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Documenting the past

e have a tradition of documenting our lives and important events since the beginning of time. First, it was done by carving pictures and letters onto walls in caves and mountainsides, then by writing scrolls, and eventually, books. It seems to be a part of human nature to preserve history. That is exactly what we are doing in this month’s issue of Style magazine. During the past 12 months, our editorial team shared some amazing stories about local people, places, and events. We went through our issues and chose several of them to bring back to the forefront and give you an update on what happened since the stories fi rst ran. In January of this year, we shared a story about a local couple that decided to use their family-owned property for a solar farm. Dr. Dick Holloway and his wife, Leslie Scales-Holloway, had a vision for the future and a passion for education that led them to follow their dream and create a solar farm right here in Lake County. What were their challenges? Have they overcome them? When will the solar farm be operational? Umatilla native and Lake-Sumter State College graduate Clarissa Bowers, 19, was crowned Miss World USA 2017 in August at Orlando. The national competition was followed by the global Miss World competition Nov. 18 in Sanya, China. Did she win?

On any given day in the United States, 93 people are killed with guns. A Style article in January told about the killing of 49 people in June 2016 at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the largest mass shooting on record until Oct. 1 of this year. That’s when a gunman in Las Vegas killed 59 people and wounded hundreds more. What have we done to prepare our community for potential attacks?

All your questions, along with many others, will be answered in this month’s issue. We also included a little humor with the best of the best of James Combs’ “Hit List,” and the comical illustrations of “Josh Takes On” by Joshua Clark.

In the age of the internet, our ability to post pictures and stats immediately is proof that we are committed to documenting the here and now, but we can’t forget to preserve documentation of the past.

I hope you enjoy this month’s issue and take this time to refl ect on a year passed. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from all your friends here at Akers Media.

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Prostate Problems?

As men mature, the prostate grows from a walnut-sized gland to sometimes as large as an orange. This growth causes outfl ow problems from the bladder in the passing of urine, resulting in symptoms from a slow stream, getting up at night to urinate, or even worse—the constant urge to urinate, even to the point that urination begins before they reach the bathroom. These inconvenient, and often embarrassing symptoms, can be resolved by proper treatment of the enlarged prostate.

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Dr. James Young is a very successful urologist who has been practicing in Lake County since 1982. “The treatment of BPH (an enlarged prostate) has always been my focus, and that is the primary reason I moved to Florida when I fi nished my medical training as Chief Resident of Urology at the University of Arkansas. I looked at Florida as being the largest ‘prostate ranch’ in the United States, so I began my practice from scratch in Eustis in 1982.”

For many decades, the only treatment for BPH was a surgical procedure, the TURP, more commonly referred to by men as a “roto-rooter.” Dr. Young performed more 3,000 of these procedures, however they were very invasive, required anesthesia, hospitalization, and could have serious complications, including massive bleeding and at times, death. Then medications were approved that relieved symptoms but after a period of time, the medications lose their effectiveness or caused side effects, usually sexual in nature. There had to be a better way.

In the late 1990’s a new procedure, transurethral needle ablation of the prostate (TUNA) was approved by the FDA. “I was never a fan of jumping on new technology quickly because, as we know, not everything delivers the results as promised,” says Dr. Young. However, after the procedure was used for fi ve years, Dr. Young began doing TUNAs, later known as Prostiva RF therapy. This procedure was done in the offi ce under local anesthesia with few complications. The procedure worked by inserting wires into the prostate, then low frequency radio waves were transmitted through the wires and heated prostate tissue to 115 degrees Celsius. This heat was transmitted in a conductive manner (radiate from the wires) but the heat dissipated rapidly as it traveled away from the wires. The heat was reduced by the formula of 1/r2 with r being the distance from the wires. Basically, cores of prostate tissue surrounding the wires were destroyed. Dr. Young had tremendous success with Prostiva RF therapy and ultimately did almost 3,000 procedures. His success with Prostiva gave him the distinction of being placed on Castle Connelly’s Top Docs list for fi ve consecutive years.

However, more than fi ve years ago, Dr. Young heard rumors of a new technology that was similar in some ways, but completely different in others. This new therapy was FDA approved in 2015 and was known as Rezum. “Even though I have a reputation for not jumping on new technology, I completely understood the science behind Rezum, so as soon as it was available to me, I switched to this procedure immediately.

The science driving this technology is fascinating. Using low frequency radio waves, water is transformed into steam and then nine seconds of steam is infi ltrated into the prostate tissue, once again in the offi ce under local anesthesia. The major difference is the heat is transferred in a convective, as opposed to conductive manner.

As Einstein said, “Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed.” So once the steam is infi ltrated into the prostate, and returns to liquid, it releases all the energy that changed the water into steam. This is a tremendous amount of energy and destroys much more prostate tissue than the conductive heat did conveyed by Prostiva. There is much less discomfort with Rezum and when patients leave the offi ce (usually in under 30 minutes), they experience no pain what so ever.

Since June 2016, Dr. Young has performed just under 300 Rezum procedures, almost twice as many as any other urologist in the United States and many, many more than any other urologists in the state of Florida. “The results have been so amazing and the patients have been so happy that Healthgrades.com notifi ed me that based on my recent reviews and clicks on my site, I am now ranked in the top 100th percentile of all urologists in the United States. While I am very proud of that, it is also very humbling. I personally think this is biggest leap forward in the treatment of BPH that I will see in my lifetime.”

JAMES W. YOUNG III, M.D.

Board-certified Urologist Practicing in Lake County since 1982 with extensive experience in evaluation and management of prostate problems.

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If you are a fi rst-time patient of Dr. Young, you will receive a detailed examination.

“When I see a new patient I perform physical examinations and properly evaluate the patient’s symptoms, thus diagnosing the underlying problem(s),” Dr. Young said. “Next, I describe to the patient what’s normal and then explain what is abnormal with him. Lastly, I teach him his treatment options. If I’ve done a good job of teaching, he will select the correct option for himself.”

While prescribing medications for enlarged prostate can be done by primary care physicians, only urologists are trained to thoroughly evaluate the bladder and prostate (including ruling out prostate cancer), as well as providing extremely effective minimally invasive, offi ce-based therapies as alternatives to lifelong medical therapy.

With an offi ce staff with nearly as much experience as the doctor (many have worked with Dr. Young for 25 years), you don’t spend a great deal of time waiting to see him. “We pride ourselves in being timely in seeing our patients. We respect our patients’ time as much as we do our own. Patients appreciate this; many of our patients tell me I have the best offi ce staff on the planet. I consider that a huge compliment.”

So if you are waking up at night and have diffi culty falling back asleep because you’re worried what may be wrong, then it is time to check in with Dr. Young and have him examine you.

“Many men accept frequent bladder urges as part of aging. And while it is part of the aging process, it’s not like death and taxes. There is something you can do about it.”

James W. Young III, M.D.

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