Two facilities assisting people through life's tougher times are now ready to serve their growing populations. This weekend a day shelter for the homeless will open north of the city and next weekend a health care center accepting the noninsured sick opens downtown. The nonprofit faith-based group Grace Chapel Inc. will open a drop-in center for the homeless today, Saturday. ...more

March 21, 2009

"I Get So Hungry," by Bebe Moore Campbell (Putnam Juvenile, $17) ...more

December 28, 2008

Women, listen up: More gym time could mean less hassle at your next gynecologist appointment. Compared with women who fit in less than two hours of physical activity a week, if you work out an hour each day (that includes walking time), it could cut your risk of uterine fibroids by 40 percent. That's pretty significant, since fibroids cause trouble in about 25 percent of premenopausal women. (As many as 75 percent of women have these growths, but they don't all cause problems.) ...more

September 6, 2008

As families start putting together their back-to-school to-do lists, the Pasco County Health Department has joined Florida KidCare to remind parents to add one more item: health insurance for their children. Florida KidCare is the state's health insurance program for uninsured children under age 19. The program offers working families access to high-quality doctors and preventative care for their children at a low cost. Started in 1998, KidCare now covers more than 250,000 children statewide. ...more

August 6, 2008

As a country not known for its overweight people, Japan has undertaken one of the most ambitious campaigns by a nation to slim down its citizenry. ...more

June 13, 2008

preparing for finals (hopefully), concentrating on finding a job (maybe) and filling up their social calendars (definitely). ...more

May 4, 2008

Emily Merkle had her share of symptoms. The 9-month-old girl was slipping behind her peers on all the growth charts. She would sweat often and would grunt whenever she crawled across the floor. ...more

February 23, 2008

When it comes to hurricane coverage, you have to admire Dick Fletcher's tenacity. ...more

February 20, 2008

One could not define The New England Journal of Medicine as a bastion for tax-and-spend liberals. Harvard folks who provide the publication are a conservative lot who publish, after great scrutiny, health-related studies and editorials. ...more

October 26, 2007