Fifth of Five By Anné Desormier-Cartwright, JD, Esq. Article 5: Reviewing Insurance Coverage for Your New Home The prior article discussed the importance of life insurance and beneficiary designations after buying a home. Homeowners should also review their property and casualty insurance coverage after closing. When purchasing a home, insurance needs often change dramatically. Coverage […]

Advanced lens-based procedure now performed in the practice’s accredited office-based surgery suite in Lake Worth See Vision Eye Institute announced that it now offers EVO ICL, one of the most advanced surgical procedures for moderate to high nearsightedness, also known as myopia, at its Lake Worth surgical facility. For many patients, EVO ICL has become […]

Italia Russell is happy to be getting back to her normal life with her husband and family, traveling, and working. For over a year, the Freeport, Grand Bahama, resident dealt with a breast cancer diagnosis and traveled to Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital for treatment. Her cancer journey began when she discovered a lump in her […]

The Opportunity Most Cataract Patients Don’t Realize By Jason Gorscak, M.D. When most people hear the words “cataract surgery,” they think about removing a cloudy lens and seeing more clearly again. That is certainly part of it. But for many patients today, cataract surgery is also something bigger: a chance to make intentional choices about […]

By Nils A. Shapiro It would be evident to anyone who browsed through the approximately 500 books in my home office library, or is a regular reader of the more than 200 review columns that have been published in this newspaper over the past 20 years, that history—and American history in particular—is of special interest […]

By Nils A. Shapiro When my wife, Linda, and I decided to watch a new streaming on Amazon Prime, The Sheep Detectives, I had already decided that—despite the positive reception it had received from many critics—this was not the kind of film I would consider appropriate for my review column. A bunch of sheep getting […]

Whether you’re a competitive athlete, an active adult or someone who wants to stay active without pain, injuries and orthopedic conditions can affect your quality of life. That’s where sports medicine orthopedic surgeons play an important role. Dr. Gary Ackerman and Dr. John Randazzo, sports medicine orthopedic surgeons at Palm Beach Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic […]

A year ago, on October 1, everything changed. We were told that The Pet Cottage would have to leave the property we had called home for five years. Suddenly, the future of our Sanctuary was uncertain. Then, in November, everything changed again. Our landlord reconsidered, and we were given an opportunity we hadn’t expected: we […]

After nearly 60 years battling severe acid reflux and a rare swallowing disorder, Palm Beach County resident Phillip Epps is finally feeling relief, thanks to a breakthrough surgery at Tampa General Hospital. The per-oral plication of the esophagus, or POPE procedure, is a minimally invasive surgery that reshapes a stretched and sagging esophagus. “The POPE […]

Susan Shulman Pertnoy and Ronnie Pertnoy, two prominent leaders of Palm Beach’s Jewish community, have been selected as co-chairs of the 2026 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, one of the largest and most influential gatherings of Jewish leadership in North America.       Held November 8-10 in Washington, DC, the General Assembly (GA) brings […]