette Boysen, M.D., a retired family practice physician, is most likely at the Friendship Center’s Pat Buster Health Services Clinic. She has been volunteering there for the last 10 years regularly once a week.
The SW Florida Myositis KIT (keep in touch) support group, in association with the Myositis Association will host a continuing education evening with credits and dinner for local therapists: occupational therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapist assistants and physical therapy …
(Editor’s note: Anne Taylor interviewed Chris Goodier, a Hearing Loss Association of America Sarasota/Manatee Chapter member, about the help she receives from a hearing dog. Goodier learned about Hearing Dogs after needing help when she was traveling alone. A “hearing dog” serves as a beacon…
The photo was taken at EWNT television studio in Alabama on the “At Home with Jim and Joy” program where Patrick Keigher was interviewed for two shows televised March 27 and 30 on EWTN. His subject was helping people with beginning memory challenges, using the Golden Palm Memory Journals. Pi…
Florida’s coral reefs are facing an unprecedented, deadly and rapidly spreading coral disease outbreak — putting them at risk of functional extinction — and Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are accelerating their innovative efforts to secure the reefs’ future.
Everywhere we go, we see teenagers with headphones and earbuds. I often wonder how loud their music is — as well as what it is.
The Venice Gondolier Sun interviewed Dr. Christine Greene of Greene Rehab in Venice about chronic low back pain. In the first installment, the first of this series on physical therapy for common disorders, we discussed causes and consequences. In this interview, Dr. Greene and James Blackbur…
What exactly is medical marijuana and what is it not? How does one qualify for medical marijuana?
Seniors aren’t what they used to be.
“Pedaling for Parkinson’s,” an exercise class designed for people with Parkinson’s, will be offered at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA starting the first week of February. The moderate-intensity cycling class will run Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent “Advisory on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose” indicated that for patients currently taking high doses of opioids for pain, individuals misusing prescription opioids or using illicit opioids, family practitioners, family and friends of those who have an opioid u…
With the recent passing of George H. W. Bush, I thought about how he had made a difference to people with disabilities, by signing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
