South Bay Hospital received chest pain center accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers, helping to ensure patients who come to the facility complaining of chest pain or discomfort are given immediate treatment to avoid as much heart damage as possible. ...more

March 10, 2010

Last October I wrote an article on the subject of the early onset of Alzheimer's. I explained how an estimated 200,000 people in the United States under the age of 65 are afflicted prematurely with the disease. ...more

February 25, 2010

Online social networking may be one reason fewer teenagers are flocking to get their driver's licenses, some say. ...more

February 14, 2010

In 2002, Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed a bill to mandate booster seats for children too large to ride in a car seat but too small to wear an adult seat belt safely. ...more

November 28, 2009

Social Security Administration considering younger Alzheimer's sufferers for disability. ...more

October 23, 2009

Whether it's a room full of Rotarians or simply an interested individual they encounter at the grocery store, registered nurses Melissa Cole and Kathy Harrison never miss an opportunity to get the word out about the signs and symptoms of a stroke. ...more

December 24, 2008

A $5.3 million grant awarded to the University of Florida College of Dentistry will target cancer prevention for low-income men across the state, including those in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 8, 2008

Physicians and internists, when confronted with patients who are stressed out and show signs of heart problems, are more likely to chalk up the symptoms to anxiety if the sufferer is a woman, a study found. ...more

October 13, 2008

African-American families set aside time at reunions to talk about disease prevention and healthy eating. ...more

September 19, 2008

As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers. ...more

August 29, 2008