On Sept. 9, Nichole Sevigny had her third son, Caden. Four days later she was taken to the hospital for an unknown condition. ...more

October 16, 2009

The fifth annual "Search for the Regional Idol" drew some 200 spectators to the recent benefit which raised more than $4,300 at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point. ...more

April 29, 2009

The Sun City Center Man2Man Cancer support group meets ...more

April 1, 2009

In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. ...more

September 7, 2008

SEBRING — As far as doctors go, Dr. Raymond Veras does not get out much. He spends his work hours mostly inside Florida Hospital, checking on the more ill children and infants, some of them hospital-bound. Like him. The pediatric hospitalist is a new breed of doctor in the area. Hired two months ago, he is the first pediatrician to not only visit Florida Hospital or to refer the sick children there, he also stays there, he says. Along with Dr. Cathy Lee and Dr. Ronald Fronda, who switch back and forth between the hospitals in Lake Placid and Sebring, the three from Florida Hospital and two others from Highlands Regional Medical Center are doing what several hospitals across the country began doing 11 years ago. With outside doctors getting slammed with patients and other patients being too sick for a simple office visit, both Florida Hospital and Highlands Regional Medical Center began hospitalist programs less than a year ago. ...more

September 23, 2007