TAMPA Police charged a 62-year-old North Tampa woman with creating a public health issue today after an officer saw her emptying raw sewage down her driveway, a preliminary report states. ...more

March 31, 2009

A music icon takes a stand against chronic pain. ...more

March 13, 2009

The Tampa Bay Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is very concerned about an unspoken public health issue affecting the citizens of the Tampa Bay region, including the city of Tampa: the pollution from TECO's coal-powered plants. ...more

December 3, 2008

"I was told my son is a hero - that he may have saved a life. In reality, he was one of a number of heroes. A whole group of friends - and friends of friends - took action because they recognized warning signs and they didn't ignore them. Whether having learned the warning signs at school, or through TV or billboard campaigns, it doesn't matter. What matters is that they reached out when a young girl was hurting and may have saved her life. ...more

November 29, 2008

Amy Chase started feeding Similac Organic infant formula to her second son, Amos, as soon as he was born in November 2006. ...more

May 23, 2008

Teaching teens about protecting themselves from pregnancy is not always easy but the Highlands County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Alliance Teen Panel has hit on what works. Teens don't always want to listen to adult advice so TPPA got young moms in the picture. Then, since it takes two to tango, it got boys involved in the education process. Last week's eight-grade panel on teen pregnancy, which included all eight-grade boys and girls, had a bit of both elements. A young mother spoke of her mistakes and how she wished she could go back. The students learned the wisdom of waiting and treating their bodies with respect. ...more

May 4, 2008

"Experience has shown that increasing taxes on cigarettes is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the level of smoking, especially among adolescents ..." ...more

February 19, 2008

As many as one in three U.S. children have been ridiculed or threatened through computer messages, according to one estimate of the emerging problem of cyberbullying. ...more

November 28, 2007

When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do, in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else keep up. ...more

October 28, 2007