Volusia-Brevard Local News

Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills

Sep 27, 2020 at 01:57 pm by pj

  By Robert Lewis and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Front-line health care workers are locked in a heated dispute with many infection control spec.... Read More

CMS Issues Urgent Call to Action Following Drastic Decline in Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Sep 23, 2020 at 10:13 pm by pj

  Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released preliminary Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) data revealing that, d.... Read More

AdventHealth Announces Global Orthopedics Partner and New Tower at Orlando Campus

Sep 22, 2020 at 04:08 pm by pj

  Rothman Orthopaedic Institute and AdventHealth will establish a groundbreaking, comprehensive orthopedic care network.   A new landmark in the downtown sky.... Read More

It’s Not Just Insulin: Lawmakers Focus on Price of One Drug, While Others Rise Too

Sep 22, 2020 at 12:54 pm by pj

By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News   Michael Costanzo, a Colorado farmer diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2016, has a well-honed ritual: Every six months.... Read More

Scholarship Fund Established for Nurse Practitioner Education  

Sep 22, 2020 at 11:43 am by pj

  Availity will donate $100,000 to establish scholarship fund, improve access to care in Florida, and launch relationship with Jacksonville University. New state law.... Read More

PatientMatters Unveils IntelliRural Pre-Access Technology to Overcome Patient Access Barriers in Rural Hospitals

Sep 22, 2020 at 10:32 am by pj

ORLANDO — PatientMatters, a patient access and advocacy solutions provider helping hospitals and health systems offer patients highly-personalized financial solutions, h.... Read More

Heading Back to School with Asthma in the Time of COVID-19

Sep 20, 2020 at 01:07 am by pj

  Steps parents should take to protect their child with asthma in the new year    Each year when summer break ends and school begins, parents of kids wi.... Read More

How Should Incidentally Discovered Thyroid Nodules be Managed?

Sep 20, 2020 at 12:57 am by pj

  By MATTHEW SHLAPACK, MD   Mrs. Smith undergoes a routine carotid artery doppler study as part of her evaluation following a recent CVA.  While she is pleas.... Read More

Election Gift for Florida? Trump Poised to Approve Drug Imports From Canada

Sep 19, 2020 at 05:40 pm by pj

   By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Over the objections of drugmakers, the Trump administration is expected within weeks to finalize its plan t.... Read More

A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live

Sep 19, 2020 at 05:35 pm by pj

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Where do we want to live in the years ahead? Older adults are asking this question anew in light of the ongoing toll of the coronav.... Read More

In Face of COVID Threat, More Dialysis Patients Bring Treatment Home

Sep 19, 2020 at 05:20 pm by pj

  By Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News NIPOMO, Calif. — After Maria Duenas was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes about a decade ago, she managed the disea.... Read More

Students’ Mass Migration Back to College Gets a Failing Grade

Sep 19, 2020 at 05:10 pm by pj

  By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News Who thought it would be a good idea to move thousands of teenagers and young adults across the country to college campuses.... Read More

Black Women Turn to Midwives to Avoid COVID and ‘Feel Cared For’

Sep 19, 2020 at 05:03 pm by pj

  By Rachel Scheier, Kaiser Health News From the moment she learned she was pregnant late last year, TaNefer Camara knew she didn’t want to have her baby in.... Read More

Lack of Antigen Test Reporting Leaves Country ‘Blind to the Pandemic’

Sep 19, 2020 at 04:55 pm by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News More than 20 states either don’t release or have incomplete da.... Read More

New Dental Treatment Helps Fill Cavities and Insurance Gaps for Seniors

Sep 19, 2020 at 04:47 pm by pj

  By Michelle Crouch, Kaiser Health News Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can’t easily get to a dentist&rs.... Read More

etectRxTM Announces Clinical Study Aimed at Improving Medication Adherence 

Sep 18, 2020 at 01:16 am by pj

  ID-Cap™ System Will Allow Clinicians to Remotely Track Ingestion Events and Provide Feedback to Patients   &nb.... Read More

DrySee® Launches Patented Waterproof Bandage with Drainage Indicator 

Sep 18, 2020 at 01:07 am by pj

  Proprietary liquid indicating gauze changes color when bandage needs changing      DrySee®, a medical technology company dedicated to improvi.... Read More

NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

Sep 16, 2020 at 09:53 am by pj

  By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to follow British regulators in resuming a coron.... Read More

COVID Exodus Fills Vacation Towns With New Medical Pressures

Sep 16, 2020 at 09:33 am by pj

  By Markian Hawryluk and Katheryn Houghton and Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News The staff at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is accustome.... Read More

An Alarming Trend and How You Can Disrupt It 

Sep 16, 2020 at 12:28 am by pj

  Odds are you have treated a trafficking victim in your practice       By JAN EDWARDS, President, Paving the Way Foundation, Inc.   .... Read More