Posts in category Health

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50 _ and while routine …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican or Democrat, the next president will have the chance to remake the nation’s health care overhaul without fighting Congress. The law signed …

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Bethune-Cookman University is partnering with a Daytona Beach hospital to hold free sickle cell screenings. B-CU announced this week that …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida’s doctors and nurses are weighing in on the fight over Medicaid expansion. A group of health professional from Miami’s Jackson …

CONCORD, N.H.— The latest New Hampshire enrollment figures for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law show Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield with 60 …

We see the stories all the time.  People just minding their business, living there lives, and the unimaginable happens. Authority figures go off the deep …

 PHOTO COURTESY OF POLITICALCORTADITO.COM, BROWARDHEALTH.ORG,  FLORIDA POLITICS.COMAND THEMEDICALBLOG.NET  By KELLI KENNEDY MIAMI — Federal health officials said Thursday that they are still negotiating with the …

DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES Life is amazing.  Incredible things happen when one least expects them.  Being given the chance to write this column …

By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Republican senators are meeting directly with federal officials to talk about health care funding that the …

David I. Muir/for South Florida Times   Recently I found myself utilizing the services of one of our fine local emergency rooms.  The irony of …