Social Security Administration considering younger Alzheimer's sufferers for disability. ...more

October 23, 2009

Whether it's a room full of Rotarians or simply an interested individual they encounter at the grocery store, registered nurses Melissa Cole and Kathy Harrison never miss an opportunity to get the word out about the signs and symptoms of a stroke. ...more

December 24, 2008

A $5.3 million grant awarded to the University of Florida College of Dentistry will target cancer prevention for low-income men across the state, including those in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 8, 2008

Physicians and internists, when confronted with patients who are stressed out and show signs of heart problems, are more likely to chalk up the symptoms to anxiety if the sufferer is a woman, a study found. ...more

October 13, 2008

African-American families set aside time at reunions to talk about disease prevention and healthy eating. ...more

September 19, 2008

As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers. ...more

August 29, 2008

You're not supposed to lose a sister who's just 43 years old. But that's what happened to Tampa resident Linda Brown. Her sister, Patti Medley, suffered a brain-stem stroke while visiting Panama City in late March. A week later, she was gone. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA - A candlelight memorial service will be held Friday evening in downtown Tampa to honor the estimated 50 homeless people who died in Hillsborough County this year. ...more

December 19, 2007

ANNA MARIA ISLAND - A boat propeller struck and killed a man Sunday after he was thrown from a yacht powering through rough water in the Gulf of Mexico, authorities said. State marine patrol officers identified the victim as Henry Ogden, 49, of Sarasota. He was tossed from the boat at about 4 p.m. ...more

November 26, 2007

The Tampa Bay Diabetes Expo is under way today at the Tampa Convention Center today ...more

October 6, 2007