Highlands County Health Department's dental program, New Maty's Dental Program, for pregnant women is offering dental care to eligible women based on a sliding scale of zero to 100 percent. A story that ran in Monday's Highlands Today stated otherwise. Highlands Today regrets the error. ...more

October 28, 2009

Hundreds of people lined up at Five Star Dental Care July 11 to take dentist Jeff Bynum up on his offer to provide free services for anyone without insurance or enough money to pay for treatments. Many camped out overnight at the office. Bynum said the event was a great success. ...more

July 22, 2009

Dentist Jeff Bynum expects to be overwhelmed by the demand for free services he's offering today, and he's OK with that. ...more

July 11, 2009

Highlands County will receive $302,000 to help the homeless. The grant comes from a $1.5 billion federal stimulus fund, said Richard Reinhardt, executive director of Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless. ...more

March 27, 2009

As the nation's attention is focused on solving the economic crisis, more people are turning to the Highlands County Health Department for primary medical care and youth dental care. ...more

February 24, 2009

With summer vacation coming to a close, the Good Samaritan Mission helped children get ready for the upcoming school year Aug. 4 during its Back to School Fair. ...more

August 13, 2008

As a member of the Florida House of Representatives for the last 5 1/2 years, I have served on the Healthcare Council and as vice chairman of the Healthy Seniors Committee. We have passed many vital and beneficial pieces of legislation to help seniors in Florida. ...more

June 23, 2008

Local governments and state universities in Michigan cannot offer health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. ...more

May 8, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Although the Tooth Fairy hasn't yet visited 6-year-old Ramon Castellano of Lake Placid, he was one of the first patients at the new Children's Dental Care of Highlands. The new 1,200-square-foot dental clinic where Ramon received care is located at the Lake Placid Health Department building, at 106 Main Ave. Any of the county's 15,000 children who are uninsured and Medicaid-eligible pay based on a sliding scale, which starts at no charge, said Dr. Paula Thaqi, director of the Highlands County Health Department. ...more

February 9, 2008

Some people talk about "giving back to the community," but Dr. Vincent Monticciolo puts his dentistry where his mouth is. Monticciolo will hold his eighth annual "Dentistry from the Heart" event at his practice, Monticciolo Sedation Dentistry, 4530 Grand Boulevard, New Port Richey, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8. ...more

January 26, 2008