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For Generation Juul, Nicotine Addiction Happens Fast And Is Hard To Shake

Oct 24, 2019 at 02:37 pm by pj

Elly Yu, WAMU, Kaiser Health News When Will tried his first vape during his sophomore year, he didn’t know what to expect. It was just something he had vaguely heard ab.... Read More
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Orlando Health Partners with Eastern Florida State College

Oct 23, 2019 at 10:51 pm by pj

EFSC Athletics Names Orlando Health Official Medical Team Orlando Health is now the official medical team for Eastern Florida State College (EFSC) athletics. The announceme.... Read More
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A Million-Dollar Marketing Juggernaut Pushes 3D Mammograms

Oct 22, 2019 at 12:48 pm by pj

Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News When Dr. Worta McCaskill-Stevens made an appointment for a mammogram last year, she expected a simple breast cancer screening ― not a heavy-hand.... Read More
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Fear Of Falling: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm By Keeping Patients In Bed

Oct 22, 2019 at 02:25 am by pj

Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Dorothy Twigg was living on her own, cooking and walking without help until a dizzy spell landed her in the emergency room. She spent three.... Read More
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Florida Health’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Has Been Saving Lives Since 1994

Oct 22, 2019 at 02:10 am by pj

Are you a woman aged 50–64 with a low income and you don’t have insurance that covers cancer screenings? If so, the Florida Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detect.... Read More
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Local Veteran Raises the Wall of New Home in City’s First Female Veteran Habitat for Humanity Community

Oct 21, 2019 at 12:42 pm by pj

 With a donation by The Home Depot Foundation, local Home Depot volunteers will lend a helping hand for the wall raising ceremony  Cocoa  - Habitat for Humanit.... Read More
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WestCMR Honored as Florida Company to Watch

Oct 20, 2019 at 02:27 am by pj

50 TOP FLORIDA COMPANIES TO PAY ATTENTION TO CLEARWATER - GrowFL selected $25 million company, WestCMR, as this year's Florida Companies to Watch Ho.... Read More
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Why Hospitals Are Getting Into The Housing Business

Oct 18, 2019 at 09:26 pm by Staff

. Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News   One patient at Denver Health, the city's largest safety net hospital, occupied a bed for more than four years -- a hospital re.... Read More
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AdventHealth Opens Freestanding ER in Oviedo

Oct 17, 2019 at 06:20 pm by Staff

  The ER will be staffed by board-certified emergency physicians and emergency nurses. .   AdventHealth opened a freestanding ER in Oviedo today, providing Sem.... Read More
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Questions to Ask When Upgrading/Building MRI or Radiology Facilities

Oct 17, 2019 at 01:01 pm by Staff

. By MARK BAY Whether you are planning an upgrade to your existing MRI/Radiology facility or are planning to open a new one, there are extremely important and preliminary.... Read More
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Networking for Healthcare Professionals

Oct 17, 2019 at 12:25 pm by Staff

.. By DOROTHY HARDEE, East Orlando Chamber of Commerce Healthcare providers are some of the busiest people around dedicating significant time to their patients as well as co.... Read More
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Celebrating a Decade of Dermatologic Care for the Uninsured

Oct 17, 2019 at 12:11 pm by Staff

Jerri Johnson, MD, Shepherd's Hope "At Shepherd's Hope, I help people who have nowhere else to turn to for health care," said Jerri Johnson, MD. "For over a decade, I have be.... Read More
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Scientists Find Gender-Distinct Circuit for Depression

Oct 15, 2019 at 11:52 pm by Staff

      Depression affects women nearly twice as much as men, but unraveling the brain's blueprint that regulates this behavior, let alone identifying specific.... Read More
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Marion County Hepatitis A Cases Total 138 In 2019; DOH Holding Second Drive-Through Hepatitis A Vaccination Event Nov. 2

Oct 15, 2019 at 07:40 pm by Staff

Marion County is continuing to see an increase in cases of hepatitis A locally and wants to encourage residents to get vaccinated for the virus. To help, the Department of Hea.... Read More
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Donor Milk Gives Infants a Healthy Start at LRMC

Oct 15, 2019 at 06:57 pm by Staff

Breastmilk is the recommended form of nutrition for all newborn babies. New mothers at Leesburg Regional Medical Center (LRMC) are educated and supported to provide breast mil.... Read More
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Combination Drug Therapy Using Macitentan and Tadalafil for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Provides Clear Benefits

Oct 15, 2019 at 05:13 pm by Staff

. Patients newly diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treated with macitentan and tadalafil combination therapy showed hemodynamic progress, as well as improv.... Read More
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"Get a Mammogram, Give a Mammogram" Returns this Month

Oct 11, 2019 at 11:28 am by Staff

  Now in its seventh consecutive year, initiative provides free screenings to women in need .   Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Ev.... Read More
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AdventHealth Breaks Ground on ER, Health Park to Serve Residents of Osceola County

Oct 11, 2019 at 12:57 am by Staff

AdventHealth broke ground today on an emergency room and a first-of-its-kind health park that will expand access to care for residents of Kissimmee, St. Cloud and surrounding.... Read More
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Neurobehavioral Program - It's All About the Outcome

Oct 10, 2019 at 09:37 pm by Staff

By MICHAEL SAMOGALA, RN, CRRN, CBIS Traumatic Brain Injury is a major cause of death and disability in the United States contributing to about 30 percent of all injury relate.... Read More
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Clinically Integrated Networks Can Be a "Win-Win"

Oct 10, 2019 at 09:19 pm by Staff

. By MICHAEL R. LOWE and BRIAN C. EVANDER   At its core, a Clinically Integrative Network (CIN) is a collective of health care organizations in a local or geographic r.... Read More