Annual Pink Tea will stir up funds for mammograms
The ninth annual Pink Tea, which will help raise money for free or low-cost mammograms, is at 2 p.m. Aug. 24 at Mount Dora First Baptist Church, 1000 E. First Ave.
Proceeds will go into a fund for women in Lake County who can't afford mammograms.... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - August 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Obesity rates drop in preschoolers, new CDC report says
Bucking the trend of rising obesity, a national report released Tuesday shows obesity rates declining among preschool children from low-income families in Florida and 18 other states.
The study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - August 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
VFW opens its door for pro wrestling
The men's auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8087 will present South Lake Extreme Pro wrestling Saturday at the post, 4065 N. County Road 19A Mount Dora.
There will be five matches beginning at 6 p.m. There will drawings between matches.... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - July 24, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Study: Taller women have greater risk of developing cancer
Sometimes good things do come in small packages, and that applies to women, their height and cancer.
Taller women have a higher risk of developing cancer, according to a study published in a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - July 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Jeffrey Herr, a summer intern from Boca Raton and graduate student Sarah Cohen prepare samples of mice brain tissue for memory research at the Florida Atlantic University Neuroscience Center in Jupiter.
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Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - July 18, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Italian researchers used gene therapy to treat children with two rare genetic diseases, according to a report in the journal Science.
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Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - July 11, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Hands-on food-modification training for professional caregivers
The University of Florida Lake County Extension will present Food Modifications for Special Needs, a workshop for professional caregivers, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 25 at the Agricultural Center, 1951 Woodlea Road, Tavares.
Participants will learn about... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - July 9, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Orlando group explores bringing third bowl game to city
Is Orlando big enough to host three college football bowl games?
Former UCF football coach Alan Gooch believes it is and leads a group that hopes to add one more Orlando bowl game to the college football schedule.
Gooch is the executive director of... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - July 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
State could save $839M if patients took medications, used generics, says adherence report
Floridians would could save more than $260 million dollars a year if they just took their medications the way their doctors told them to, said a new report released today (THURS) from CVS Caremark.
The Medication Adherence Report, which lists state-by-... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 27, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Leshaia Davis-Johnson knew she wanted to be a doctor at an early age, so she is jump-starting her career during her high school summers. As a MERIT Baltimore scholar, Davis-Johnson is spending her second summer in a local hospital, gaining insight about what it means to be a doctor.
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Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 20, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Sanford-Burnham researchers find drug that could reverse Alzheimer's
Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered a combination of two FDA-approved drugs that appears to stop — and possibly reverse — the destructive changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease.
By combining... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 19, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Youth football concussion study produces puzzling conclusion
Here is one conclusion all medical experts can agree on concerning concussions and sports: an 80-mph-plus line drive to the head, like the unfortunate one Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb suffered this weekend, is bad.
Beyond that, we've arrived at an... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 18, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Largest online child predator sting of its kind in Polk results in 41 arrests
A weeklong multi-agency undercover investigation targeting online child predators resulted in the arrests of 41 people including a youth football coach, a senior partner at a CPA firm, and theme park employees, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 17, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
New service matches patients with clinical-research trials in Orlando
In Orlando, more than 550 clinical trials are looking for participants to help find better treatments and cures for such chronic diseases as cancer, AIDS and diabetes. Across Florida, nearly 2,500 studies are looking for subjects.
"We have a lot of... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 12, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Med-tech firm lands its first software deal
A company led by by two veteran Central Florida high-tech entrepreneurs recently secured its first contract for Internet-based medical software designed to streamline the complicated process of qualifying a patient's care for Medicare or Medicaid... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 9, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
