Clinical

Pediatricians Put It Bluntly: Motherhood And Marijuana Don't Mix

Aug 27, 2018 at 11:21 pm by Staff

  Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News More and more people consider smoking marijuana harmless or even beneficial, but mounting research suggests women who are pregnant or b.... Read More

Orlando Health, West Orange Healthcare District Celebrate Opening Of New Cancer Center in West Orange County

Aug 24, 2018 at 04:36 pm by Staff

. Construction Funded Primarily by $21 Million Grant From West Orange Healthcare District . Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center - Health Central Hospital is openin.... Read More

A Late-Life Surprise: Taking Care Of Frail, Aging Parents

Aug 23, 2018 at 07:35 pm by Staff

.   Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News "This won't go on for very long," Sharon Hall said to herself when she invited her elderly mother, who'd suffered several small.... Read More

Rehabilitation Plus Rehab? Jails Dispense Drugs To Treat Inmates' Addictions

Aug 23, 2018 at 07:16 pm by Staff

.   Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco At a time when the U.S. government is trying to deal with a nationwide opioid epidemic, many jails across.... Read More

Purdue Pharma's Sales Pitch Downplayed Risks Of Opioid Addiction

Aug 19, 2018 at 03:14 pm by Staff

  Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Two decades ago, Purdue Pharma produced thousands of brochures and videos that urged patients with chronic pain to ask their physicia.... Read More

'No One Is Ever Really Ready': Aid-In-Dying Patient Chooses His Last Day

Aug 16, 2018 at 10:05 pm by Staff

  JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News In the end, it wasn't easy for Aaron McQ to decide when to die. The 50-year-old Seattle man -- a former world traveler, triathlete.... Read More

With Opioid Deaths Increasing, AMA Urges Expansion of Proven Treatment

Aug 15, 2018 at 08:02 pm by Staff

. The American Medical Association (AMA) called on policymakers today to support proven approaches to treat opioid use disorder in light of new statistics showing a 10 perce.... Read More

Advances In Treating Hep C Lead To New Option For Transplant Patients

Aug 13, 2018 at 11:06 pm by Staff

. Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News After her kidneys failed from the same illness that took the lives of her mother and brother, Anne Rupp went on dialysis in May 2016, spe.... Read More

Orlando Health Simulation Program Earns Accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Aug 08, 2018 at 06:59 pm by Staff

. The international organization recognized the health care organization for Teaching/Education and Systems Integration to provide ongoing learning for clinicians to care fo.... Read More

3 Tips for Dealing with Mean Nurses

Aug 07, 2018 at 08:32 pm by Staff

  By Nancy Congleton, RN   Regardless of the career you choose, you are likely to face mean people in the workplace. But in the medical profession the stakes are.... Read More

Doctors Reckon With High Rate Of Suicide In Their Ranks

Aug 06, 2018 at 08:07 pm by Staff

. Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News Alarms go off so frequently in emergency rooms, doctors barely notice. And then a colleague is wheeled in on a gur.... Read More

Stanford's Chief Wellness Officer Aims To Prevent Physician Burnout

Aug 06, 2018 at 06:58 pm by Staff

  Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News Stanford Medicine hired Dr. Tait Shanafelt as chief wellness officer last year, not so much for the well-being of the patient.... Read More

Trying To Pinpoint Hurricane's True Toll, Researchers Say 1,139 Died In Puerto Rico

Aug 02, 2018 at 08:35 pm by Staff

  Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News The question of how many people perished after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has stirred controversy because of the wide.... Read More

Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid-Prescribing Debate

Aug 02, 2018 at 08:25 pm by Staff

. Will Stone, KJZZ, Kaiser Health News It started with a rolled ankle during a routine Army training exercise. Shannon Hubbard never imagined it was the prologue to one of t.... Read More

Zika Viruses Show Potential as Treatment for High-Risk Childhood Cancer

Jul 26, 2018 at 03:27 am by Staff

.       Zika virus, long feared for its severe effects on pregnant mothers and unborn babies, may hold potential as a cancer treatment for neuroblastoma, a.... Read More

Free Back-to-School Physicals for Uninsured Children

Jul 24, 2018 at 10:00 am by Staff

. Florida ranks 47th in the nation for the percentage of uninsured children, with an estimated 27,000 uninsured children living in Central Florida. For their families, back.... Read More

Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?

Jul 23, 2018 at 08:06 pm by Staff

By LEENA KAMAT, MD Sponsored The difference between an urgent care clinic versus an emergency room (ER) is the level of care and treatment each facility is capable of pr.... Read More

Heading to Latin America or the Caribbean This Summer? CDC Recommendations

Jul 23, 2018 at 01:54 pm by Staff

  .       By Dr. Gary Brunette, Chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Travelers' Health Branch .     We are in th.... Read More

The Courage to Trust Medical Care to Patients and Physicians

Jul 18, 2018 at 07:33 pm by Staff

. By MARILYN M. SINGLETON, MD, JD . The days of trusting your legislators to have your best interests at heart are in the rear view mirror. Apparently, their main intere.... Read More

St. Cloud Regional Medical Center Announces Plans for Cardiac Catheterization Lab

Jul 18, 2018 at 12:34 pm by Staff

.     St. Cloud Regional Medical Center (SCRMC) is pleased to announce the launch of an Interventional Cardiology (PCI) program as an extension of services curren.... Read More