Amy Oshier

Walking can be a real struggle for someone with ankle arthritis, but many are slow to consider a surgical option to relieve their pain.

Since 2007, e-cigarettes or what is colloquially known as vape has become increasingly popular in the United States marketplace, especially among young people.

Doctors told a Naples family that their daughter had a large, cancerous brain tumor. She was treated in days at Golisano Children’s Hospital.

Every year, almost 800,000 people in the U.S. suffer a stroke. It’s the leading cause of serious long-term disability.

For most people with degenerative disk disease, physical therapy or a disk fusion were all doctors had to offer. But now, disk replacement is easing their pain.

Many of the seasonal viruses tend to rise beginning in the fall, and this year, Lee Health is once again bracing for a potential “tripledemic” of illnesses.

Parking lots are flooded and roads are turned into canals in Punta Gorda after Hurricane Idalia.

Punta Gorda is experiencing some flooding after Hurricane Idalia, particularly downtown.

Rain and wind gusts are hitting Downtown Punta Gorda. The neighborhoods on the banks of Charlotte Harbor are notorious for flooding.

Fort Myers Beach is gearing up for Idalia.