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Alzheimer’s Prevention: Lifestyle Changes to Make for Better Brain Health

Jun 29, 2022 at 04:23 pm by pj

  By BEAU HERMAN Just as we have found ways to reduce heart disease risk, researchers increasingly are finding evidence that there may be steps we can take to reduce ou.... Read More
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Overdose Deaths Behind Bars Rise as Drug Crisis Swells

Jun 29, 2022 at 04:13 pm by pj

  By LJ Dawson, Kaiser Health News Annissa Holland should be excited her son is coming home from prison after four long years of incarceration. Instead, she’.... Read More
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Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging

Jun 29, 2022 at 04:04 pm by pj

By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overc.... Read More
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Three-Year Abortion Trends Vary Dramatically by State

Jun 29, 2022 at 03:53 pm by pj

  //   By Phillip Reese, Kaiser Health News A recent survey from the Guttmacher Institute documented an 8% rise in the number of abortions.... Read More
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Five Things to Know Now That the Supreme Court Has Overturned Roe v. Wade

Jun 29, 2022 at 03:49 pm by pj

  By Victoria Knight and Rachana Pradhan and Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News  The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Ja.... Read More
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Genetic Screening Results Just Got Harder to Handle Under New Abortion Rules

Jun 29, 2022 at 03:45 pm by pj

By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test su.... Read More
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UF Health designated Center of Excellence for rare inherited condition involving Blood Vessels

Jun 28, 2022 at 07:33 pm by pj

By Bill Levesque The nosebleeds started in elementary school for Bernadette Guthrie as she furtively dabbed her nose with a tissue lest any classmate notice. “You cert.... Read More
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Medline’s new Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Drape now available

Jun 28, 2022 at 07:30 pm by pj

Drape designed to enable catheter insertions during minimally invasive to complex heart procedures   Medline today announced the release of its Transcatheter Aorti.... Read More
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Tailored Wellness: Making the Most Out of a Broken System

Jun 27, 2022 at 11:51 pm by pj

By JOSHUA WASHINGTON "I was finally able to complete a full run. I haven't been able to do that in quite some time due to the noise (in my mind). Previously I would just stop.... Read More
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Rep. Demings Presents Federal Funding to Second Harvest Food Bank

Jun 27, 2022 at 07:43 pm by pj

Rep. Val Demings (FL-10) has presented the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida with $775,000 in federal funding she secured for the Culinary Workforce Training Program.... Read More
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CMS Announces New Model to Improve Cancer Care for Medicare Patients

Jun 27, 2022 at 03:00 pm by pj

Enhancing Oncology Model Aims to Improve Patient-Centered Care, Lower Health Care Costs, and Address Health Equity  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS.... Read More
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Researchers Discover Genetic Link Explaining Pain and Early Failure of Joint Replacements

Jun 24, 2022 at 03:56 pm by pj

In what is a world first, the research published by ExplantLab in leading biomedical research journal Nature Communications Medicine (24 June), could transform the w.... Read More
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Brian Wetzel named President of Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital

Jun 24, 2022 at 03:31 pm by pj

  Orlando Health has named Brian Wetzel president of Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital effective July 1, 2022. He replaces Ohme Entin, who will become the chief operatin.... Read More
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Conservatives on Supreme Court, as Expected, End Nationwide Right to Abortion

Jun 24, 2022 at 02:20 pm by pj

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News  The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century.... Read More
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UF Nursing Researcher gets to the ‘Heart’ of Cardiac Health Disparities

Jun 23, 2022 at 11:07 pm by pj

By Kyle Chambers When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the.... Read More
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CDC Assisting FDOH with Historic Meningococcal Disease Outbreak in Florida

Jun 22, 2022 at 11:30 pm by pj

Gay and bisexual men urged to get vaccinated if living in Florida, or talk with their healthcare provider about vaccination if traveling to Florida   The Cent.... Read More
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Omni Healthcare Offering COVID Vaccines for Young Children

Jun 22, 2022 at 03:30 pm by pj

 
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Orlando Health Cancer Institute Welcomes New Gastrointestinal Cancer Expert

Jun 22, 2022 at 02:43 pm by pj

  Dr. Wasif Saif Also Tapped for Leadership Role   Dr. Wasif Saif, a nationally-recognized expert in gastrointestinal cancer and experimental therapeutics, has jo.... Read More
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100 Million People in America Are Saddled with Health Care Debt

Jun 21, 2022 at 05:41 pm by pj

By Noam N. Levey, Kaiser Health News Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000.... Read More
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Nemours Children’s Health President & CEO Named to ’50 Most Influential Clinical Executives’

Jun 21, 2022 at 04:40 pm by pj

  Modern Healthcare lists R. Lawrence Moss, MD among elite group   Modern Healthcare has named R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, president & CEO of.... Read More