It is important for caregivers to stay healthy and active, and to not forget who they are. Dr. Deepa Sharma, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, says a coping strategy for caregivers is the oxygen airplane analogy: you …
Memory loss, trouble doing familiar tasks, problems with language, confusion about time and place, poor judgment, and misplacing things are some of the most common symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Haronyd Melo Nunez, PT, Manager of Rehab Services at West Kendall …
Dr. Andrew Forster, Internal Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, talks about the ten early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. He affirms it is very hard to diagnose the condition, because there are not blood or imaging tests …
Dr. Jose Vazquez, Internal Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care says Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia in the elderly particularly. With a graphic and a 3D imaging of the brain, the specialist explains what the disease …
Isabel Chica, Director of Children’s Services with The Lighthouse for the Blind, says it’s not easy to deal with parents with children who lose their vision, but it’s important to make an approach with the whole family.
She considers every …
Dr. Richard Simon, Ophthalmologist with Baptist Outpatient Services, explains cataract is a little and hazy film. About the symptoms, he says you won’t feel anything in your eye, the only thing that will happen is that you will have vision …
Glaucoma is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the United States. Glaucoma has no early symptoms — that’s why half of the people with glaucoma don’t know they have it. The only way to find out if …
