Community Hospital speech therapists Sarah Preston and Debbie Moore presented a tray filled with 15 random objects, and gave the people in the room a minute to look at it. Then they hid the tray, and five minutes later asked everyone to write down how many objects they could remember. ...more

November 26, 2009

Community Hospital speech therapists Sarah Preston and Debbie Moore presented a tray filled with 15 random objects, and gave the people in the room a minute to look at it. Then they hid the tray, and five minutes later asked everyone to write down how many objects they could remember. ...more

November 26, 2009

I am an 85-year-young woman who is aware the majority of letters you receive are negative toward someone or something. ...more

August 13, 2009

Authorities in Manatee County are searching for a mentally ill woman who left her group home in Ellenton earlier today. ...more

December 28, 2008

The number of people applying for food stamps in Florida has skyrocketed. At the food stamp application processing center the phones are ringing off the hook. The call volume has risen to 120,000 a day, 40,000 more than a year ago. The number of Floridians using the program is up more than 20 percent statewide and more than 60 percent in some areas. ...more

September 30, 2008

Someone who takes medication to control epilepsy or diabetes could end up in a situation where he or she is no longer eligible for protection under the Americans With Disabilities Act. ...more

September 18, 2008

Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to re-create it. ...more

September 5, 2008

Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors. ...more

February 1, 2008

Author James Baldwin once summed up nicely my feeling about Refund Anticipation Loans, which are heavily marketed this time of year by tax preparation companies: ...more

January 27, 2008