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Heroes Live Amongst Us
They live in our community. They are our next-door neighbors, moms at the PTA meeting, dads who coach football, and young professionals who volunteer at the harvest drive. They do all the everyday things we all do. They go to the grocery store, plan vacations, exercise at the gym, and dine at their favorite restaurants.
They also save lives. Our community is filled with HEALTHCARE HEROES. They all help us to live healthier lives. Whether it’s the EMT who responds to 911 calls, a nurse at the hospital, the oncologist treating cancer, your family dentist, or your local eye doctor. These heroes treat what ails us and help us live better quality lives. We’ve included a selection of some of the heroes from our community who are making an impact, enjoy!
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Diana Torres, DDS
DESIGNER FAMILY DENTIST Family Dentistry
Dr. Diana Torres is passionate about giving patients the very best care possible at her practice, Family Dentistry. She treats all members of the family, from young children to grandparents. What drives her is the impact she can have on people.
Dr. Torres’ specialty is Lite Dentistry. It is a package that might include invisalign, whitening, gum contouring, and composite veneers. Lite Dentistry is a noninvasive, high-impact, beautifully tailored approach to a healthy, life-changing smile.
The benefits of attaining a bright smile aren’t just cosmetic. Her patients feel better about themselves and are more confident. It can impact all aspects of their lives.
“What I enjoy the most about my profession is the ability to give patients back the confidence they desire by using a conservative smile design approach,” commented Dr. Torres.
She gets these results by combining extensive academic training with the latest, cutting-edge technology in dentistry. For example, Family Dentistry utilizes the iTero digital scanning device to take highly-detailed images and scans of patients’ teeth. This machine creates digital impressions to provide a more detailed image of a person’s teeth and the surrounding soft tissues. These impressions are often more advanced and precise when compared to traditional options.
Dr. Torres grew up in Colombia before moving to Florida in 2000. She has been married for 17 years and has two children, Mateo (4) and Milan (3).
Andrea Bretal, MD
OWNER & MEDICAL DIRECTOR Weston Medical Health & Wellness
Dr. Andrea Bretal opened Weston Medical Health & Wellness with one goal in mind: to help people live healthier and more fulfilling lives. It only made sense to locate the holistic clinic, which focuses on obesity medicine in Weston.
Dr. Bretal’s practice combines nutritional counseling with integrative medicine to help men and women of all ages achieve success with lasting weight loss. She understands the role hormones play in weight loss and specializes in balancing hormones, from thyroid and adrenal to estrogen and testosterone, to set your body up for weight loss.
Patients with chronic health conditions like diabetes can find management techniques and even achieve disease regression at Weston Medical Health & Wellness. By helping you lose weight and keep it off, Dr. Bretal believes you’ll live a healthier, happier life.
While the practice is known for weight loss, they offer much more. “Our services include Mental Wellness through Epigenetic and Nutritional imbalances, Hormone therapy for Men and Women,” said Dr. Bretal, “I am dedicated to educating and enhancing the lives of my patients.”
■ Dr. Andrea Bretal practices at Weston
Medical Health & Wellness 1605 Town
Center Blvd • Suite D • Weston, FL 33326. To make an appointment please call 954-389-1800 or visit www.WestonDiet.com for more info.
Nancy Erickson, DO
BOARD CERTIFIED ANESTHESIOLOGIST & BOARD ELIGIBLE PAIN MANAGEMENT PHYSICIAN Interventional Pain Physicians of South Florida
Dr. Nancy Erickson of Interventional Pain Physicians of South Florida helps patients with acute and chronic pain find relief. She has been helping people manage pain for over twenty years.
Whether your pain is new, old, acute or chronic, Dr. Erickson cares about you and eliminating your pain. She understands that this can severely impact every aspect of your life. Dr. Erickson and her staff perform a physical examination, evaluation, and all aspects of your treatment to make sure you are given a solution that will work. Her goal is to help you improve your quality of life.
There may be specific exercises she recommends as well as vitamin supplements to help your body heal. Depending on your underlying pathology there may be specific interventional procedures to heal, not mask your pain, this will decrease your pain, help your body to heal, improve your sleep, increase your activity of daily living and improve your quality of life.
Dr. Erickson uses advanced diagnostics, years of focused expertise and comprehensive treatments to treat pain of all types. Dr. Erickson’s patients rave about her empathy and professionalism. Giving relief to people suffering from severe pain is, in a way, giving them their lives back.
Dr. Erickson’s practice is on N. Flamingo Road in Pembroke Pines.
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