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Florida Scores Well in New Senior Health Rankings
TALLAHASSEE (byAlan McBride/Florida News Network) -- Florida appears to be doing a good job of noticing senior needs and reac...
Infant Mortality Rates Fall in Florida
TALLAHASSEE (Florida News Network, Alan McBride) -- The Florida Department of Health says infant mortality rates have reached...
No Medicaid Decision From Fla. Legislature
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida Democratic leaders want Republican Gov. Rick Scott to veto the state budget or call a special ses...
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Out of Hospital
BOSTON (AP) — The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred...
Information of 14,000 UF & Shands Patients Compromised
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- More than 14,000 Shands patients in Gainesville and Jacksonville may have had their personal information...
FDA Says Longer Use of Nicotine Gum is OK
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says smokers who are trying to quit can safely use over-the count...
HIV Test Urged for 7,000 Oklahoma Dental Patients
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Health officials on Thursday urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon to undergo hep...
Fla. Senate Panel Rejects Medicaid Expansion
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Senate committee has essentially killed Gov. Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid covera...
Great White Shark Caught Off Jacksonville, Tagged, Released
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Researchers say they have tagged and released a great white shark off the coast of Jacksonvil...
Flu Shot Doing Poor Job Of Protecting Older People
ATLANTA (AP) — It turns out this year's flu shot is doing a startlingly dismal job of protecting older people, the ...
Florida To Expand Medicaid Under Health Overhaul
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more ...
Study: Southern Diet Sends Stroke Risk Soaring
By NICK WASSON, M.D. (ABC News Medical Unit)Chicken-fried steak. Deep-fried gizzards. Candy-sweet tea.Consider these delicaci...
Married People Have Lower Heart Risks
By CHARLES BANKHEADMedPage Today Staff WriterMarried people are less likely to die from a heart attack than their single coun...
ER Visits Tied to Energy Drinks Double Since 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming ...
Gov. Scott Defends $26B Health Costs; Fla. Agency Estimates Only $3B
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he wants to know what the real numbers are when it comes to p...
Gov. Scott, Sebelius Meet in DC to Talk Health Care
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both sides are saying it was a productive meeting after Florida Gov. Rick Scott sat down with the Oba...
Rudolph's Red Nose Resolved
By CHARLES BANKHEAD/MedPage Today Staff WriterAn investigation into the origin of Rudolph the Reindeer's red nose has end...
I Am Adam Lanza's Mother: It's Time To Talk About Mental Illness
Friday’s horrific national tragedy—the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Ne...
Coated Aspirin May Lose Some Of Its Heart Benefits
By CHRISTINA LOPEZ/ABC NEWSCoated aspirin may lose some of its cardiovascular benefits because it takes longer for the drug t...
Study: Most Couches Are Toxic
from ABC NewsMore than one-third of all couches in the United States are thought to contain potential toxins that can be dang...
Reminder: Time to Fall Back an Hour
Most Americans will be able to get an extra hour of sleep this weekend thanks to the annual shift back to standard time.Offic...
Backup Generators Fail At NYU Hospital
from ABC NewsParamedics and other medical workers began to evacuate patients from New York University Langone Medical Center ...
Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Continues; Another Case in Marion Countys
The state's 19th case of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections from New England Compounding Center ...
Peanut Butter Recall Expands
from ABC NewsThe recall of peanut butter and other nut products linked to an outbreak of salmonella from a New Mexico food co...
Meningitis Outbreak Death Toll At 11
from ABC NewsAn eleventh person has died and 108 more have been sickened by a rare form of fungal meningitis, health official...
Four Meningitis Cases In Marion County
The Center For Disease Control says anyone who had an injection of steroid back pain medication since July 1 at three Marion ...
Fast Food Dieters Paid To Gain Weight
from ABC NewsResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are making an unusual offer: They are payin...
Only Limited Benefit From Cutting Sugary Drinks
from ABC NewsA program to reduce teenagers' intake of sugary drinks showed early benefits, but they didn't last, a ne...
Walmart To Offer Health Food Discount
from ABC NewsHealth care giant Humana, Inc. is partnering with Wal-Mart to give its HumanaVitality participants a deal on fre...
Ground Zero Cancers Now Covered By WTC Health Plan
from ABC NewsThe World Trade Center Health Program will now provide treatment and compensation for 9/11 victims who were diag...
Romney "Not Getting Rid Of All Health Care Reform"
from ABC NewsMitt Romney raised some eyebrows today when he said, "I'm not getting rid of all of healthcare reform.&...
Organic Food Safer, Not Healthier Than Conventional Food
from ABC NewsLike iPods and skinny jeans, organic food is trendy. Even in this cash-strapped economy, more than 70 percent of...
Teenage Marijuana Use May Hurt Future IQ
from ABC NewsTeenagers lighting joints may end up less bright, according to newresearch released Monday.In a study of more th...
Holmes' Psychiatrist Contacted Police Weeks Before Movie-Shooting
By ABC NEWS/MARK GREENBLATT, CAROL McKINLEY and MIKE GUDGELLAug. 6, 2012The psychiatrist who treated suspected movie-theater ...
Are You Getting A Health Care Rebate Check?
from ABC NewsA new provision of the Affordable Care Act — called the Medical Loss Ratio, or the “80/20″ pro...
Children's Miracle Network Radiothon 2012
News/Talk 97.3 THE SKY, 98.5 KTK, and Gainesville Eye Physicians and Optical at Tioga are proud to announce the 2012 Radiotho...
Rubio Is Tea Party's Top Choice For VP
from ABC NewsSen. Marco Rubio today got the nod to be the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee — from the nation&r...
FDA Approves HIV Prevention Pill
from ABC NewsThe Food and Drug Adminstration today announced the approval of the first drug for use in people who are not inf...
UF Study Dispels Marijuana Myth
Alcohol,not marijuana, is the gateway drug that leads adolescents down the path toward more serious substances. That's th...
Are We Sitting Ourselves To Death?
from ABC NewsGetting regular exercise is obviously an important part of staying healthy. But what about what we do with the r...
Is Your Grill Brush A Health Hazard?
from ABC NewsFew things taste better at the end of a summer day than a juicy burger or steak hot off the grill. But when a pi...
Health Care Costs
Governor Rick Scott claims that the health care overhaul will cost Florida taxpayers $1.9 billion dollars a year but Asso...
Pain Clinic Raided
Gainesville Health and Wellness on Newberry Road was raided as part of a statewide crackdown on 'pill mills'. The man...
Budget Woes In Newberry
The City Of Newberry is projecting a loss of tax revenues of $180 thousand dollars. That's because of a recent proper...
Lawsuits Against Travolta Dropped
Both lawsuits against Marion County's best known resident, John Travolta, have now been dropped. Two male masseurs had cl...
Donna Sumner Dies
Sumner has died in Englewood, Florida of lung cancer at the age of 63. She believed she contracted cancer from toxic particle...
Coffee Drinkers Live Longer
from ABC NewsHey, coffee lovers, here's another reason to defend that java habit you just can't kick. A study publish...
Antibiotic May Raise Death Risk
from ABC NewsPatients prescribed the antibiotic azithromycin are more likely to die than those prescribed a different antibio...
Missing Endangered Man
Authorities in Ocala are concerned about 37 year old WIlliam Parker who walked away from The Centers, a mental health facilit...
Mayo Clinic Ex-Technician Pleads Guilty
In Jacksonville, a former radiology technician has admitted stealing syringes of painkillers during patients' procedures ...
Mad Cow Discovery A Stroke Of Luck
from ABC NewsA non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny ...
78 Cases Of Chickenpox in Alachua County
Four new cases of chickenpox have been discovered. One of the four cases is at Santa Fe High School where 139 students have n...
New CHOICES tax ?
Two Alachua County dentists are behind a political action committee to get signatures for a voters' referendum in Novembe...
Supreme Court Health Care Challenge By The Numbers
from ABC NewsNumber of Supreme Court Justices: 9.Hours of oral arguments planned: 6.Full impact the court's ruling could ...
Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Law Challenge
from ABC NewsTwo years ago Friday, President Obama signed what has been called the most significant legislative achievement o...
Not Guilty After 15 MInutes
It only took 15 minutes for a Marion County man to find Michael Mayo not guilty of shooting a man in the parking lot of the B...
Andrew Breitbart Had History of Heart Problems
from ABC NewsThe death of 43-year-old Andrew Breitbart early this morning has once again landed early heart disease in the sp...
Crash Victims I.D.'d In Clay County
Pilot E. Hoke Smith of St. Augustine had reportedly started SK Jets in St. Augustine for life saving missions. His plane cras...
 
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