Don’t have time to eat in the morning with the dash to get to work and school? Or, do you just grab some sugary cereal? You don’t need as much time as you think to have a nutritious breakfast. “Breaking the Fast” is as important as brushing your teeth in the morning if you want [...]

If so, then we have some SHOPPING CART SAFETY tips for you: •             Always use appropriate shopping cart restraints •             Never allow your child to stand in the basket •             Infant carriers should not be placed on top of the basket •             Never allow your child to stand and ride on the outside of the [...]

Sarasota County has a great running (& walking!) community. There are countless training groups, teams, events & races centered around this activity. And why not? The benefits for staying active are great: it reduces your risk of heart disease, diabetes, anxiety, obesity, arthritis, depression and dementia. Plus, it’s great for your social and mental health. [...]

WINDOW SAFETY is a huge concern especially in children up to 5 years of age.  5,200 children last year were injured from falling out of windows.  The majority of the injuries were caused from falling out of a first or second story window, not from high-rise buildings as you would assume. Here are a few [...]

This aerial photo shows how the new 9-story Courtyard Tower “fits” in the Sarasota Memorial Hospital campus. Scheduled to open in 2013, the patient care tower will include a 32-bed Level 3 NICU, Labor & Delivery Suites, along with Cardiac, Orthopedic and Medical/Surgical nursing units.

Staff and visitors have a great reason to take the stairs instead of the elevator – They now can enjoy a beautiful four-level mural painted by Ringling College of Art & Design students in the main stairwell in the hospital’s central hallway. The work of art depicts a water-to-space theme, starting with underwater scenes on [...]

Construction crews get an early start on the day as they work on the roof of the new 9-story Courtyard Tower scheduled to open in 2013.

The next time you’re at Sarasota Memorial, stop by the third level Waldemere Garage walkway where you can take a look at the historical timeline that was installed this week. The timeline begins in 1925 with the opening of the original 32-bed hospital and ends with the new Courtyard Tower, currently under construction, scheduled to [...]

The phrase “woke up on the wrong side of the bed” dates back to the Ancient Romans. And while labeled superstitious, sometimes it really feels that way. So how do we turn around that bad mood, that bad day feeling? 1. The first step is acknowledging how we feel. Sometimes, we just need to feel [...]