Maybe we owe an apology to the doctors who made the birth announcement with such pride and excitement. The delivery of eight babies in five minutes was, they exhaled, "amazing." The mom was "incredibly courageous." All in all it was a "very exciting day," a feat for which the 46-member medical team at the California hospital expected kudos and high fives. ...more

February 7, 2009

Lawrence Samuels, who broke Arena Football League receiving records during his 14 seasons with the Tampa Bay Storm, remains in fair condition today at Bayfront Medical Center. ...more

October 24, 2008

What started as a way to say thanks to the 20 or so pediatric nurses on the third floor of University Community Hospital ended with everyone saying thanks to a 9-year-old cancer patient who dreamed up the nifty design for a bunch of T-shirts worn by those nurses. ...more

August 2, 2008

A Tampa Bay area foster boy is heading to Miami today for a possible liver transplant after another hospital removed him from an organ-donor waiting list in part because he doesn't have a permanent home. ...more

July 9, 2008

The sign on the gate in front of the blue house announced the good news to a neighborhood that has had little since Hurricane Katrina: "There's a doctor in the house. Make your appointment NOW!" ...more

January 14, 2008

Sometimes, the water shuts off in the middle of the day. The doctors wash their hands in buckets. ...more

November 19, 2007

Sylvia Martinez had been told before she had high blood pressure. But the 47-year-old had never taken medicine for it until about three weeks ago, when aspiring doctors and their supervising physicians convinced her she needed it. ...more

October 4, 2007

The BRIDGE, an acronym derived from Building Relationships and Initiatives Dedicated to Gaining Equality, operates Tuesday evenings at the University Area Community Health Center, a county-run facility on North 22nd Street in the low-income community west of the university. ...more

October 3, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Karoline Byler, 29, continues to recuperate at Bayfront Medical Center after delivering sextuplets Saturday evening. ...more

September 3, 2007