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DOLORES POLLACK Volunteer Consultant United HomeCare® 305.716.0793 305.716.0710 or visit unitedhomecare.com Volunteers make a world of difference in the lives of homebound older adults and particularly for those who live alone where depression and loneliness are constant companions.  Charitable community organizations are a silver lining for older adults and their family caregivers providing programs and

Nathan Klein O.D. Expert Contact Lens Specialist Eye Surgeons & Consultants 4651 Sheridan Street, Suite #100 Hollywood, FL  33021 (954) 894-1500 myeyesurgeons.com In the past, many individuals were uncomfortable wearing contact lenses due to irritation, dry eyes, excessive movement, or achy eyes.  There is now wonderful news in that a revolutionary type of contact lens,

Vanessa Murphy BCBA, CAS Therapies 4 Kids 5 Clinics in South Florida Weston Pembroke Pines Coral Springs Boca Raton Coral Gables therapies4kids.com When treating or modifying any behavior, the function must first be assessed. In other words, it is imperative to understand why a behavior is occurring. The most common functions are attention, escape/avoidance or

Carolyn Zaumeyer Nurse Practitioner LowTE Florida 4540 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954.791.4498 lowteflorida.com Have you noticed that you are not thinking or performing as well as you did in years past? You may feel you are doing everything right… Eating healthy clean meals, drinking lots of water, exercising daily – but you

Randy Gilbert, J.D. Chief Happiness Officer Florida’s Title Insurance Company (954) 500-Title (8485)   What is FIRPTA? Say a foreign seller wants to sell their real property; well, everyone is expected to pay their fair shares of taxes, and foreigners are no exception. So the IRS established FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax

Linzi Martinez Personal Trainer/Nutritional Therapist Host/Executive Producer of the award winning HHS Makeover TV Series FB: Happy Healthy Stronger IG: Linzimartinez happyhealthystronger.com   I would never have believed that I, being as dark skinned as I am, outside training daily for hours, would be super low in vitamin D! I was so tired, a bit

Richard Tommer COLLEGE HUNKS HAULING JUNK AND MOVING® Office: 954.774.9704 Cell: 954.770.2583 As you know, we are a full service moving and junk removal company. We offer full service moving, move labor (moving items around in the same building, loading or unloading a POD, etc), packing, and unpacking.  As for the junk removal side

Andrew Forrest, D.M.D., M.S. 1500 DENTAL 1500 N Federal Hwy. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 www.1500dental.com (954) 715-1000   Have you made the switch from sugar-sweetened sodas and juices to sugar-free sparkling water? As the adverse effects of sugary drinks (cavities and tooth erosion) become more well-known, plenty of people are making the switch to sparkling

Randy Gilbert, J.D. Chief Happiness Officer Florida’s Title Insurance Company (954) 500-Title (8485)   Fla. Stat. §604.71 Vegetable Gardens.?When city fined homeowner for vegetable garden, Florida said That’s fertilizer!, essentially voiding local regulation of residential vegetable/herb gardens. Fla. Stat. §119.071 Shhh!. Exempting public disclosure of current/former government personnel, spouses, and kids’: addresses; phones; birthdays;

Vanessa Murphy, BCBA, CAS Therapies 4 Kids 5 Clinics in South Florida Weston Pembroke Pines Coral Springs Boca Raton Coral Gables therapies4kids.com Striving to be the best parent is natural. We all have it in us. However, it is only human to make mistakes, and sometimes out of loving too much. In this column you

Rachael Storm Nurse Practitioner & Aesthetics Expert LowTE Florida 4540 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954.791.4498 lowteflorida.com   Derma-planing is a straightforward and safe technique for shedding the top layer of skin and freeing the skin of fine vellus hair “peach fuzz”. The treatment has been utilized for a many year, yet numerous

Carolyn Zaumeyer Nurse Practitioner LowTE Florida 4540 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954.791.4498 lowteflorida.com   PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a condition that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event. This may lead to depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, sexual dysfunction, and unfortunately, suicide for some. Experiencing