Walk-in retail clinics in grocery and drugstore chains can help the uninsured find health care, proponents say. However, a new study suggests most retail clinics aren't in the poorest neighborhoods. ...more

May 26, 2009

Manny Esperon recently was named Health Care and Health Education Volunteer of the Year by the United Way. ...more

May 6, 2009

National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16, and highlights advance directives, the process of creating living wills or designating health care surrogates long before a medical crisis happens. ...more

April 11, 2009

While I sympathize with Mary Shofi Volpe on the proposed cuts for state workers (letters, March 30), please allow me to share the private sector experience. ...more

April 1, 2009

The number of jobless residents in the Tampa Bay area has topped 10 percent while the state unemployment rate hit 9.4 percent, according figures released today. ...more

March 27, 2009

A House committee wants to require women in Florida to get an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. ...more

March 18, 2009

Authorities say a Bradenton man was pretending to be a doctor when he stopped a woman in the hospital parking lot and rubbed her stomach and thighs on March 10. ...more

March 13, 2009

One in four Americans said in a survey that someone in the family put off needed health care in the past year because of cost. ...more

February 27, 2009

When you're working, you have a financial strategy that is largely based on one goal: saving money for a comfortable retirement. You'll likely have to make many adjustments over several decades to ensure that you stay on track saving and investing. But once you retire, a new goal arises - investing so you can remain retired. To help yourself achieve this goal, you will need to make a number of investment decisions. ...more

February 27, 2009

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February 3, 2009