Discovery to Recovery

America has an addiction problem. Addiction is a complex disease that alters the lives of athletes, physicians, celebrities and everyday people. Anyone who knows an addict, from family to friends to co-workers, is affected. It is not a disease that is easy to understand and can ...

Unlock Your Brain's Potential

What do top-performing athletes, elite musicians and attention deficit disorder sufferers have in common? They take their brain to the gym for a revolutionary, computer- based technique known as EEG Biofeedback. This ‘brain training’ therapy, available at Neurofeedback ...

Innovative Back Solutions: Spinal Decompression

Myriam Benitez, a local certified nurse’s assistant who works in an oncology ward, was involved in a car crash at 43rd Street and University Avenue. In the weeks that followed the accident she began to suffer debilitating neck and low back pain. The pain was so bad that she ...

The Best Keepers of the Land: Pope Farms Land Management

Farmers have always been the “best keepers of the land,” and Alachua County native Dale Pope reflects this philosophy in his business, Pope Farms Land Management. Whether you own less than one acre of land or 200 acres, land management is an ongoing process, and you ...

Gainesville Community Band: The Sound of Music

The love of music is a common bond shared by members of the Gainesville Community Band. It dates back to junior high, high school and college when the 80 members played in respective bands across the country. Some went on to perform as professional musicians while others found careers ...

To Serve and Protect

The Woodville Karst Plain is a hydrogeologic zone in northern Florida that includes a vast network of water-filled caves carrying billions of gallons of water per day to some of the world’s largest freshwater springs. Fascination with these caves, and with their broader environmental ...

For Many Women, the Future is Rising

“If You Had All the Time and All the Money in the World, Would You Still Be Doing What You’re Doing?” - Deepak Chopra There is an ancient suburban ritual, a tradition going back many generations. Women, and sometimes men, gather in a living room or kitchen ...

CREATEchic: Flattering Swimsuits for Your Shape

Welcome to Fashion Gainesville Today’s STYLE Know-How Your closet should be a place of bliss—not where you hide skeletons or those awful gifts you couldn’t return.  But for most, turning your closet into a fashion-haven is easier said than done.  ...

Essence of Life: Staying Positive Amidst Life Challenges

What I love about life is that it’s a process that’s happening to us all. Life does not discriminate as it relentlessly pushes us forward, consistently teaching us lessons for our highest good. Sometimes life lessons don’t always feel great when they’re ...

Gator Watch: Track and Field It's Great to be a Gator

“It’s great… to be… a FLORIDA GATOR!” It’s a chant heard many times at Florida athletic events, and this time it followed the SEC outdoor track and field championships when the women’s team captured the conference title last month.     ...

10 Things I Love About Gainesville: Mark S. Gold M.D.

10 Things I Love About Gainesville Mark S. Gold, M.D. Donald R. Dizney Eminent Scholar and Distinguished Professor University of Florida College of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Anesthesiology, Community Health and Family Medicine ...