North Central Florida Local News

To Measure and Reduce Diagnostic Error, Start with the Data You Have

Mar 02, 2022 at 01:46 am by pj

By DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD   As a patient safety problem, diagnostic error differs from wrong-site surgery or medication errors. While we have not yet eliminated these err.... Read More

Why Early Childhood Education in these Unprecedented Times?

Mar 02, 2022 at 01:32 am by pj

By JOANNA ANDERSEN   I know that growing up there were no daycares, home daycares, or anything remotely resembling an early childhood preschool of today.  It was y.... Read More

Central Florida FDA Warning: FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Certain Powdered Infant Formula

Feb 23, 2022 at 01:59 pm by pj

  Central Florida — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release alerting consumers to avoid purchasing or using certain powdered infant.... Read More

Endemic COVID-19 Could be One to 10 Years Away

Feb 23, 2022 at 10:53 am by pj

By DeLene Beeland GAINESVILLE  — If you donned your mask today and felt a primal urge to yell “When will this pandemic END-emic already?!” take heart..... Read More

Aviv Clinics Highlights Study Showing HBOT Can Improve Symptoms, Brain Structure of Veterans Suffering Treatment-Resistant PTSD  

Feb 23, 2022 at 08:20 am by pj

Research is the first to show recovery of non-healing brain wounds, improved brain structure and function in PTSD patients through hyperbaric oxygen therapy   Aviv Clin.... Read More

Now Is Our Chance to Invest in Florida’s Future

Feb 22, 2022 at 10:18 pm by pj

By Gerry Glynn As Florida’s legislature deliberates how best to use a nearly $4 billion budget surplus – the product of unexpected tax revenue combined with an in.... Read More

Covid Still Threatens Millions of Americans. Why Are We So Eager to Move On?

Feb 22, 2022 at 12:03 pm by pj

By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News  Iesha White is so fed up with the U.S. response to covid-19 that she’s seriously considering moving to Europe. &ldquo.... Read More

56 Percent of Healthcare Professionals Haven’t Been Cybersecurity Trained

Feb 21, 2022 at 10:58 am by pj

A new study reveals gaps in cybersecurity in the workplace around healthcare institutions in the US   A staggering 56% of employees in the healthcare sector haven&rsquo.... Read More

As Politics Infects Public Health, Private Companies Profit

Feb 20, 2022 at 05:07 pm by pj

By Vignesh Ramachandran, Kaiser Health News  For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mand.... Read More

Inside the Tactical Tug of War Over the Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug

Feb 20, 2022 at 05:00 pm by pj

By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News The drug industry, patient advocates, and congressional Republicans have all attacked federal officials’ decision to decline ro.... Read More

UF Health Joins $4.9 Million Study of Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Feb 17, 2022 at 06:42 pm by pj

By Diana Tonnessen Researchers at UF Health, the UF Health Congenital Heart Center and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network have joined a nation.... Read More

Orlando Health is Highest Ranking Healthcare Employer in Florida and Ranks in Top 20 Nationwide

Feb 17, 2022 at 05:09 pm by pj

Orlando Health has been named the highest ranking healthcare organization in the state of Florida on Forbes’ America’s Best Large Employers list. The healthca.... Read More

AdventHealth Ocala Receives $1.7 Million Donation to Launch Maternal Fetal Medicine Program

Feb 15, 2022 at 08:51 pm by pj

  A local philanthropist provided the generous donation to the AdventHealth Ocala Foundation to bring the specialty care program to Greater Marion County.   Ocala.... Read More

Working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in our Patients

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:28 pm by pj

By MARY-CATHERINE SEGOTA, Psy.D   According to the NIMH (2014), patients diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder experience more physical ailments, including heart.... Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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