North Central Florida Local News

AdventHealth Ocala delivers Marion County's First Baby of 2021

Jan 01, 2021 at 11:02 pm by pj

  AdventHealth has delivered Marion County’s first baby of the New Year! Baby Girl Novalee Rose Dildine was born January 1, at 4:20 at AdventHealth Ocala. Nov.... Read More

AdventHealth West Florida Division Updates on COVID Vaccinations

Dec 30, 2020 at 06:49 pm by pj

Dec. 30, 2020 UPDATE:   AdventHealth in West Florida is continuing to prioritize vaccinations for team members.    Community vaccination, including those 65.... Read More

Aviv Clinics Opens First U.S. Scientific Medical Center of Its Kind in Central Florida, Appoints Head of Business Development

Dec 29, 2020 at 11:10 pm by FINNFL

  SUMTER COUNTY – Today, following Aviv Clinics’ recent Central Florida medical center opening, the world leader in treating the aging process by enhanc.... Read More

Home Office Productivity

Dec 28, 2020 at 10:12 pm by pj

 Keep working from home fresh and exhilarating   By DOUG MINTZ   With so many employees now working from home indefinitely, many are finding it harder to co.... Read More

Diagnosis and Management of Typical and Atypical GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease

Dec 28, 2020 at 10:05 pm by pj

  By BASHER ATIQUZZAMAN, MD   Twenty percent of the United States population has a medical illness called GERD, short for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Though.... Read More

How to Help Healthcare Heroes Deal with Emotional Stress

Dec 28, 2020 at 09:56 pm by pj

  By GIGI ACEVEDO-PARKER AND WENDY KING   As the coronavirus pandemic continued its spread over the summer, a University of Central Florida health clinic expanded.... Read More

Solo vs. Group Practice: What are the Pros and Cons?

Dec 28, 2020 at 09:53 pm by pj

  By JEFF RAMOS   After spending years working hard to build your practice, a physicians group tells you that you can earn more with less stress if you join their.... Read More

Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.

Dec 28, 2020 at 09:31 pm by pj

    By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News WASHINGTON — Even before there was a vaccine, some seasoned doctors and public health experts warned, Ca.... Read More

COVID Vaccines Appear Safe and Effective, but Key Questions Remain

Dec 28, 2020 at 09:03 pm by pj

    By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News The recent rollout of two newly authorized COVID-19 vaccines is a bright ray of hope at the pandemic’s da.... Read More

AIM ImmunoTech's Drug Ampligen Awarded Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

Dec 28, 2020 at 07:10 pm by pj

OCALA — AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (NYSE American: AIM), an immuno-pharma company focused on the research and development of therapeutics to treat immune disorders, viral.... Read More

Marion County Residents Age 65 and Older Can Now Sign Up for COVID-19 Vaccinations

Dec 28, 2020 at 05:14 pm by pj

Marion County residents ages 65 and older will soon be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination. The Department of Health in Marion County is slated to receive its first s.... Read More

AIM ImmunoTech Announces Availability of the ME/CFS Clinical Trial of its Drug Ampligen for  COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers’

Dec 24, 2020 at 01:39 pm by pj

  “A hypothesis-based re-analysis of CFS patients treated with Ampligen in a randomized-controlled study showed that CFS patients with shorter.... Read More

COVID-19 Therapeutic Treatment is World’s First Synthetic Biological Drug to Receive FDA Approval for Phase III Trials

Dec 23, 2020 at 04:43 pm by pj

Carrimycin’s breakthrough treatment of severe coronavirus symptoms will be tested in nine countries over the first six months of 2021 Carrimycin has become the world&rs.... Read More

Orlando Health Begins Use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine 

Dec 23, 2020 at 04:09 pm by pj

  Approximately 900 frontline health care workers will receive their first dose of the vaccine at Orlando Health South Lake Hospital.     Orlando Health beg.... Read More

Orlando Market HCA Healthcare Hospitals Receive First Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccine

Dec 23, 2020 at 09:53 am by Melissa

  HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division has announced that its hospitals in the Orlando Market have received their first distribution of COVID-19 vaccine to.... Read More

Integrating Behavioral Health Services Helps Reduce Rehospitalization Rates

Dec 22, 2020 at 01:09 pm by pj

  By MARY-CATHERINE SEGOTA, Psy.D.   Reducing hospital readmissions is a national priority seeking to improve health outcomes and enhance care at lower costs. The.... Read More

CMS, OIG Final Rules to Reform Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Regulations

Dec 22, 2020 at 12:59 pm by pj

  By MICHAEL R. LOWE   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (O.... Read More

Congress Takes Steps to Curb Unexpected Medical Bills

Dec 22, 2020 at 12:32 pm by pj

  By Julie Appleby,  Kaiser Health News    Most Americans tell pollsters they’re worried about being able to afford an unexpected medica.... Read More

Inside the First Chaotic Days of the Effort to Vaccinate America

Dec 22, 2020 at 12:26 pm by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber and Jay Hancock   Kaiser Health News   One tray of COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical g.... Read More

Many US Health Experts Underestimated Coronavirus … Until It Was Too Late

Dec 22, 2020 at 12:19 pm by pj

  By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News    A year ago, while many Americans were finishing their holiday shopping and finalizing travel plans, doctors in Wuh.... Read More