Americans are worried about the fine print in the health care overhaul, an Associated Press poll says, and those concerns are creating new challenges for President Barack Obama as he tries to overcome doubts in Congress. ...more

November 16, 2009

Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. ...more

July 2, 2009

I have been in management at Premier Community HealthCare Group for about four years, and each day I hear about the devastating effects that being uninsured has on the well-being of people in our community. As the economy worsens and more and more Americans lose their jobs, the number of uninsured is soaring. ...more

March 28, 2009

Cast your vote and get vaccinated at the same place today. The Pasco County Health Department will provide flu shots at two voting sites. A team of public health nurses will give shots this morning at the Alice Hall Community Center, 38116 Fifth Ave. in Zephyrhills, and at the First Baptist Church, 21012 Bower Road in Lacoochee this afternoon. ...more

November 4, 2008

A 1999 Merck & Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report. ...more

August 19, 2008

Why fight the proliferation of video games if you can use them to improve the nation's health? ...more

May 30, 2008