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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...

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Light 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...

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Shop 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...

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Florida'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...

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Florida 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...

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Advantages 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...

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Florida 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...

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FDA 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...

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FDA 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...

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Holiday 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...

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New 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...

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Florida 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...

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Some 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...

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More 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...

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A 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...

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Green 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...

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FDA 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...

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Sugary 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...

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Weapons 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...

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New 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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