Patient News Archives - Internal Medicine of Tampa Bay

March 20, 2026

The Food Safety Edge: Why It Matters More After 40

For many, foodborne illness is something we associate with a bad restaurant meal or a short-lived stomach bug. But as we move through middle age and beyond, food safety becomes less about inconvenience and more about protecting our health and…

Medications Patient News

March 20, 2026

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Breathing Easier: What’s New in Seasonal Allergy Care

Seasonal allergies affect about one in four American adults, and if you’re among them, you know the routine: weeks of sneezing, congestion, itchy eyes, sinus pressure, and disrupted sleep. The immune system mistakes harmless pollen for a threat, triggering a…

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Healthy Aging Patient News

December 19, 2025

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A New, Hopeful Era for Brain Health

From prevention to precision care, a new wave of research is reshaping what it means to protect your memory and thinking For generations, a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease signaled a one-way journey of irreversible decline that slowly eroded…

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Mental Health Patient News

December 19, 2025

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Spirituality in Medicine: Rediscovering an Ancient Dimension of Healing

Modern medicine excels at treating disease, yet true healing can go beyond correcting an abnormal lab value or repairing an injury. It involves restoring wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Increasingly, we recognize that spirituality is a powerful dimension of…

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Healthy Aging Patient News

July 22, 2025

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Keeping Up with Apps

Exercise coach, meditation guru, calorie counter, hearing amplifier, mood lifter, EKG monitor, always-available walking buddy…with 350,000+ apps flooding the marketplace there’s quite literally a virtual assist for every goal you can envision. Health apps offer software to diagnose, track or…

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Mental Health Patient News

July 22, 2025

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The Happiness Study: Lessons from Lives Well-Lived

“Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.” – Henry David Thoreau What is…

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Healthy Aging Patient News

February 25, 2025

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New Advisory Brings the Alcohol-Cancer Connection to the Forefront

Alcohol and Cancer Risk Our year was off to a sobering start with the advisory on alcohol and cancer risk issued by the Surgeon General in January. The key points, which were concerning, and for at least half of Americans,…

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Healthy Aging Patient News

February 24, 2025

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Heart Health Update: All Roads Lead to Prevention

Whether you’re a healthy 40-something with a family history of premature cardiac events, a 50-year-old mother who experienced a complicated pregnancy decades ago, or a 65-year-old man whose statin treatment has failed to lower high cholesterol levels, take heart in…

Patient News

February 24, 2025

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Truth or Dare: Staying Informed in an Age of Misinformation

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on.” * It’s not easy to cut through the clutter in our world of often viral misinformation and find irrefutable facts. Healthcare is especially…

Nutrition Patient News

November 21, 2024

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The New Holiday Plate: Healthy, Wholesome, and Welcoming For All

As dietary restrictions become more commonplace (an estimated 10% of Americans have a food allergy, another 5% are vegetarian or vegan), serving a holiday meal that satisfies a diversity of diners may seem intimidating. Below we show some easy ways…

Patient News

The Food Safety Edge: Why It Matters More After 40

Breathing Easier: What’s New in Seasonal Allergy Care

A New, Hopeful Era for Brain Health

Spirituality in Medicine: Rediscovering an Ancient Dimension of Healing

Keeping Up with Apps

The Happiness Study: Lessons from Lives Well-Lived

New Advisory Brings the Alcohol-Cancer Connection to the Forefront

Heart Health Update: All Roads Lead to Prevention

Truth or Dare: Staying Informed in an Age of Misinformation

The New Holiday Plate: Healthy, Wholesome, and Welcoming For All

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