Experts are concerned about the effect of swine flu on people with heart disease, with some doctors warning it could lead to a spike in heart patient fatalities. ...more

September 3, 2009

A competency hearing scheduled Thursday for a man accused of severely injuring an Avon Park woman was continued to Oct. 1. ...more

August 28, 2009

Paul Wilson's football career is over at the University of Florida. Wilson, who played at Lakeland High School, has a broken right foot for the second time is less than a year, and Coach Urban Meyer says doctors have advised him to give up football. ...more

August 14, 2009

Well, there are always doctors' appointments in Clermont, Lakeland, Orlando and Tampa, to name a few. But for fun, me, as well as friends, head to Okeechobee, to the Flamingo Arcade; there we have fun and meet friends. You would really be surprised at the others we meet up with from Avon Park, Lake Placid and Sebring. ...more

July 30, 2009

The big government takeover has to stop. Ever since liberals claimed power, it has been one bureaucratic scheme after another. ...more

July 19, 2009

Gracyn DenBesten sat in her hospital bed and held out her hands. Her doctors placed an enlarged, discolored-looking blob in her palm. ...more

July 4, 2009

Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. ...more

July 2, 2009

I heard Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., saying something to the effect that we don't want a government run health care program because we don't want a government bureaucrat standing between the patient and his/her doctor. ...more

June 23, 2009

Orlando is evaluating All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson for a possible return to the Magic lineup for the NBA Finals that begin Thursday night in Los Angeles. ...more

June 1, 2009

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center recently launched a Web site for cancer patients, their families and others interested in getting an inside look at the Tampa Bay area's hub for oncology treatments. ...more

May 25, 2009