Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. ...more

October 9, 2008

PLANT CITY South Florida Baptist Hospital for the first time has a high-tech therapy for wounds that resist healing. ...more

October 7, 2008

PLANT CITY Plant City commissioners recently joined their counterparts on other government bodies recognizing Oct. 5-11 as Mental Illness Awareness Week. ...more

October 3, 2008

A prominent diabetes researcher at the University of South Florida landed another multimillion-dollar grant and ensured that nearly every major effort to eliminate the disease will be orchestrated in Tampa. ...more

August 1, 2008

A prominent diabetes researcher at the University of South Florida landed another multimillion-dollar grant and ensured that nearly every major effort to eliminate the disease will be orchestrated in Tampa. Jeffrey Krischer, who previously won USF nearly $200 million in federal grants to coordinate worldwide diabetes research, will lead a new effort to investigate new therapies that may arrest the progression of Type 1 diabetes. The National Institutes of Health has awarded his team another $128 million to do so. ...more

July 31, 2008

A 72-year-old woman was treated for a fractured knee after her nephew beat her during a drunken rampage, deputies say. ...more

July 10, 2008

What is BPA? Bisphenol A is a chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic found in everyday products from baby bottles to DVDs to eyeglasses. It also is found in epoxy resins used in the lining of metal cans made in the United States for beer, soda and food. ...more

June 13, 2008

Un día antes de matar a tiros a la esposa de la que estaba separado y otras dos personas, Jorge Orlando Bello García visitó a su padre y le dijo que quería irse. ...more

June 9, 2008

The wife of a former FBI agent thought to be missing in Iran said Friday she is offering a $5,000 reward for information on her husband after more than a year of silence on his whereabouts. ...more

May 24, 2008

Thank you Mrs Kahler from Walker Memorial Academy. I hate school, but you make it amazing. When my mom had to go to a diabetes program for a month, I was terrified that I couldn't do all the homework on my own, and you stayed after school every single day to help me. When I and a bunch of boys were doing horrible in math, you stayed after school every week to tutor us. ...more

May 12, 2008