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Hope Healthcare offers new support group

Hope Healthcare is offering a new support group, After the Storm: Coping with Disaster, beginning in November to help the community start to heal in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Participants will have the opportunity to share their stories, learn ways to cope and engage with other Southwest ...

Where to get mental health help in Southwest Florida

Avow Hospice Avow is a nonprofit provider of hospice, palliative care and grief support services in Collier County. Adults struggling to cope with loss have found understanding, acceptance, and gentle guidance from Avow’s professional bereavement staff members since our founding in 1983. ...

Alzheimer Association’s in-person Caregiver Support Group

Alzheimer Association's in-person Caregiver Support Group takes place on the second Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is Nov. 9 and is from 1 to 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church at 2951 Trail Dairy Circle in North Fort Myers. Support groups create a safe, confidential, ...

Abbott issues recall of certain ready-to-feed formulas

Abbott has issued a press release voluntarily recalling certain lots of 2 fluid ounce/59 milliliter bottles of Ready-to-Feed (RTF) liquid formula products. For a list of products and lot numbers included in the recall, click here or call 1-800-986-8540. According to Abbott, “These products ...

Lee Health update

Returning Golisano Children’s Hospital patients The process of having Golisano Children’s Hospital patients return to our hospital following the evacuation to other hospitals began early this week. We are proud to bring our youngest patients home to Southwest Florida to resume their care closer to home and their families. Elective surgeries with overnight stays to resume at Lee Health Based on the capacity available at each of our hospitals, Lee Health will resume select elective surgeries requiring overnight stays beginning tomorrow, Oct. 13. Lee Health is pleased to support ...

Free autism screening for young children Friday

Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida, offers a free monthly autism spectrum disorder screening for toddlers 18 months to five years of age. The next screening will be held Friday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Pediatric Specialist Office, 15901 Bass Road, Suite 102, Fort Myers. It is estimated that one in every 44 children is diagnosed with some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Medical ...