Page 12 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens- March '24

Page 12, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center:

Your Destination For Advanced Urological Care

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (PBGMC) has Historically, finding the exact location of cancer in a prostate dedicated trained surgeons and staff, giving them the highest
your urological health needs covered by offering some of gland has been a challenge. Conventional TRUS prostate quality of care and surgical outcomes for any of their oncologic
the latest technologies and treatment options. Our board- biopsy techniques are referred to as “blind” biopsies since or reconstructive needs.
certified urologists are here to serve the community. Urology physicians typically cannot easily view the specific location of We are here for your emergent and urgent care as well
focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of any abnormal tissue. Now, using the Artemis 3-D imaging and when it comes to urology. We are on standby seven days a
disorders and diseases affecting the urinary tract system in navigation system, our team is able to better identify and more week, laser ready to treat the more common urological issues,
both males and females, as well as the male reproductive accurately biopsy suspicious prostate cancer areas. like kidney stones.
organs. At PBGMC, we can treat every aspect of urology, Testicular cancer can affect males at any age, but it is most “Not every hospital can say they own their own laser to treat
from infertility to robotic oncology. often found in men age 15 to 44 years. Learn about the early kidney stones, so having one in-house means that we don’t need
Common urological cancer sites include the kidneys, signs of the disease and how to do a testicular self-exam and to contract with a company to bring in one when a patient shows
bladder, testicles, ureters, and the prostate gland. According talk with your doctor if there is a suspicious lump, swelling or up with a kidney stone. We can get to work right away,” said
to the American Urological Association, the benefits of pain in the area. urologist Dr. Sean L. Sawh, M.D., FACS, on staff at PBGMC.
screening include finding and treating a prostate cancer In addition to the prostate, our surgeons also can perform Learn more about Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center’s
before it has metastasized outside of the prostate. The urologic procedures of the bladder, kidneys, adrenal glands urology services at https://www.pbgmc.com/services/urology.
Urology Care Foundation generally recommends prostate or ureters, robotically with the Da Vinci Xi robot. The robot Take our free kidney stone quiz: www.pbgmc.com/health-
cancer screening for men between the ages of 55 to 69. Some allows patients to have these complex surgeries done by our assessments/kidney-stone-quiz.
men who are at higher risk for prostate cancer should consider
screening as early as age 40 to 45. Talk to your primary care
doctor and know your risk.

A Home, A Home,

This Theatre

Needs A Home

If you love the arts, and who doesn’t, try helping
Palm Beach Institute for the Entertainment Arts find
a new home. By the end of the year they must vacate
their quarters to make room for North Palm Beach’s
new Twin City Mall. They pay a “peppercorn” rent for
their 50-seat theatre, teaching rooms and audition space.
Its beginnings started over 40 years ago where the old
Jupiter Dinner Theatre used to be. Their guiding light
now, Donna Carbone, got her start there 20 years ago.
(The film star with a Jupiter Park named for him started
it all). Acting classes are held on Wednesday and Friday
nights. The institute puts on plays, helps comedians,
develops writing skills for new playwrights, develops
material for comedy workshops or helps folk who simply
want to write a memoir. Sessions normally last four
weeks, but you can renew, and for a pittance have some
fun by sharpening your own artistic desires. Here’s what
a typical week might look like.
Things change, we are flexible in meeting your needs.
Monday
Creative writing: releases your inner author; short
stories, plays, poetry, novels.
Tuesday
Comedy writing workshop: for comedians and
humorous speakers.
Wednesday
All about acting: master the essentials for a successful
career in TV, theatre, radio or film.
Thursday
Free night: Students use the stage and rooms to
rehearse, listen to experts, “spread their wings.”
Friday
Advanced acting: a 10-week training program, live
your dreams, not your fears. Put on new shows that you
may have written! And you will meet great, friendly,
bighearted people who want to bring you along.
Teaching staff include Avery Summers of Broadway
and cabaret fame; Todd Veittum, acting coach and
producer; and Donna Carbone, writing and drama coach.
Psychologists advise that theatre can be a cure-all for shy
people, troubled youth, anyone needing their self-worth
restored, people with emotional distress and those who
have had setbacks in business. Will someone please come
to the aid of this theatre by finding them space at a low,
low rent? Donna Carbone’s recent plea for new space in
her appeal to the public says it best.
“By the end of 2024, we will be homeless. This is
our personal plea to former students, theater arts lovers,
mayors and council members of North Palm Beach, Palm
Beach Gardens, Juno Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta …
budding philanthropists and real estate tycoons. Please
help us to continue doing the great work that we do every
day. You would be surprised to know what miracles are
wrought on a 10- by 20-foot raised platform in 1,700
square feet of space by our small but caring nonprofit
organization. Please call this number to help or find out
more: (561) 743-9955. You’ll be glad you did. And thanks
for caring.” They need a new home.