Federal heath reforms could tax us for not buying
Rep, Scott Plakon, Fl. 37th Dist. (Used by permission)Under both, US House and Senate health care reform proposals the Internal Revenue Service would be used as an enforcement agency, which makes...
View ArticleLight the Night Walk a success in Orlando
On a hot and humid day in downtown Orlando this weekend, more than 137 team members and 3,000 walkers helped raise about $200,000.The Leukemia Lymphona Society annonced the Orlando Light the Night...
View ArticleShop and compare local drug prices online
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Agency for Health Care Administration have developed a unique way for Floridians to shop and compare presecription drug prices in the area they live.If...
View ArticleFlorida's program to cover uninsured doesn't seem that attractive
The State of Florida's "Cover Florida Health Care Access Program," which began on Jan. 5, has not attracted a great number of the state's estimated 3.8 million uninsured. As of Sept. 1, enrollment in...
View ArticleFlorida plans to ration care in case of flu pandemic
A plan has been drafted by a team of health officials across the state, including Orange County Health Director Dr. Kevin Sherin, that would ration treatment if a flu pandemic hit the state, according...
View ArticleAdvantages of health care reform (Photos)
With the smoke finally beginning to clear on health care reform, we are beginning to see some facts come out. We know, for example, there will be no "death panels" to kill off our grandparents. We...
View ArticleFlorida Hospital changes children visitation policy
Hospitals around the country are turning away child visitors, such 3-year-old Sheila Garcia at a Palo Alto, California hospital on Monday.(AP/photo Paul Sakuma) In an effort to contain the spead of...
View ArticleFDA warns of bogus swine flu products on the Internet
If there is money to be made from people's fear or misery, there is someone who has something to sell you.The Federal Food and Drug Administration warns many bogus products are now circulating on the...
View ArticleFDA approves new leukemia treatment drug
The Federal Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for patients suffering from Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), a slow progressing form of blood and bone marrow cancer. that kills...
View ArticleHoliday eating doesn't have to hurt
Holiday eating is often a pleasure and a pain. Many people eat more than they normally do and eat foods rich in fats and spices they normally don't ingest on a daily basis. Most people don't look at...
View ArticleNew blood cancer drug to cost $30,000 a month
(AP Photo/The News & Observer, Ted Richardson)While the Senate debates health care reform, drug prices have been on the rise, especially newly approved medications.A fast-track approval by the FDA...
View ArticleFlorida stands to gain resident physcians under health care reform bills
Florida, who ranks well below the median range when it comes to resident physicians, and who has an aging physician workforce could get a shot in the arm under new healthcare reform plans.Under both...
View ArticleSome question MonVie's dietary supplements, some love it
MonaVie is a dietary supplement that claims to prevent, treat and even cure some diseases, or classes of disease. Their juice supplements are sold in tinted wine-like bottles and their sales have been...
View ArticleMore on supplements, antioxidants and free radicals
If there were a pill, supplement or substance that would extend our lives, keep our minds sharp, boost energy and help prevent cancer would we be interested? I'm sure everyone would be interested, and...
View ArticleA health reform satire
A short time ago, in a land not so far away, everyone said they wanted to catch the fish in Lake Health Reform. The lake was full of promise and full of fish and everyone thought they could...
View ArticleGreen Tea Compound shows promise in leukemia treatment
In a clinical trail conducted at Mayo Clinic, researchers found a compound in green tea reduced enlarged lymph nodes in 70 percent of patients. The compound curtails the survival of leukemia cells in...
View ArticleFDA moves on Pfizer to pull leukemia drug and stop trials on a pain medication
The Federal Food & Drug Administration has asked Pfizer Inc. to pull a popular leukemia drug off the market and has suspended clinical trials on a pain medication for osteoarthritis. The agency...
View ArticleSugary drink ban a sticky wicket
New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s attempt to ban supersized sugary drinks has been dealt a setback by the State’s Supreme Court, and while some believe it’s a good idea to control obesity...
View ArticleWeapons ban could lower healthcare costs
In a move meant to lessen the number of gunshot victims and possibly help lower healthcare costs, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to go forward with a bill that would ban the sale and...
View ArticleNew immunotherapy shows promise against leukemia
A therapy that uses a patient’s own immune system to attack cancer has brought remission in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Leukemia, Lymphoma...
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