December 3, 2022
Healthcare
When Occasional Cocaine Use Becomes Serious
Read about one man's struggles with cocaine addiction. Millions of other Americans are at risk of falling into the same vicious cycle.
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Published on 5/1/2008
Society's Knee-Jerk Inclination for Prescribed Drugs
We Americans don’t like to hurt. And we’re wealthy enough as a society not to have to. When we’re in pain, whether emotional or physical, we’re conditioned to “take something for it.”
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Published on 4/1/2008
No Run-of-the Mill Feat in Marathon
Joyce Evans decides to give her boss a run for his money.
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Published on 4/1/2008
New Treatment Offers Hope in Macular Degeneration
Deterioration of the macula caused by either age or disease is the world’s most common cause of blindness.
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Published on 3/1/2008
Florida Hospital Plans to Build 'Health Village'
As they prepare to open a $255-million, 15-story hospital tower later this year in the Lake Ivanhoe area, Florida Hospital officials want to build a “health village” surrounding it.
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Published on 3/1/2008
FIU's New Med School Partners with Medical Centers
Under one agreement, Miami Beach-based Mount Sinai Medical Center will provide training for FIU medical students.
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Published on 3/1/2008
Medical Sims: A Dose of Reality in a Virtual World
UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training combines real and virtual images to better train war-zone medics and ambulance drivers. Watch the video report.
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Published on 2/1/2008
Medical Simulation, a Key Industry
Central Florida’s simulation industry is working on creative ways to combat what the military has identified as the three most preventable types of battlefield deaths: Blocked airways, collapsed lungs and hemorrhaging.
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Published on 2/1/2008
Orlando Diet's Detox Day
An Orlando doctor suggests one day a week of consuming nothing but liquid and fresh fruit.
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Published on 2/1/2008
Healthcare & Employee Benefits 2008
Cost increase
Overall, by what percent are your organization’s healthcare costs projected to rise?
2007
Change from
2006 (% pts.)
0 to 9%
45%
+7
10 to 19%
48
0...
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Published on 1/1/2008
Healthcare 2008
The Florida Medical Association pleads for more residency programs.
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Published on 1/1/2008
Broward's Healthcare Challenge
Alan Levine, former head of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, took the top job at the North Broward Hospital District in 2006.
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Published on 1/1/2008
Icon: James Robert Cade
Physician, Gatorade Inventor. Cade died Nov. 27 at age 80.
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Published on 1/1/2008
Working at Change
FPL’s Employee Health & Well-Being Program, created in 1991, offers the company’s 14,000 employees health education, wellness counseling and health assessments.
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Published on 1/1/2008
Multimedia: Patients' Relief Comes from Art
Through art, mentally ill patients can express themselves and hope for recovery. Follow Trend’s Amy Keller as she visits South Florida State Hospital and documents some lifesaving artwork.
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Published on 12/1/2007
Are You Sure You Want Fries with That?
The FDA suggests a 2,000 calorie diet with no more than 65 grams of fat. You might want to think about that before ordering that burger and fries. Check out the calorie/fat content of various fast foods.
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Published on 12/1/2007
A New Mindset for Prison Operator
GEO Group's move into mental health has some lessons for future privatization efforts.
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Published on 12/1/2007
Grant Targets Juvenile Diabetes
Jeffrey P. Krischer, a professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida, received $169 million from the National Institutes of Health to coordinate a 10-year international study of juvenile diabetes.
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Published on 12/1/2007
Lowering the Risk of Alzheimer's
Diets high in omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease. Now a University of Florida study says omega-3s also might thwart the onset of type 1 diabetes in children.
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Published on 12/1/2007
A Soda Crack-Down at School
A state lawmaker wants to ban beverages with high-fructose corn syrup from public schools.
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Published on 12/1/2007
Healthy
Hotelier Harris Rosen is still making revolutionary inroads on his company's healthcare plan.
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Published on 11/1/2007
Flu Prevention: Change of Seasons
Red Tide, an algae bloom found along Florida’s coasts, can cause coughing, sneezing and other respiratory problems.
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Published on 11/1/2007
Executive Workouts
Executive workouts for busy professionals. Meet the Thai Breaker.
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Published on 11/1/2007
Clearing the Air of CFCs
The end is near for CFCs used in inhalers.
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Published on 11/1/2007
Oxygen Bars: O So Good?
You don’t have to be a patient in the hospital or a pro athlete to get a dose of oxygen anymore.
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Published on 11/1/2007
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