South Bay Hospital has installed a new surgical tracking system that helps visitors check on the status of friends and family during a surgical procedure. The system is continually updated, allowing visitors to know a change in status faster than in the past. ...more

August 12, 2009

"Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives," by David Eagleman (Pantheon, $20) ...more

March 15, 2009

This week you told me about your experiences in waiting rooms at Tampa Bay area hospitals in response to a column about a personal experience with an 87-year-old woman. You wrote me about what I think is every hospital in the region, from Sebring to Ocala. ...more

February 10, 2009

University Community Hospital-Carrollwood and its sister hospital on Fletcher Avenue near the University of South Florida are seeking volunteers to serve a variety of roles. ...more

July 23, 2008

So here it is Sunday morning in Florida and time has run out. A presidential primary isn't the beginning or end of the world, but in Florida it's at least a warning, like the signs of a tropical disturbance out in the Atlantic of storms just beyond the horizon. ...more

January 27, 2008