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NASCAR crash update: Daytona 500 still a go despite Saturday's accident that injured two dozen
NASCAR, despite Saturday's crash, will go racing today at Daytona International Speedway, weather permitting, More than two dozen people were injured at Daytona International Speedway Saturday afternoon in the wake of a multicar accident. “We...
Tags: Daytona Beach, NASCAR, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona 500, Hospitals and Clinics
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SunRail commuter train gets $87M check
A federal check of more than $87 million was delivered to the state this week for the continued construction of the SunRail commuter train in Metro Orlando. Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff made the official announcement Friday during a news...
Tags: DeBary, Ray LaHood, Orange County (Florida), Washington, DC, Hospitals and Clinics
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AT&T, Genting, Internet cafes and Big Sugar pay the most to lobby
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Companies, interest-groups and local governments paid $123 million to lobby the Florida Legislature last year, led by phone giant AT&T, Malaysian casino giant Genting, U.S. Sugar Corp., and an Oklahoma-based Internet sweepstakes cafe... -
Although now with Lakers, Dwight Howard's presence is still felt in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Not everyone here feels abandoned by Dwight Howard. A young mother has been able to remain in the United States with her two daughters because of legal assistance provided by the Lakers center since he left the Orlando Magic. A pregnant...Tags: Dwight Howard, Charity, Orlando Magic, Parramore, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hospital poll shows support for Medicaid expansion
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — A new poll by the Florida Hospital Association is showing that 62 percent of Floridians support expanding Medicaid to more low income individuals under the Affordable Care Act. “Floridians believe that everyone should have access... -
Orlando’s Curbside Chef food truck voted fan favorite at Healthy Food Truck Rally
The Dish - Orlando SentinelClarito Macalalad, owner/operator of Orlando's Curbside Chef, was selected fan favorite food truck at the “Healthy Food Truck Rally” at the Health & Wellness Center at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel grand opening on Sunday Jan. 6. More than 5,... -
Readers write on doctor prices, drones
Time again to empty out my mail bag ... Dear Beth, Appreciated your article on the hospitals purchasing the practices of doctors. It is a deserved knee-jerk reaction on the part of both hospitals and doctors to the prospects of Obamacare. We will now...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Dentistry and Dental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Casselberry, Seminole County
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Margaret Guedes, a Central Floridian of the Year runner-up for her passion
Margaret Guedes: Twice she put life on pause and parachuted into Seattle so her son, John, could have bone-marrow transplants. In 1992, months after her 9-year-old lost his fight with leukemia, she launched Kids Beating Cancer Inc. to spare sick kids...
Tags: Leukemia
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Patients lose when hospitals take over doctors
When a big hospital chain buys an independent doctor's office, we often hear the move will "enhance care," "integrate care" or "improve health-care efficiency." Spare us the euphemisms. Patients are the losers in these deals. We pay higher costs. We...
Tags: MRI (imaging), Orlando Health, Google Inc., Health Insurance Cost, Hospitals and Clinics
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Oviedo coach Tom Hammontree making progress
The news continues to be encouraging for Oviedo cross country/track coach Tom Hammontree recovering from heart transplant surgery last week. Hammontree underwent surgery on Jan. 10 and his wife, Jane, said Friday afternoon -- just eight days after...Tags: Physical Therapy, Joe Williams, Health Treatments, Orlando, Oviedo
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Epcot's Habit Heroes reopens as a kinder, more sensitive attraction
They're ba-a-ack. Habit Heroes, an Epcot attraction that aims to help kids defeat unhealthy habits, will reopen today after undergoing a complete Imagineering makeover. Following its debut last February, the attraction landed in big trouble when fat-...
Tags: Nutrition, Cartoons, Obesity, Children's Health, Entertainment
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Feds sue Hospice of the Comforter for Medicare fraud
The federal government is suing Hospice of the Comforter for Medicare fraud, alleging that since at least 2005 the Altamonte Springs-based nonprofit knowingly billed for patients who were not terminally ill and even encouraged "creative" record-keeping to...
Tags: Medicare, Trials, Health and Safety at Work, Nursing, Lawyers
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Feb 22, 2013
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Feb 15, 2013
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Feb 9, 2013
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Jan 24, 2013
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Jan 21, 2013
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Jan 20, 2013
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Jan 19, 2013
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Jan 18, 2013
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Jan 14, 2013
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