Posts in category Health

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Gov. Rick Scott is heading to Washington to try to convince the Obama administration to release federal hospital funds, but …

Both women arrived at the decision to eliminate meat from their diets for different reasons. Yvette Harris kicked the meat habit as a preventive measure …

NEW YORK — The Justice Department is seeking criminal charges against Lumber Liquidators in an ongoing investigation over imported products. The company revealed the Justice …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Senate on Tuesday adopted a Republican budget that paves the way for an assault on President Barack Obama’s signature health care …

My charge from the publisher of this newspaper is to present a weekly column correlating the effect of pets and animals on our personal and …

BY BOB LAMENDOLA Special to South Florida Times FORT LAUDERDALE — The disease intervention specialists (DIS) at the Florida Department of Health spend their days …

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) _ A remote peninsula that has been the home of leprosy patients since the 19th century could be opened …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairman Charlie Munger says the American health care system remains too complicated and expensive. Munger, who leads Good …

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina’s first breast milk bank has opened in North Charleston. The Post and Courier (http://bit.ly/1I8Poql) reports the new nonprofit …

CHICAGO (AP) _ An advisory board voted Monday to recommend adding 11 health conditions to the Illinois medical marijuana program. The board rejected three others …