Your Health Questions Answered

What is Sleep Hygiene, and How Can We Improve Our Own?

Sleep hygiene promotes better sleep through an ideal bedroom environment and daily routines. A Sarasota specialist offers some background and tips.

10/20/2021 By Allison Forsyth

Good Vibrations

Can Sound Healing (Yes, Sound Healing) Cure What Ails You?

Kelly Gonzalez Palladino opened Mystical Oasis in Sarasota to share the power of sound with others.

10/19/2021 By Allison Forsyth

Your Health Questions Answered

How Does Sunlight Improve Your Mood?

In Florida, we get sunshine all year. But how does this everlasting summer have a positive impact on our mental health? Two local therapists tell us.

09/15/2021 By Allison Forsyth

Your Health Questions Answered

Why Do We Stretch Involuntarily?

After a good night's sleep, or spending too much time at your desk, you may find yourself stretching without even trying. Here's why we do it.

09/08/2021 By Allison Forsyth

Yes Cigar

A Father-Son Team Is Selling Hand-Crafted Cigars at the Sarasota Farmers Market

"It's more than a business. It’s a tradition."

04/01/2021 By Kim Doleatto

Your Health Questions Answered

Can Chiropractic Adjustments Improve Your Health?

The popular alternative treatment can do more than just relieve back pain.

02/24/2021 By Allison Forsyth

Wakeup call

How to Eat Breakfast Like a Champ

IMG Academy sports dietician Shawn Pitcher offers tips on how to get a healthy start to your day.

08/08/2019 By Hanna Powers

Health

Teen Vaping Up in 2018

The number of American high school students vaping nicotine rose dramatically between 2017 and 2018, according to new survey results.

01/10/2019 By Staff

Health

Federal Agency Bans Smoking in Public Housing

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro announced Wednesday that public housing developments in the U.S. will now be required to provide a smoke-free environment for residents.

12/02/2016 By staff

Living Well

Why You Should Plank More, and More Sarasota Health News

Plus: bitters are good for your digestive system, a guided meditation app and how to help a loved one struggling with depression.

12/01/2015 By Hannah Wallace

Article

Sarasota IV Lounge Offers a New Kind of Preventative Medicine

Plus, Wild Ginger Apothecary opens for business, free dental screenings at LECOM and National Nutrition Month.

03/01/2015 By Hannah Wallace

Article

How Meditation Can Help Heal Your Body and Soul

Plus, health tech news, new treatments for back pain, hair loss, Parkinson’s and more, and a compendium of local health resources.

12/03/2014 By Hannah Wallace and Chelsey Lucas

Article

New Treatments for Foot Ailments

Sarasota physicians offer new foot care treatments and insights into foot health.

10/22/2013 By Megan McDonald

Article

Raw Food Curious

This week: Heather Dunhill on her curiosity about the raw food movement.

05/03/2013 By Heather Dunhill

Article

Health Report: April 2013

Health Report: Sarasota Health News, April 2013

04/01/2013 By Megan McDonald

Article

This Just In: Keep Cramming Potassium

Hannah Wallace investigates the amount of potassium you really need.

02/06/2013 By Megan McDonald