Tag: health
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Artificial Pancreas in Limbo for Diabetics Covered by Anthem
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ealth insurer Anthem Inc. will reconsider its decision not to cover an artificial pancreas for diabetics sold by Medtronic Plc, one of the medical company’s most promising new products.(Source: Family handout) It would be a welcome change for Medtronic, but one that comes too late for many patients who paid thousands of dollars out of…
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Planting Seeds at Organic Gardening Workshop
Organic gardening is possible in your own Lake Nona backyard, and it helps to have some guidance from a master gardener. Laureate Park residents had the opportunity to learn from master gardener, Amber Harmon, with My Nona’s Garden during an Organic Gardening 101 class at the Laureate Park Community Gardens. Harmon explained garden planning, supplies, planting, growing, harvesting and…
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Orlando Health expanding trauma center
Orlando Health has kicked off a $10 million fundraising campaign to upgrade and more than double the size of ORMC’s level 1 trauma center in downtown Orlando. “On multiple Friday and Saturday nights, I’ve had the trauma bay full from just one carload of people,” said Dr. Joseph Ibrahim, medical director of ORMC Trauma Center.…
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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…