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The USF College of Nursing is hosting its fourth annual Nursing Pathway Summer Program this week. Fifty high school students suited up in scrubs and got hands-on experience in the profession.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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photo illustration/stock.adobe.comThe administration argues the lack of disclosure is keeping healthcare costs higher than they should be. Failing to comply with the warnings comes with penalties as high as $2 million a year. -
Candice Evers/for WPLN and KFF Health NewsAnxious kids can benefit from counseling, but therapy demands a commitment of money and time. Therapists recommend using three criteria to help determine when challenging behavior rises to the level of needing professional help.
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The screwworm is a fly that lays its eggs in body openings and feeds on live animals, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. -
Come January, billing codes will change from a bundled system to a la carte. Man doctors say this approach will better reflect care provided. But it could incentivize them to pile on visits and services. -
The yearly tally remained at 154 cases through the May 30 update from the state heath department. The CDC reported five new cases nationwide May 22-29 for a total of 1,983 this year. -
Brian Dean, the outreach coordinator for UF Health Trauma, explains that wearing helmets can prevent up to 85% of the traumatic brain injuries. -
Florida4Warriors is an organization that provides support and community to veterans, active duty members and first responders, while bringing awareness to the issue of suicide among veterans. -
Some people in the study reduced their work hours, quit jobs or struggled to complete tasks they had formerly done with ease. The ringing makes it difficult for many to concentrate. -
Volunteers of America Florida, which manages some low-income senior housing across the state, used a Humana grant to purchase a couple dozen robocats and robodogs for seniors at their complex. -
Immigrant detainees have told courts across the nation that officials have failed to treat or stabilize their conditions, suggesting that systemic lapses in care extend well beyond record deaths in custody. -
The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave for caregiving. But the federal policy has noteworthy limitations. -
A college professor never gave up searching for answers to a chronic condition many doctors didn’t recognize. After finally receiving a diagnosis, she created a tool to help others with similar symptoms. -
A woman started exhibiting unusual memory problems – a disorder called transient global amnesia. Now recovered, a dispute over hospital charges has been a source of stress for over a year. -
For many women, it can be hard to differentiate the mood disorder from the much milder “baby blues” brought on by plummeting hormone levels. Doctors say recognition is crucial to recovery.
