North Central Florida Local News

Incredibly Concerning - Lawsuit Threatens No-Charge Preventive Care for Millions

Mar 28, 2021 at 12:39 am by pj

  By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News  With a challenge to the Affordable Care Act still pending at the Supreme Court, conservatives are continuing to launch.... Read More

Florida Bills Threaten to Exacerbate Today's Youth Tobacco Epidemic

Mar 25, 2021 at 06:33 pm by pj

Amid stalled progress in reducing youth tobacco use and a pandemic that has made Floridians acutely aware of the importance of respiratory health, Florida lawmakers.... Read More

Nosing In on Kids Who Had Covid and Lost Their Sense of Smell

Mar 25, 2021 at 05:53 pm by pj

  By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Orange. Eucalyptus. Lavender. Peppermint. Doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado and Seattle C.... Read More

Inmates’ Distrust of Prison Health Care Fuels Distrust of Covid Vaccines

Mar 25, 2021 at 05:47 pm by pj

  By Eric Berger, Kaiser Health News One November night in a Missouri prison, Charles Graham woke his cellmate of more than a dozen years, Frank Flanders, saying h.... Read More

How Do Behavior Health Screenings Impact Real People?

Mar 25, 2021 at 01:55 am by pj

By CHRISTI CAMPBELL  A short time ago, I had never even heard of a behavioral health screening.  A close friend of mine was an NP in partnership with another provid.... Read More

Cannabis Use Does not Diminish Cognition in Older Adults 

Mar 25, 2021 at 01:06 am by pj

By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   Based on a recent review of applicable studies published in the journal, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, cannabis exposure app.... Read More

Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risks Now Part of Routine Care at UF Health

Mar 25, 2021 at 12:52 am by pj

By Doug Bennett Diane Biernacki had no idea what was lurking in her DNA. Then she did a genetic screening as part of a recent women’s health exam at University of Flori.... Read More

Ocala Health Begins Construction on 36-Bed Rehabilitation Unit and ER Expansion at West Marion Community Hospital

Mar 24, 2021 at 02:52 pm by pj

  Area residents, local officials and business leaders were present as Ocala Health leadership broke ground on the site of the new 36 bed inpatient rehabilitation unit a.... Read More

First Triple-organ Transplant in the State Paves the Way for Lifesaving Multiorgan Procedures

Mar 23, 2021 at 09:26 pm by pj

By Dorothy Hagmajer   If surgery were gymnastics, a triple-organ transplant would be a feat worthy of the Olympics. It has everything: Complex and intricate procedure?.... Read More

Florida Senate Passes COVID-19 Liability Protections for businesses and Healthcare Providers

Mar 23, 2021 at 04:17 pm by pj

The bill protects businesses and health care providers from unscrupulous or opportunistic lawsuits related to the COVID-19 pandemic The Florida Senate has passed Senat.... Read More

What If My Landlord is Also My Patient?

Mar 23, 2021 at 02:22 pm by pj

  By CARLOS RUSO   How do you handle a real estate negotiation if your landlord is also your patient? Many healthcare tenants find themselves in this situation w.... Read More

Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:43 pm by pj

    By MICHAEL R. LOWE, BRIAN C. EVANDER, AND SARA D. MCLAUGHLIN   On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced propose.... Read More

Democrats Eye Medicare Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:22 pm by pj

  By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and maj.... Read More

Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different Bill

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:12 pm by pj

  By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News   A cost-saving change in Medicare launched in the final days of the Trump administration will cut payments to hospitals.... Read More

UF Health Researcher Plans for Next Big Step in Medicine - Human Digital Twins

Mar 23, 2021 at 11:11 am by pj

By Bill Levesque To learn how we might fight the next viral pandemic, consider an engine on a commercial jet. An engineer can recreate that engine and its every component on.... Read More

Orlando VA Healthcare System Offering COVID-19 Vaccines for Enrolled Veterans Who Receive Care at VA  

Mar 23, 2021 at 09:40 am by pj

  The Orlando VA Healthcare Center is offering COVID-19 vaccines for all Veterans who receive care at VA regardless of age at certain VA clinics (see below for details)..... Read More

The Hype Has Faded, but Don’t Count Out Convalescent Plasma in Covid Battle

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:09 am by pj

  By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News  Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as a “breakthrough”.... Read More

So You’re Vaccinated Against Covid. Now What?

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:03 am by pj

  By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News   As you surely know, this country’s covid vaccination effort has been plagued by major birth pangs: regist.... Read More

Some Dream, Others Scheme to Find a Vaccine Before Spring Break

Mar 23, 2021 at 12:55 am by pj

  By Fred Mogul, Kaiser Health News Hawaii, Florida, Seattle and the South of France are on the minds of New York City college students. Those are some of the dest.... Read More

New AI Tool to be Tested in NIH-funded Study to Improve Diagnosis of Parkinson’s and Related Disorders

Mar 20, 2021 at 05:09 pm by pj

By Michelle Jaffee University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with earl.... Read More