Consider this a passport to longer-lasting health: DONNA DOUGLAS column

When Megan Kirk was researching for her Masters degree thesis, what she discovered was like a huge wake-up call. And, not content to just publish her findings and get her degree (in Exercise Technology), she’s now doing something about it.[...]

House starts looking at Medicaid cuts

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The House released an initial health and human-services budget proposal Tuesday that would chop hospital Medicaid rates by $291 million next year and trim a series of benefits for low-income Floridians. But the $29.8 billion proposal also would take steps such as increasing funding for child-protection investigators, [...]

Crosby's neck one for the ages

To begin the semi-monthly Sidney Crosby dirge, it is first necessary to stress that doctors' diagnoses, while not quite as random as, say, weather forecasts, are occasionally wrong.

Crosby's broken neck one for the ages

Doctors' diagnoses, while not quite as random as, say, weather forecasts, are occasionally wrong. Have you watched House lately?

How did doctors miss Crosby's injury?

Cam Cole: To begin the semi-monthly Sidney Crosby dirge, it is first necessary to stress that doctors’ diagnoses, while not quite as random as, say, weather forecasts, are occasionally wrong