Category: Health
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UCF/HCA Hospital Approved
UCF Lake Nona Medical Center received final approval from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) today. The University of Central Florida and HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division will move forward with plans for the new 100-bed medical and surgical hospital – with construction set to begin within 18 months. The UCF Lake Nona Medical Center hospital will…
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AHF opens new HIV clinic in Orlando to address local epidemic
A recently opened HIV health care center in Orlando plans to address the rising number of new HIV diagnoses in Central Florida(Photo by Monivette Cordeiro). Local elected officials joined members of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Tuesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of AHF’s new clinic in Orlando at 1701 N. Mills Ave., next to the…
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UCF, HCA get green light to build hospital in Lake Nona
Hospital in Lake Nona – Dr. Deborah German’s dream of having a teaching hospital for her medical school is now a reality. On Thursday, the medical school confirmed that the state has given the hospital plan its final approval. Construction is expected to begin within 18 months. It was only last year that German, founding…
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Zika cases continue to increase in Florida
Zika: Florida has reported six additional cases of the Zika virus during the past week, bringing the total to 113 in 2017, according to numbers posted Monday on the state Department of Health website. The 113 cases were up from a total of 107 listed on the department website a week earlier. Of the new…
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Gwen Graham takes a stand for uninsured at Longwood charitable clinic ‘workday’
Ignacio Gonzalez was determined last week to see somebody at the Shepherd’s Hope charitable medical clinic in Longwood, even if he had to wait for a long time. Gonzalez does not have health insurance, and so for three months, he says he did not take his medications for diabetes because they were so expensive and he…
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Cafe shut down at LA Fitness that had Legionnaires’ bacteria
The cafe inside of an LA Fitness club in South Orlando was closed just weeks after the gym tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease. Greenroots Cafe at 12700 S. Orange Blossom Trail closed by an inspector because of violations such as roaches on July 20. “Observed 5 live roaches in cabinet under hand-washing sink on smoothie…
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5 questions about the brain cancer diagnosed in Sen. John McCain
Glioblastoma, the cancer with which Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has been diagnosed, is a highly lethal malignancy that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Beau Biden, the son of former Vice President Joseph Biden. Here is what you need to know: What is glioblastoma? Glioblastoma is an aggressive cancer that is the most common of…