CPR classes will be offered Thursdays, July 24, Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 at the Spring Hill Enrichment Center located at the rear of Oak Hill Hospital, 11375 Cortez Blvd. Classes will begin promptly at 6 p.m., and the cost will be $20 per person. ...more

July 17, 2008

Employer health care costs are poised to rise 9.9 percent in 2008 - more than double the annual inflation rate - and an additional 9.6 percent in 2009, said a report released Tuesday by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. ...more

June 18, 2008

From "Scarface" to "Miami Vice," Florida's drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit. ...more

June 16, 2008

Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida will hold their third annual conference devoted to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer May 16 and 17 at the Hyatt Regency Tampa. ...more

May 10, 2008

The U.S. military's health insurance program has been swindled out of more than $100 million over the past decade in the Philippines, where doctors, hospitals and clinics have conspired with American veterans to submit bogus claims, according to prosecutors and court records. ...more

April 24, 2008

By 2017, consumers and taxpayers will spend more than $4 trillion on health care, accounting for $1 of every $5 spent, the federal government projects. ...more

February 26, 2008

Flu shots delivered in October are rolls of the dice, health officials say, and the losers are those who went under the needle then and are afflicted now. ...more

February 22, 2008

TAMPA Flu shots delivered in October are rolls of the dice, health officials say, and the losers are those who went under the needle then and are afflicted now. This month usually sees a spike in flu cases, but this year the flu hitting town seems to be taking its toll especially on children, even children who were vaccinated in the fall, officials said. ...more

February 21, 2008

Hillsborough County Health Department Director Doug Holt said he has noticed a rise in diagnoses of flu, with a variety of areas reporting cases. ...more

February 21, 2008

"Experience has shown that increasing taxes on cigarettes is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the level of smoking, especially among adolescents ..." ...more

February 19, 2008