Clinical

Rabies Alert issued for Winter Park in Orange County, near Formosa Ave. and Biscayne Drive

Mar 14, 2019 at 03:55 pm by Staff

. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is issuing a rabies alert for an area in Winter Park, Florida, near Formosa Avenue and Biscayne Drive. . The alert is i.... Read More

'Medieval' Diseases Flare As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate

Mar 12, 2019 at 09:12 pm by Staff

  Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco Jennifer Millar keeps trash bags and hand sanitizer near her tent, and she regularly pours water mixed with.... Read More

A Game Changer in Canine Scent-Based Cancer Detection: BioScentDX

Mar 11, 2019 at 12:44 pm by Staff

Screenings offer affordable, non-invasive means of early cancer detection By MELANIE KILGORE-HILL A West Florida startup is changing the future of cancer detection. Loc.... Read More

Different Routes of Administration of Medical Marijuana

Mar 07, 2019 at 08:20 pm by Staff

By MICHAEL PATTERSON Currently, the Florida Department of Health Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) does not allow for smokable marijuana flower (buds) to be used lega.... Read More

AMA Calls for Continued Investment in Multi-Pronged Effort to Reduce Burnout in Health System

Feb 21, 2019 at 08:43 pm by Staff

Dip in physician burnout rate suggests improvements, but still a long way to go The burnout rate among physicians in the United States dropped modestly in 2017 from a peak i.... Read More

Considering Adults with Undiagnosed CHD

Feb 18, 2019 at 07:57 pm by Staff

By Jamil Aboulhosn, MD and Arwa Saidi, MB, BCh, MEd, FACC Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect, affecting one percent of babies. More than 90 percen.... Read More

Discharged, Dismissed: ERs Often Miss Chance To Set Overdose Survivors On 'Better Path'

Feb 18, 2019 at 07:53 pm by Staff

  Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News The last time heroin landed Marissa Angerer in a Midland, Texas, emergency room -- naked and unconscious -- was May 2016. But that wa.... Read More

Two Crises In One: As Drug Use Rises, So Does Syphilis

Feb 18, 2019 at 07:11 pm by Staff

  Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Public health officials grappling with record-high syphilis rates around the nation have pinpointed what appears to be a major risk fa.... Read More

Valentine for a Caregiver

Feb 13, 2019 at 01:18 am by Staff

By Peter Rosenberger Of the 43.5 million of those providing unpaid care to an adult or child in the last year, AARP shares that 60 percent are women. Following a somewhat exh.... Read More

What 'Dope Sick' Really Feels Like

Feb 11, 2019 at 08:52 pm by Staff

. Brian Rinker, Kaiser Health News Detoxing off heroin or opioids without medication is sheer hell. I should know. For many users, full-blown withdrawal is often foreshadow.... Read More

Measles Outbreak Sends Vaccine Demand Soaring, Even Among The Hesitant

Feb 06, 2019 at 11:44 pm by Staff

  JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Demand for measles vaccine has surged in the Washington county where the highly contagious virus is linked to more than 50 confirmed.... Read More

Many Florida Men Having Unprotected Sex Despite Disclosing HIV Status

Feb 06, 2019 at 07:15 pm by Staff

. Despite telling their partners they are HIV positive, many men with the virus in Florida are still having unprotected sex, according to a new study co-authored by a resear.... Read More

Majority of Physicians Unwilling to Recommend Medical Profession

Jan 31, 2019 at 08:33 pm by Staff

. By BILL FLEMING   Seven out of 10 physicians are unwilling to recommend their chosen profession to their children or other family members, according to the nationwid.... Read More

Providers Encouraged to Share with Patients that Breastfeeding Reduces Cancer Risk

Jan 30, 2019 at 03:17 pm by Staff

. A new survey shows that although nearly 60 percent of breastfeeding mothers knew about the link between breastfeeding and breast cancer risk reduction, just 16 percent sa.... Read More

Postpartum Psychosis Is Real, Rare And Dangerous

Jan 27, 2019 at 06:17 pm by Staff

  Even after all she had been through -- the helicopters circling her house, the snipers on the roof and the car ride to jail -- Lisa Abramson still wanted to have a se.... Read More

Doctors Call Cal and Other States' Probe Of Opioid Deaths A 'Witch Hunt'

Jan 27, 2019 at 05:22 pm by Staff

  Cheryl Clark, Kaiser Health News The Medical Board of California has launched investigations into doctors who prescribed opioids to patients who, perhaps months or ye.... Read More

'Death Certificate Project' Aims At Opioid Crisis, But Doctors Cry Foul

Jan 27, 2019 at 05:14 pm by Staff

  April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News On "All Things Considered", KQED's April Dembosky reports on the California medical board's Death Certificate Project, whic.... Read More

Alcohol-Linked Disease Overtakes Hep C As Top Reason For Liver Transplant

Jan 24, 2019 at 11:16 pm by Staff

  Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there's a strong chance that many of them have alco.... Read More

Human Trafficking Awareness Summit

Jan 24, 2019 at 10:05 pm by Staff

. Could you spot a victim of human trafficking in a crowd? Probably not. Victims may not look any different than anyone else you see every day. In addition to being a violent.... Read More

Orlando Health Among the First to Use Innovative Technology to Diagnose Lung Cancer

Jan 23, 2019 at 11:00 am by Staff

.                                       Physicians at Orl.... Read More