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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Encourages Men

To Focus On Their Health In June During Men’s Health Month

June is National Men’s Health Month. This month is all any abnormal tissue. Now, using the Artemis 3-D imaging and
about encouraging the men in your life to take care of their navigation system, our team is able to better identify and more
bodies by eating right, exercising, and working to prevent accurately biopsy suspicious prostate cancer areas.
disease. It is a great time to raise awareness about health issues In addition to the prostate, our surgeons can also perform
that primarily affect males, such as prostate cancer. Palm urologic procedures of the bladder, kidneys, adrenal glands
Beach Gardens Medical Center is proud to offer some of the or ureters, robotically with the Da Vinci Xi robot. The robot
most advanced technology for detecting and treating any and allows patients to have these complex surgeries done by our
all urologic issues. With seven board-certified urologists on dedicated trained surgeons and staff, giving them the highest
staff, we are here to serve our community with some of the quality of care and surgical outcomes for any of their oncologic
latest treatment options in urology. or reconstructive needs.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the male Our goal is to provide the very best urologic care for our
population. Detecting it usually entails a biopsy of the prostate community. Our team of doctors and medical staff is available
when the surgeon suspects an issue. Targeted MRI/ultrasound Historically, finding the exact location of cancer in a prostate for you and your loved ones when you need us most, providing
fusion biopsies are one of the latest technologies available in the gland has been a challenge. Conventional TRUS prostate this urological treatment and technology 24 hours a day, 7 days
detection and management of prostate cancer. Prostate health is biopsy techniques are referred to as “blind” biopsies since a week. For more information about our urology services, call
at the forefront of care at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. physicians typically cannot easily view the specific location of (561) 622-1411.
For men, prostate problems frequently occur in those over the
age of 50. Fortunately, most problems are not cancer. Even if
cancer is diagnosed, the relative five-year survival rate for all
men is nearly 100 percent. The most common prostate problem
diagnosed in men over 50 is prostate enlargement, or benign
prostatic hyperplasia (BHP). This condition occurs because
the prostate continues to grow as a man matures, potentially
squeezing the urethra and affecting bladder control. At Palm
Beach Gardens Medical Center, we have a dedicated operating
suite for surgical intervention where prostatic enlargement
procedures are performed.

Helping Smart But

Scattered Kids

By Jim Forgan, Ph.D.,
Licensed School
Psychologist
Executive functioning COLLABORATION
is an umbrella term for
many different activities
of the brain that
orchestrate goal-directed builds better solutions.
action. Executive
functions include your
child’s ability to: focus,
decide what is important,
set goals, use prior knowledge, initiate action, manage
time, self-monitor performance, use self-restraint, and
remain flexible. We are pleased to announce that we have expanded our
Imagine you have an 8-year-old son and he is a hot
mess. When he arrives home from school he leaves his Florida Wealth Management Team with the addition of two
shoes in the middle of the kitchen and his book bag
in the middle of the foyer. At some point he makes new seasoned Senior Advisors, Terisa Heine and Laura Phillips.
himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The bread
bag is left open, the lid is off the peanut butter jar, a Your most important relationships are those built on a
sticky knife slathered with peanut butter and drips of
jelly are on the counter. When you find him gaming, foundation of trust and understanding. Your relationship with
there’s a sea of crumbs on his chair and the family your wealth management team should be no different. We are
dog has licked his plate clean. This boy has executive
functioning difficulties. honored to share the experience of our new team members
Executive functions help modulate our attention,
effort, and emotion so that we can plan, organize, and with you and your family.
respond independently, consistently, and predictably.
Having well developed executive functions helps Contact Terisa and Laura to discuss your wealth
children regulate their behavior in social settings and
their output on academic tasks. These are smart kids management needs:
who get the big picture but lack follow-through on
many important details. Your child might need you to
act as his or her executive assistant. Terisa Heine Laura Phillips
To help your child provide scaffolding of skills which Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President,
provide temporary supports as your child’s executive Senior Fiduciary Advisor Senior Wealth Advisor
functioning skills evolve. Do enough to support but 200 PGA Boulevard, Suite 4400 200 PGA Boulevard, Suite 4400
not enable your child. Second, help create systems North Palm Beach, FL 33408 North Palm Beach, FL 33408
of support such as checklists, technology reminders, 561.630.2116 561.630.2127
following a consistent schedule, and organizing theine@wilmingtontrust.com lphillips4@wilmingtontrust.com
materials. Third, sustain your child’s strengths as our
strengths often become our careers and passions in life.
Learn more in my book The Disorganized, Impulsive
Child: Solutions for Parenting Kids with Executive
Functioning Difficulties.
Executive functioning difficulties often co-occur
with ADHD and learning disabilities. We can test your wilmingtontrust.com
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solutions to help at home and in school. Dr. Forgan is Wilmington Trust is a registered service mark used in connection with various fiduciary and non-fiduciary services offered
a licensed school psychologist and certified dyslexia by certain subsidiaries of M&T Bank Corporation.
testing specialist and can help you at (561) 625-4125 ©2022 M&T Bank and its affiliates and subsidiaries. All rights reserved. AMP 2263 220518 VF
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