August 31st, 2009
Pinellas Park, FL (August 31, 2009) – Pain Relief Centers welcomed, Dr. Plato E. Varidin, D.O., FACOFP/FAODME/NAP to its practice.
Dr. Varidin, a well-known Board-Certified physician in the osteopathic specialty with 54 years experience, is a graduate of A.T. Still University/Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. He is considered one of the most trusted names in the osteopathic medical profession. Upon completion of his internship at Green Cross Hospital in Warren, Ohio, Dr. Varidin entered the private practice of Family Medicine with expertise in Manipulative Medicine. More
August 31st, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
BAY AREA (Bay News 9) — The U.S. Department of Health is proposing a major reduction in reimbursement for cancer treatments.
Recently the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced they’re planning on cutting reimbursement rates for radiation cancer treatment — in some cases by 44 percent.
“The radiation oncology community was shocked,” said Dr. Robert Miller with Wellspring Oncology Cancer Center. “At the time our cost have gone up higher and higher, they were going to cut the reimbursement by almost in half.” More
August 28th, 2009
Deadline Running Out to Dispute Medicare Cuts for Cancer Treatment This Monday
TAMPA, Fla. – Doctors all over want to urge Medicare and Medicaid recipients to respond to a fleeting deadline that is running out to dispute proposed financial cuts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS). The Medicare deadline is Monday, August 31, 2009. The urgency of the matter is that it will affect patient’s lives and the care they get during their battle with cancer. More
August 28th, 2009
FLU DEATHS IMPACT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
SWINE FLU STATISTICS RELEASED
TAMPA FL – Hillsborough County Medical Association, Inc. (HCMA) releases information on Swine Flu notifying the community of the first two laboratory-confirmed H1N1 (Swine) Flu-related deaths in the county. The Hillsborough County patients were adult males, 44 and 49 years old, who had underlying medical conditions that put them at greater risk of complications from flu. More
August 28th, 2009
JUST DANCE TAMPA BAY LAUNCHES SIX-WEEK WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE THIS SATURDAY
Be a part of the largest dance class in the world
WHO: Just Dance Tampa Bay is launching JUST DANCE, a six-week weight-loss challenge for people who love to dance.
WHAT: Be a part of history, when Just Dance Tampa Bay attempts to beat The Guinness World Record for the largest dance class in the world! There are more than 3,000 dancers expected to participate.
WHERE: University Mall, 2200 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33612-5502
WHEN: THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2009
• Registration from 7 to 9 a.m.
• Dance Practice from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
• Beat the Record at 11 a.m.
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August 28th, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. – Ultimate Medical Academy students and faculty partnered up with local organizations to provide free health exams to African American women here Wednesday.
Students and faculty from UMA along with members from Healthy Together Tampa Bay, Prime Time Sister Circle and Tampa General Hospital volunteered their time and experience at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8 p.m. More
August 28th, 2009
St. Petersburg, (August 28, 2009) — The average teenage girl from Florida thinks of spending her high school summers on the beach, texting her boyfriend, reading the gossip rags with her friends and simply relaxing – dreaming of her senior year soon approaching…
Not 17-year-old, Meredith Mackay. Meredith was planning on doing those things but was approached with an unusual proposition. Father, Dr. Edward Mackay, vein specialist in St. Petersburg thought his daughter’s summer should be spent doing something a little different. For years a colleague of Dr. Mackay, Dr. Nick Morrison, Director of this physician-traveling humanitarian program with Morrison Vein Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, had invited him to join-in on humanitarian trip to Quito, Ecuador in South America to treat underprivileged people with significant circulatory problems and vein diseases. Physicians and their families from around the world attend together to perform various, highly-needed medical procedures. He agreed to attend and was looking forward to making a difference in the lives of others around the world. His next thought…”why spend the summer alone?” More
August 28th, 2009
By Thomas Becnel
Sarasota Herald Tribune
Published: Monday, July 20, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 9:32 p.m.
VENICE – Marie Lydecker started to cry before the party began.
She had a lot of company during a slide show that celebrated her son Joel’s recovery from a horrific auto accident five years ago.
On Sunday, more than 200 friends and family members gathered at the Venice-Nokomis Elks Lodge to thank everyone from surgeons and nurses to therapists and paramedics. More
August 28th, 2009
Contributor: Kerry Kavanaugh, ABC ACTION NEWS
Firefighter reunited with doctor who saved his life
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Joel Lydecker has shaken many hands, but on Thursday Joel shared a handshake with the doctor who saved his life for the very first time.
You see, Joel doesn’t remember the first time he met Dr. David McKalip. It was in July, 2004 at Bayfront Medical Center. More
