March 29, 2024

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A Tampa General Hospital oncologist takes holistic approach to treating breast cancer

Treating breast cancer goes beyond the physical battle, TGH oncologist Dr. Jamie McKenzie says. Read more »
Published on 1/26/2022

UF Health's plaque therapy spares healthy tissue in eye cancer patients

Plaque therapy spares healthy tissue in eye cancer patients. Read more »
Published on 1/26/2022

Orlando Health Cancer Institute uses cellular immunotherapy to destroy cancer cells

Cellular immunotherapy, which revs up a person's immune system to destroy cancer cells, is revolutionizing cancer care. Two health systems in Central Florida are using the techniques — also known as adoptive cell therapies — to treat cancers that don't respond to traditional therapies. Read more »
Published on 1/26/2022

Miami's economic forecast for 2022

“We've never been busier, and it's because so many are looking for so much at the same time — everybody from luxury and aspirational luxury to street-level retail and restaurants, both high-end and casual, all the way through to Walmart, Target and Dollar General stores. There's so much population explosion, and that population requires retail. The biggest issue in the restaurant world in Miami today is getting a seat. So many restaurants have cut down on their hours of operation because there simply aren't enough employees to go around..." Read more »
Published on 1/17/2022

Ascension Sacred Heart creates a family-friendly pediatric oncology unit

Dr. Jeffrey H. Schwartz is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. In a recent interview with FLORIDA TREND, he discussed how the new Pediatric Oncology Center for Hope at the Studer Family Children's Hospital has improved patient treatment and family experience. Read more »
Published on 1/10/2022

AdventHealth Tampa's Taneja Center for Surgery to lead efforts in robotic surgery

The 300,000-sq.ft. Taneja Center for Surgery includes room for robotic-surgery equipment. Read more »
Published on 11/30/2021

Orlando Health is betting millions on health care startups

When Orlando Health launched a $20-million venture capital arm in 2018, it had several goals in mind. Read more »
Published on 11/30/2021

Baptist Health facility is one of six new hospitals planned for Northeast Florida

Baptist Health has completed the first phase of a full-service, 100-bed hospital in Clay County. Read more »
Published on 11/30/2021

Baptist Health Care adapts to community needs as it completes Pensacola facility

Pensacola-based Baptist Health Care will complete the superstructure of its new $615-million, 264-bed hospital that's on track to open next year. Read more »
Published on 11/30/2021

FIU's nursing dean sends out a plea for help to train faculty

"There was a nursing shortage even before COVID hit...a lot of nurses were aging out and retiring, and we weren't [replacing them] fast enough..." Read more »
Published on 10/27/2021

USF works to prepare nursing students for the realities of the job

Usha Menon says she gets “chills” when she reads current research concerning job satisfaction among nurses... Read more »
Published on 10/27/2021

Non-profit Libby's Legacy advocates for patients and their families

Robin Maynard-Harris was working as an Orange County crime scene investigator when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005... Read more »
Published on 9/28/2021

Tallahassee makes plans to rely on 100% renewable energy

Tallahassee has initiated an ambitious, long-term plan to have the town powered completely by renewable energy. Read more »
Published on 8/31/2021

Coral Gables initiates talks about burying power lines

The Coral Gables City Commission voted unanimously in June to launch a series of community workshops to engage residents in discussing... Read more »
Published on 8/31/2021

Duke takes the first step in dismantling its ‘backbone' power plant

For more than 50 years, Duke Energy Florida's twin-unit coal power plant in Crystal River routinely delivered 915 megawatts of power. Read more »
Published on 8/31/2021

A hedge fund is seeking to split Duke Energy into three companies

Elliott Management, a $41-billion hedge fund, wrote the Duke Energy board in May urging the company to split into three separate entities... Read more »
Published on 8/31/2021

UF researchers hope to make solar more useful during long power outages

A research team at the University of Florida has developed a system that can provide solar energy for homes during prolonged power outages. Read more »
Published on 8/31/2021

OUC experiments with ways of generating and storing electricity from renewable sources

OUC experiments with ways of generating and storing electricity from renewable sources Read more »
Published on 8/31/2021

Orlando Health's spina bifida fetal surgery program is showing promising results

In November 2018, Jessica Trinkle was nearly 24 weeks pregnant when she visited her OB-GYN in Volusia County and saw her unborn son... Read more »
Published on 7/30/2021

HoloLens glasses allow pediatric heart surgeons to see 3-D images of the heart

Pediatric heart surgeons at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami are using immersive technology to help with pre-operative planning... Read more »
Published on 7/30/2021

Pensacola gets a pediatric cancer center

Pediatric health care resources across Northwest Florida took a leap forward this spring with the opening of the Bear Family Foundation... Read more »
Published on 7/30/2021

FP&L expands its solar footprint in NW Florida

Matt Valle, vice president of development at FP&L, talks about details of the multi-phase project. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Climate First Bank plans to supercharge solar loan products

After selling the first bank he started in 2006, Ken LaRoe and his wife bought a small motor home and traveled across country... Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

What happened in Texas raises questions about Florida's power system

After the 2021 Texas power grid failure, questions arise about Florida's power grid, but there are differences. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

U.N. panel casts doubt on dire hurricane season storm warnings

Hurricane season inevitably brings speculation on whether climate change is making the storm season worse. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

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Bitter-to-swallow cocoa costs force chocolate shops to raise prices
Bitter-to-swallow cocoa costs force chocolate shops to raise prices

Central Floirda chocolate shops are left with a bitter taste as cocoa prices hit an all-time high earlier this week.

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