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Inflammation is at the root of so many diseases, and your diet can greatly impact that inflammation. In the second part of a four-part dietitian series, Gemady Langfelder, RD, discusses how food and nutrition can impact inflammation, even eliminating it, and what you should look out for when shopping for foods.

Malnutrition and dehydration are extremely common in the aging population, and Sarasota Memorial dietitian Laura McLeroy, RD, says it isn't talked about enough. In this first episode of a four part dietitian series, McLeroy discusses what nutrition information the aging population needs to be healthy.

More than half of women and almost one in three men suffer a sexual assault with violence in their lifetimes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Board-certified sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) help these patients through every step of the process. Sarasota Memorial has a special program to ensure these SANE nurses are available around the clock at all 3 ECC locations. Elizabeth Kovach, RN, explains how the program works and why it's so important to the community.

What might not seem like a traumatic injury, can sometimes be incredibly dangerous to people taking blood thinners. Casey Howell, RN, Sarasota Memorial's trauma injury prevention coordinator explains what people should be on the lookout for and how these injuries are treated.

There are many options for parents when deciding where to deliver their babies. Pam Beitlich, Executive Director of SMH Women and Children's Services explains the benefits of delivering in a hospital with a NICU, while also allowing parents choices for their birth plan.

Patients with sleep apnea are often recommended lifestyle changes, and prescribed at CPAP for sleeping. However, what happens to patients who cannot tolerate the CPAP? Peter Vosler, MD, a head and neck surgeon at Sarasota Memorial discusses a surgical option for these patients.