A nonprofit provider offering affordable primary medical care to the needy and those without health insurance plans to construct a treatment facility on eastern Tarpon Avenue. ...more

May 24, 2008

SEBRING — A new physician is treating patients at the Highlands County Health Department. Dr. Priyamvada Gujjar has been a Highlands County resident since 2003. She started working full time for the health department in March, after a six-month-long search. About 15 patients a day, five days a week, visit with the new doctor. Fees are charged on a sliding scale. All ages may schedule an appointment. Patients with Medicare and private insurance may also visit Gujjar at no charge if they are unable to afford it. ...more

May 23, 2008

When the National Institute of Mental Health opened the doors to its midlife clinic here in 1989, it placed a newspaper ad asking for women to volunteer as research subjects. ...more

May 21, 2008

Good Samaritan Health Clinic recently unveiled its four winners in the second annual Nurses of the Year Awards banquet. ...more

May 21, 2008

He's a hero in the police chief's eyes for pulling a bleeding officer to safety seconds before her cruiser erupted in flames. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA - Marti Ottley, whose vehicle crashed head-on into a Tampa police cruiser today, has been charged with DUI with serious injury, driving with a suspended license with knowledge and careless driving, police say. ...more

May 5, 2008

Frank Saia and Bob Langlois settled in just fine after moving to the SkyPoint high-rise in June. In fact, they already want a larger unit. ...more

February 7, 2008

People who have never experienced seasickness always seem to know just how to cure it. ...more

January 31, 2008

A wave of a dozen napping, fussing, squirming and crying babies crested into the nursery of St. Joseph's Women's Hospital last week. ...more

January 30, 2008

A wave of a dozen napping, fussing, squirming and crying babies crested into the nursery of St. Joseph's Hospital last week. For the first time in quite a while, hospital staffers say, the nursery was abuzz with six sets of twins, all delivered within three days. ...more

January 29, 2008