The Senate today confirmed Regina Benjamin to be the U.S. surgeon general, elevating a well-known Alabama family physician to be the nation's top doctor. ...more

October 29, 2009

During an election year when access to health care is the second most important domestic issue cited by Americans, Sen. Mel Martinez, incredibly, voted against legislation that would ensure stability in the Medicare program for Florida's elderly and disabled patients. ...more

July 9, 2008

The care and attention has been so good that for the past 20 years, 92-year-old Mildred Carlton has traveled an hour-and-a-half each way to see her physician, John Saranko. ...more

June 21, 2008

SEBRING — Nursing homes and long term care facilities are places where many of us hope we never go, but where nearly half who reach retirement age will eventually reside. Several factors determine when it's time to sell the car, stop cooking and move into a skilled nursing facility or adult living center. Hanford Brace is a family physician with Integrity Health and regularly works with seniors. He said that residency at a skilled nursing facility after an illness or injury doesn't rule out a return home. ...more

May 11, 2008

Jon Hemstreet calls himself a "personal physician." He left a large, traditional family physician group after four years to practice his own brand of medicine, which focuses on building a relationship with patients. ...more

May 9, 2008

Hewey Walker felt lousy. The Dover man felt plenty sick — enough to miss a day at work. But not so awful that it was worth a full-fledged doctor's appointment. ...more

February 15, 2008

The widespread use of standard antibiotics to treat sinus infections does not help cure patients and may harm them by increasing their resistance to the drugs, according to a new study published today. ...more

December 5, 2007