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  • Bartow Regional Plans $110 Million Expansion

    Bartow Regional Plans $110 Million Expansion

    Hospital President Sites Booming Population as Driving Force by PAUL CATALA On June 4, the BayCare Board of Trustees approved a $110 million plan to expand the hospital from 72 to 90 beds and enhance its emergency, catheterization lab and surgical services departments.  “I think that’s amazing,” says Bailey Caustic, a Bartow native who was…

  • Targeting T1D

    Targeting T1D

    AdventHealth Initiates Study to Expand Screening in Underserved Populations by RYAN MILEJCZAK Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, is a condition in which the pancreas makes little to no insulin, leading to high levels of blood sugar. If not properly treated, it can have serious implications for a patient’s health. Over the past several years, there…

  • Sun Smart & Cancer Cautious

    Sun Smart & Cancer Cautious

    Tips for Protecting Yourself and Vulnerable Populations From Skin Cancer by REBEKAH PIERCE Living in the Sunshine State certainly has its perks — beautiful beaches, warm weather, and plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy year-round.  But with great sunshine comes great responsibility. Not only is it important to think about skin protection for yourself, but…

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  • Signs & Symptoms: Practicing safety & preventing the little known CMV Virus

      The Varicella-Zoster Virus causes chicken pox and the painful rash, shingles. The Epstein-Barr Virus is associated with mononucleosis, an infection known as the kissing disease. Then there’s CMV, the lesser-known cytomegalovirus, which joins them as a herpes viruses. Most people who catch CMV don’t know they have anything, at least nothing more than a…

  • Common ground found regarding the 1099 rule

    Common ground found regarding the 1099 rule

      It is very seldom that the two political parties of our country join together in a bipartisan fashion. The former 1099 rule of the new health care bill, however, did just that. Many of the leaders from both parties rallied behind the cause to remove this particular rule from being mandated as part of…

  • Take these two pills of commentary and call me in the morning

    Take these two pills of commentary and call me in the morning

      You Spoke, We Listened In our last online poll at www.CentralFloridaHealthNews.com, we asked what you wanted to read about most for your health. The top answer was no surprise to me: Disease Prevention. As a person who cares about your health and that of your children’s, you don’t just want to know how to…

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