Fort Lauderdale pill mill doctor will go to prison
Source: Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 17:10:58 -0700 | health-news
Anthony worked at Broward Urgent Care, 1409 SE First Ave., from April 2010 to February 2011. During his 10 months there, investigators said, some 99 percent of his patients received prescriptions for oxycodone and he wrote 12,510 prescriptions for more...
Federal grants slated to help homeless veterans and families
Source: Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 06:52:23 -0700 | health-news
Through the grants, approximately 1,900 veterans will receive job training and related services to help them succeed in civilian careers. Much too often, those who have given so much to the nation face a difficult transition to civilian life and...
Belle Glade man impregnates, gives HIV to girl, 15, police say
Source: Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 17:12:25 -0700 | health-news
EDT , May 13, 2013 A Belle Glade man is accused of getting a 15-year-old girl pregnant and infecting her with HIV . Travis Lamar Edwards, 23, told a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office detective he never had sex with...
FEEL Golf Co., Inc. Acquires Israeli On-Line Brain Training Games Company, Mind360
Source: PR Newswire
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 15:55:48 -0700 | health-news
Intelligent Living Inc., has acquired Mind360, a company which offers a series of scientifically developed online brain games targeted to improve cognitive skills and memory function. The games on Mind360 are aimed toward sharpening memory, increasing focus, building logical reasoning skills,...
MEDNAX to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Health Care Conference in Las Vegas
Source: The Motley Fool
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 04:52:29 -0700 | health-news
today announced that it is scheduled to make a presentation on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:40 a.m. PDT, to investors attending the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Health Care Conference in Las Vegas. Chief Financial Officer, Vivian Lopez-Blanco,...
FEEL Golf Co., Inc. Signs EMR Software Development Agreement with ScheduleMorePatients LLC
Source: PR Newswire
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 04:50:38 -0700 | health-news
Florida based subsidiary, Intelligent Living Inc. ("ILI"), announced today that the Company has signed an Electronic Medical Records software development agreement with ScheduleMorePatients LLC ("SMP"), a leading healthcare technology research company specializing in anti-aging management...
MEDNAX Announces Acquisition of Anesthesiology Practice in Georgia
Source: The Motley Fool
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 04:53:46 -0700 | health-news
today announced the acquisition of Gwinnett Anesthesia Service, P.C., a physician group practice based in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The practice provides anesthesia services at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville and Duluth, as well as at surgery centers and other outpatient facilities...
Nathan Azrin, Behavioral Psychologist, Dies at 82
Source: The New York Times
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 17:57:09 -0700 | health-news
He and a colleague developed a system that changed the way psychologists approached behavior-changing techniques across a wide spectrum of human experience. Published: April 15, 2013 When Dr. Nathan Azrin was appointed director of treatment development at Anna State Hospital...
Drug Makers Use Safety Rule to Block Generics
Source: The New York Times
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 15:58:45 -0700 | health-news
Multimedia But federal regulators contend the latest strategy which relies on a creative interpretation of drug safety laws is illegal. The Federal Trade Commission recently weighed in on a legal case over the tactic involving the drug maker Actelion, and...
Pain Improves During First Year but Mental-Health Problems Linger in Returning Veterans with Major ...
Source: Newswise
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-11 17:23:08 -0700 | health-news
In contrast, pain showed the most improvement 3-6 months after acute hospitalization, and then leveled off after 1 year...Gallagher, MD, MPH, reported results during a poster session at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
Study Suggests High-Dose Opioids Disturb Hormones Long Term, but Mental and Physiologic Function ...
Source: Newswise
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-11 03:40:13 -0700 | health-news
EDT Embargo expired: 4/11/2013 5:00 AM EDT Source Newsroom: Newswise April 11, 2013, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Half of patients on high-dose, long-term opioid therapy had hormonal disturbances or signs of inflammation, while 100 percent reported improved pain control and...
Dueling Medicaid data
Source: Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-09 03:47:05 -0700 | health-news
EDT , April 9, 2013 Broward County still stands to lose millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements, but exactly how much is still being debated. In response to figures showing Florida's public hospitals would take a huge financial hit under...
Coping: Holy Cross hosts free cancer program
Source: Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-08 14:06:20 -0700 | health-news
Holy Cross Hospital invites adults with cancer and their friends, family and caregivers to "I Can Cope," a free American Cancer Society program from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on April 13. Holy Cross specialists will be on hand to...
Controversial Medicaid reform pilot continues in Broward
Source: Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-07 14:28:21 -0700 | health-news
EDT , April 7, 2013 Medicaid patient Ella Thomas sat in her wheelchair outside the DaVita Dialysis Center, still waiting for the transportation company that was supposed to take her home. Today, some would say her frustration at the delay...
Study: Broward hospitals hurt by Senate Medicaid proposal
Source: Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-05 20:22:47 -0700 | health-news
EDT , April 5, 2013 Broward County 's two major public hospital systems would lose more than $8.3 million combined next year if the Medicaid reimbursement proposal currently in the Senate passes, according to data released Friday by a group...
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