Healthy Living Archive

June marks Men’s Health Awareness Month, a time dedicated to encouraging men to take a proactive role in their health and well-being. Prioritizing work, family and daily responsibilities can mean your health often takes a back seat. At Baptist Medical Group Primary Care – Live Oak, family medicine physicians like Brian Steiner, M.D., are working to change that narrative — one patient at a time.

Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion per year. It costs Medicare beneficiaries in time, stress, their medical identities, and potentially their health. It costs families, friends, and caregivers in worry and lost work when helping their loved ones recover from falling victim to Medicare fraud.

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to take a closer look at your skin. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and one in five Americans will develop it in their lifetime. The good news is that when caught early, it is highly treatable. Living in Northwest Florida means sun exposure is simply part of daily life, which makes regular skin checks not just a good idea, but an important one.

Veterans experience high rates of chronic pain, which is strongly associated with addiction, depression and suicide risk. Care for veterans can be hard to find, and their pain is often difficult to treat.

Enter Dr. Llaird Likens.

Dr. Likens of Navarre Chiropractic has been providing non-opioid pain solutions to area veterans for more than 20 years. In addition to treatments such as chiropractic care, acupuncture and massage therapy to reduce pain, Dr. Likens is using acupuncture specifically to combat addiction.

As seasons change, do you find yourself suddenly having cold-like symptoms when it may be seasonal allergies? Although colds and allergies may share some similarities, they are different and should be treated that way. How can you tell the difference?  

“Allergies and colds can feel very similar, but their causes and treatments are quite different,” said Traci Bourgeois, M.D., primary care physician at Baptist Medical Group. “If symptoms linger or keep coming back at the same time each year, that’s a good sign it may be allergies. A primary care provider can help you pinpoint the cause and find relief sooner.”

Residents of Navarre have trusted Dermatology Specialists of Florida for years for expert medical skin care close to home. Now, they are expanding services by offering Botox® treatments at their Navarre location, giving patients convenient access to both comprehensive dermatologic care and medically guided aesthetic treatments—all from the providers they already know and trust.

Northwest Florida Agency on Aging offers tips to protect against scammers

Likens is a Veterans Administration-approved chiropractic care provider

As a busy husband, father, grandfather and employee, Richard Daniels stays active by working and helping others. Last May, Richie assisted his grandchildren with a home improvement project and injured his back.

Dermatology Specialists of Florida – Navarre Office

(Featuring John H. Phillips III, MD and Lauren Hagen, PA-C)