President Bush, facing his final go-around on spending with a Democratic-run Congress during this presidential election year, on Monday unveiled a $3.1 trillion budget for 2009 that boosts defense spending and pares down Medicare costs while leaving a near-record deficit. ...more

February 5, 2008

Tampa's H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and the University of Florida announced a partnership Wednesday that will benefit Moffitt's efforts to build the world's largest cancer tissue databank. ...more

January 23, 2008

The gigantic ocean-dwelling whale may have evolved from a land animal the size of a small raccoon, new research suggests. ...more

December 20, 2007

A year ago, the University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital received a generous $6 million gift to develop a world-renowned research center for the treatment of premature babies. ...more

December 12, 2007

A teaspoon of honey before bed seems to calm children's coughs and help them sleep better, according to a new study that relied on parents' reports of their children's symptoms. ...more

December 4, 2007

A fledgling pharmaceutical company hopes to help thousands of women detect ovarian cancer, a disease that kills more than 15,000 women a year. ...more

December 4, 2007

A teaspoon of honey before bed seems to calm children's coughs and help them sleep better, according to a new study that relied on parents' reports of their children's symptoms. ...more

December 4, 2007

There has been significant press regarding the recent study by the FSU College of Medicine that showed there are fewer physicians practicing in Florida than originally thought, too few to meet the demands of an aging population. The Florida Nurses Association urges consumers and health care advocates to look to the Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) as the solution to the shortage of primary care providers. ...more

November 15, 2007

For those of us who plan to spend our lives in Florida, a new survey by Florida State University's College of Medicine is a worrisome reminder that the Sunshine State has a shortage of physicians. ...more

November 11, 2007

I occasionally ponder which organ will fail first, and it's nice to know I could catch a break: Fate might spin its bony finger and land on — lucky me — my gallbladder! Not that doctors are suggesting people have it cut out with their next tummy tuck, but it seems the gallbladder, like the hand crank on a Ford, once served a more purposeful existence than it does now. ...more

September 27, 2007