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Florida ranks in top 10 of states with high diabetes rates
One in 10 Floridians has diabetes, a "disturbing" trend revealed in the nation's fat report last week. Though Florida ranks as the 29th-most-obese state in the country, the Sunshine State is No. 10 for diabetes. It's a distinction that comes with a...Tags: New Hampshire, Maine, West Virginia, Diseases and Illnesses, Body Mass Index
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Why we're fat, Part 4: Outside forces affect what we eat, how much exercise we get
Beyond what we eat, what we're born with and what we do, our environment contributes in major — and mostly unnoticed — ways to our health and our weight.
All have conspired to make two-thirds of adult Americans and one-third of American...Tags: Marketing, Medical Research, Advertising, Orlando, Health Organizations
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Name change: Florida Hospital College now Adventist University
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelFlorida Hospital College of Health Sciences has a new name. Effective today, the school will be called Adventist University of Health Sciences, announced David Greenlaw, current and founding president of the college, which turns 20 in October. The name... -
Florida schools need communities to rally around them
Last fall, I visited Fern Creek Elementary — a school full of poor and even homeless children that is thriving thanks to local businesses and volunteers.
At Fern Creek, parents help out, artists visit, churches contribute and businesses send both...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Health, Teachers, Hospitals and Clinics, Public Schools
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Orlando Regional and Miami-Dade HMO ready for contract war
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A Coral Gables-based HMO and a major Orlando hospital system are locked in a nasty contracting dispute that is about to land on the doorsteps of Central Florida residents. Simply... -
Hysterectomy patients to sound off to doctors at free forum
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelWomen who’ve had hysterectomies often come away with mixed feelings about the decision, about their femininity and about their doctors. Now they will have a chance to share those feelings this Friday from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at a free live and... -
Florida waiting patiently for biotech projects to ‘detonate’
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Dr. Stephen Gardell looks over Orlando's slowly materializing $2 billion Medical City and says his team hasn't lost sight of the “grand plan”: a cluster of labs, hospitals and classrooms that will allow new technologies... -
Orange students can get free sports physicals tomorrow
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelOrange County students can get a free sports physical tomorrow during an event being organized by the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church and Florida Hospital. The physicals, required to participate in public-school... -
Otis Smith preaches family first with Magic
Otis Smith stood outside the Magic's lockeroom 90 minutes before Sunday's game, wearing a motorcycle-themed T-shirt, ballcap and jeans.
A fan approached him, shook his hand and remarked that it looked like he had just hopped off his Harley. A suit and...Tags: Throat Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Basketball, Otis Smith, George Karl
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Luchando por corazónes más sanos en el sur de Florida
South Florida Sun-SentinelLo que nunca en su vida imaginó Ivette Bova es que al despertar en una mañana de abril del año pasado, con tan sólo 31 años, iba a sufrir un ataque al corazón. Tras ser transportada de emergencia, ya en la cama del hospital, mientras toda su vida le...Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Orlando, Health, Human Interest, Fort Lauderdale
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How to help Bithlo
Orlando Sentinel ColumnistIn today's letter's I respond to readers' questions and I had several people write to me because they wanted to know how to help Bithlo after a column I wrote that highlighted the east Orange County community's problems with poverty and concern about...Tags: Teresa Jacobs, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Orange County (Florida), Religion and Belief
Jul 14, 2011
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Jan 3, 2012
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Jun 13, 2012
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May 5, 2012
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Jun 8, 2012
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Mar 28, 2012
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Jun 17, 2012
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Apr 20, 2012
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Apr 1, 2012
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Feb 2, 2012
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Jan 31, 2012
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Jan 9, 2012
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