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Long-term Medicaid enrollment begins
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Phone counselors are now available to help long-term care Medicaid recipients choose their health plans.
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Controversial surgeon Benjamin Carson speaks in Sarasota
SARASOTA – A renowned neurosurgeon who is not afraid to rattle people's brains brought his sometimes controversial message to Sarasota Wednesday.
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Recently-approved eye implant sugery
SARASOTA - More than 15 million Americans are affected by some type of macular degeneration, a progressive disease that can lead to vision loss. But for the first time…
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Suncoast Communities Blood Bank to help cancer patients
SARASOTA - Suncoast Communities Blood Bank is expanding its role beyond blood collection. It’s creating a mononuclear cellular therapy center to help in the treatment …
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Problem in neo-natal units
Can a piece of tape cause permanent injury and scarring? If you ask some doctors and nurses who work with pre-mature babies you might be surprised by what you hear.
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Ways to fight the flu
20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu and the infected could be passing it on to you before they even know they're sick! But researchers are hard at work deve…
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Study: Elder fraud has biological roots
SARASOTA - A recent study suggests that physical changes in our brains as we age could explain why elderly people fall for scams more often than the rest of us.
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Living with an aortic aneurysm
More than a million people are living with an aortic aneurysm and don't even know it.
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Replacing and Repairing Nerves
Your body is made up of 214 major nerves, Each an electric pathway that keeps your body feeling and moving.
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Sarasota woman fighting advanced stage of cancer
SARASOTA - If you are looking for a way to do something good for your health in 2013 make an appointment to have a skin cancer screening. It's quick, easy and can save…
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Volunteers asked participate in Cancer Prevention Study
SUNCOAST - The American Cancer Society is calling for volunteers here on the Suncoast to participate in Cancer Prevention Study #3.
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Cancer Prevention Study
SARASOTA - There was a breakfast of champions this morning in Sarasota sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
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Kidney Transplants
On the day Evan Tanner was born he was given zero percent chance of living. Three years later he's alive and happy, continuing to beat the odds.
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Type 1, Type 2 Diabetes
It's been called the epidemic of the twenty-first century. Diabetes kills more people than all cancers combined.
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How Parkinson’s affects the voice
Tremors, trouble walking, stiff and achy muscles--there are many unmistakable signs of Parkinson’s.
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Brain Aneurysms
In the heads of millions of Americans, they sit silently and can burst without warning. Brain aneurysms rupture in about 30 thousand people every year, killing or disa…
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Age-related macular degeneration
It's the leading cause of legal blindness in older Americans.
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A new look at prostate cancer
SARASOTA - Prostate cancer is a dreaded disease. It's the 2nd leading cause of death for American men, and 1 man in every 6 will be diagnosed with it.
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Lazer-Lift
In the past two years it has become one of the most popular cosmetic procedures and on average the most expensive. But, there's a new to get a face-lift without going …
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Put a cap on tumor growth
Massive headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness are the signs of a brain tumor.
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Concussions and headaches
As many as 3.8 million athletes suffer concussions each year in the U.S.
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Uterine Cancer
It's the second most common surgery performed on women in the U.S and every surgeon has his or her own way of doing it. Now, one doctor is trying to change that.
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Suncoast girl has wish granted
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wishes for children with life-threatening conditions to give them a chance to experience more joy away from hospitals and treatments.
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Injuries for musicians
It's football season, and while we watch players put their bodies at risk for our entertainment, the musicians on the sidelines are in danger of hurting themselves too!
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Metal knee replacements
More than 600,000 total knee replacements were performed in 2008.
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Risky procedure for AVM's
An AVM is a malformation in the face that happens when there's an abnormal connection between veins and arteries. Now, some patients are rolling the dice on a risky pr…
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Drug shortage in US
Hundreds of drugs are unavailable to those who need them most, and it's happening right here in the United States.
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Critical drugs are coming up short
Critical drugs are coming up short all over our country. Doctors are being forced to put patients on treatments that don't work as well as potentially life-saving drugs.
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Light the Night for a cure
Blood cancers are the number three cancer killer in North America. While other large cancer organizations target prevention and early detection, the Leukemia and Lymph…
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Night of Hope Gala to support cancer patients
LAKEWOOD RANCH - The Center for Building Hope in Lakewood Ranch builds hope for cancer patients and also their families.
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Tommy John Surgery
Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant and Alex Rodriguez are just a few of the superstar athletes who've used it to help their banged-up knees, shoulders and Achilles’ tendons.
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