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Lee Memorial Health System's comprehensive back and neck pain care program is the topic of April 14’s Well Informed lecture from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Hyatt Place Coconut Point in Estero.

In April, South Lee County residents can take advantage of memory classes in their own back yards at the Bonita Springs YMCA. A four-session series will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on April 6, 9, 13 and 16.

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, one in three Americans suffer from bone and joint pain, but new technologies have been developed to help the distress.

The Healthy Brain Initiative was started by Lee Memorial Health System’s Lee Memory Care division to provide ways for residents of Southwest Florida to boost brain power and fight the onset of memory disorders.

Lee Memorial Home Health telehealth monitors track and transmit patient statistics to health professionals seven days a week from the comfort of their own homes

Lee Memorial physician discusses risk factors and simple lifestyle changes to help stave off nation’s No. 1 killer

Cupid takes aim for lovers in February; American Heart Month strikes blow to reduce deaths from heart disease.

Area orthopedic surgeon to discuss option to treat common ligament, tendon and cartilage ailments

Local florists partner with LMHS Military Support Program to raise funds.

Diabetes Surgery Summit issues revised recommendations expanding scope of patients who could benefit from surgery

Upcoming seminars to feature comprehensive, holistic program to combat obesity

Lee Memorial Health System is hosting a panel lecture and question and answer session devoted to breast cancer on Jan. 13.

(Fort Myers, Fla. – Jan. 7, 2010) – Lee Memorial Health System’s bariatric, or weight loss surgery, program has launched a new Web site, www.leememorial.org/bariatricsurgery, putting information at prospective patients’ fingertips.

Hip and knee replacements are among the nation’s most common surgical procedures with over one million joint replacements annually. While these procedures may have become somewhat routine, advances are being made to better the patient experience.