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Nutritionist Eve Prang Plews

03/28/11 Robert Lorei
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Tags: nutrition, health, alternative health

Another edition of Alternative Health with Eve Prang Plews and Rob Lorei

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Hillsborough residents support trains and universal health care listen

03/10/11 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Hillsborough County, high-speed rail, light rail, transportation, transit, transit referrendum, health, universal health care, county mayor, Chamber of Commerce

Despite a failed transportation referendum last year, Hillsborough County voters support both high-speed rail and light rail. That’s according to a poll released today by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. Hillsborough residents likely to vote in next year’s election also support universal health care and a countywide Mayor, but are split on support for a presidential candidate. Bob Rohrlack is the Chamber’s president and CEO.

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Eve Prang Plews Nutritionist

02/28/11 Eve Prang Plews
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Tags: nutrition, health

Eve Prang Plews alternates on Mondays at 11AM with Jon Butts of the Sustainable Living Show.

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Recognizing and dealing with Alzheimers's Disease

01/21/11 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Alzheimer's, health, aging, George Miller

Good morning and welcome to WMNF's Radioactivity. I'm Robert Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk with Heather Snyder, PhD who is a Senior Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Association and Chuck Albrecht, Senior Vice President of the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. (FMI 800-272-3900.) We'll discuss recognizing the disease, symptoms, possible causes and treatment. Later we'll hear an excerpt of Rep. George Miller (D-CA) on the House floor in ...

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Residents honor, remember people with Alzheimer's listen

11/15/10 Zack Baddorf
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Tags: Alzheimer's, health, St. Petersburg, aging, elders, seniors issues

Across the country Sunday, people gathered together for a National Commemorative Candle Lighting to remember those with Alzheimer's Disease. About a dozen Tampa Bay residents met at the Albert Whitted Park in St. Petersburg on Sunday night to honor their loved ones.

Karen Walsh's step-mother-in-law Billie had Alzheimer's for almost 20 years. For four of those years, Walsh looked after her. She said it was hard.

"But there were a lot of really joyful moments in all the hardships," she sa...

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Dr. Christian Northrup - advocate for women's health

11/06/10 mary glenney

Tags: women's issues, women's health, health

Dr. Christian Northrup, M.D., has been a leading advocate for women's health for over 30 years. She is especially involved in giving women the information and knowledge to empower them in their medical decisions. Dr. Northrup feels that women would be better served if October was devoted to breast health rather than breast cancer. Her book Women's Bodies; Women's Wisdom is considered by many women to be one of the most useful and informative repositories of women's health. What do you thi...

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Eternal Optimist listen

06/25/10 Dawn Elliott
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Tags: happiness, Health, Media, books

David Niven's new book, Up, gives a positive answer backed by research, to the notion that life is bad and keeps getting worse.

DN: The number of different ways that life is getting better is quite astounding. The idea behind Up is that, if we think about that, if we pay some attention, it’s not just a matter of trivia, it sustains us, and the things we care about, in family life or career. Any aspect, if we have a little sense of hope and optimism, it’s hard ...

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Tampa locals speak out on the new Health Bill listen

03/22/10 Joshua Lee Holton
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Tags: health care reform, health care, Health, USF, Tampa

With the health care bill passing the U.S. House last night, many Republicans are outraged, Democrats are encouraged, and some don’t seem to really know anything about the bill. Today, WMNF asked students and Tampa locals what they thought about the bill outside the Marshall Center at the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus.

*I think it’s a good thing, just because so many people are uninsured in our ...

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Holistic Health Expo in St. Petersburg showcases alternative medicine listen

03/15/10 Joshua Lee Holton
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Tags: Holistic, Health, alternative medicine

As Americans struggle to get essential health services many people are now looking to alternative approaches to pair with preventative care. Last Saturday, there was a Holistic Health Expo at First Unity Church in St. Petersburg where nearly a hundred people sought to look at their health on a deeper level.

Hand drummers, massage therapists, fruit smoothie makers and alternative-health businesses brought together the holistic health community last weekend. Ven...

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Latino HIV Awareness Day listen

10/19/09 Concetta DeLuco
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Tags: health care, Health, Latin Americans, Latinos, ymca

October 15 was Latino HIV Aids Awareness Day. The Highpoint YMCA in Clearwater helped raise awareness this past weekend by throwing a Fall Health Awareness Festival Fair.

Ebony Murray is a single mother who lives in the High Point community surrounding the YMCA. She said she recalls what it was like to not have the proper healthcare when she gave birth to her first child. Ebony now has insurance through her job. She said that most people in her community are not as lucky to have health...

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