North Central Florida Local News | Orlando Regulatory | Volusia-Brevard Local News

Medical Boards Pressured to Let It Slide When Doctors Spread Covid Misinformation

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:18 pm by pj

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News  Tennessee’s Board of Medical Examiners unanimously adopted in September a statement that said doc.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News | Orlando Regulatory | Volusia-Brevard Local News

Why Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:05 pm by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News    The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing th.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Atherosclerosis: Forecasting Tools for Early Detection of Disease

Feb 15, 2022 at 01:11 pm by pj

 Artificial Intelligence as the Basis for Comprehensive Prevention   Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide and often enormously limits.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Violet Defense Offers Affordable Disinfection as a Service to Respond to COVID-19 Surges

Feb 15, 2022 at 11:25 am by pj

  UV disinfection products safely kill COVID-19, flu, and Norovirus to protect people, industries, and the environment   ORLANDO - As the Omicron coronavir.... Read More
Grand Rounds

A Grand Affair at The Grove at Trelago

Feb 14, 2022 at 11:58 pm by pj

Grand Rounds

Orlando Health Cancer Institute – Dr. Phillips Introduces New Surgical Oncologist

Feb 14, 2022 at 11:28 am by pj

  Gastrointestinal Cancer Specialist Joins the Team   Orlando – Dr. Quyen D. Chu, a board-certified surgical oncologist, has joined the ranks of c.... Read More
Grand Rounds

UF Neuro Departments Rank Top 5 in NIH Funding

Feb 13, 2022 at 01:17 am by pj

By Michelle Jaffee and Todd Taylor Neuromedicine and neuroscience research at the University of Florida ranked Top 5 among the nation’s public universities in the 2021.... Read More
Grand Rounds | North Central Florida Local News | Volusia-Brevard Local News

UF Health Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Better Predict Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes

Feb 13, 2022 at 01:14 am by pj

By Doug Bennett When hepatitis C treatments fail, patients can face major health risks and the expense of a second therapy. Now, University of Florida Health researchers have.... Read More
Grand Rounds

New Degree Launches for High-demand Health Care Workers

Feb 11, 2022 at 12:46 am by pj

AdventHealth University debuts degree in Medical Laboratory Science.   ORLANDO — As demand continues to increase for medical laboratory scientists aroun.... Read More
Grand Rounds | Volusia-Brevard Local News

OMNI Healthcare Announces New COVID-19 Treatment Recommendations

Feb 10, 2022 at 08:07 pm by pj

MELBOURNE  – This past week OMNI Healthcare administered monoclonal antibody treatments (mAb) to more than 100 patients after receiving its weekly allocation. In re.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Second Harvest Food Bank Receives $75,000 from Morgan Stanley Foundation

Feb 10, 2022 at 12:12 pm by pj

Donation Will Help Children and Families Facing Hunger in Central Florida ORLANDO – Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida announced today it received a.... Read More
Grand Rounds

UF Study Finds 1 in 16 Women Take Harmful Drugs During Pregnancy

Feb 10, 2022 at 10:48 am by pj

By Matt Splett In a review of more than 3 million pregnancies, University of Florida researchers found 1 in 16 women were exposed to harmful teratogenic drugs — medicat.... Read More
Grand Rounds | North Central Florida Local News | Volusia-Brevard Local News

Physicians Report Prior Authorization Hurts Workforce Productivity

Feb 10, 2022 at 10:39 am by pj

AMA urges employers to grill health plans on the impact of prior authorization on patient careCHICAGO -- Health insurance companies tout prior authorization for certain medica.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Bristol Myers Squibb Awards Nearly $8 Million in New Health Equity Grants: $300,000 Earmarked for Orlando Organization

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:29 pm by pj

Dia de la Mujer Latina, an organization committed to reducing health disparities and promoting health equity among medically underserved populations and patients in Orlando, a.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Saving Lives One Kidney at a Time: Nearly 60 Years In, Dr. Robert Metzger Reflects on the Evolution of the AdventHealth Transplant Program

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:15 pm by pj

Nearly 60 years ago, Robert Metzger, MD, considered the Father of the AdventHealth Transplant Program, was a co-founder, developing the program at Florida Hospital. Through th.... Read More
Clinical | North Central Florida Local News | Volusia-Brevard Local News

Threats, Intimidation Against Doctors and Health Workers Must End

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:07 pm by pj

By GERALD E. HARMON, MD, President AMA The AMA has advocated against the culture of violence in America, including domestic violence, gun violence, racism, police b.... Read More
Clinical | North Central Florida Local News | Volusia-Brevard Local News

Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School Vaccine Mandates

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:02 pm by pj

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News  The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protectio.... Read More
Business/Technology | North Central Florida Local News | Volusia-Brevard Local News

Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

Feb 09, 2022 at 04:54 pm by pj

  By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as amo.... Read More
Clinical | North Central Florida Local News | Volusia-Brevard Local News

‘Decision Fatigue’: Another Pandemic Malady

Feb 09, 2022 at 04:49 pm by pj

By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News  Most all of us have felt the exhaustion of pandemic-era decision-making. Should I travel to see an elderly relative? Can I see m.... Read More
Publisher Op-Ed

HHS Grant Provides Glass Pipes aka Empowering the “Addicted a Safer Opportunity to Remain Addicted”

Feb 09, 2022 at 11:58 am by JohnKelly

  John Kelly Publisher                                     Earlier this w.... Read More