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Doctors: Exercise staves off dementia listen

11/26/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Health, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, aging

In the U.S. some five million people have Alzheimer’s disease and 10 million boomers will be at risk for memory problems over their lifetime. Worldwide, more than 100 million people may have Alzheimer’s by the year 2050.

Although there has been tremendous progress in understanding brain changes that accompany aging and dementia, no medications have proven effective for preventing Alzheimer’s to date. According to Scientific American magazine, in recent years, however, more evidence is poin...

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St Pete Mayor and City Council get flu shots listen

11/21/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Health, flu season, immunization

To draw attention to flu season, St. Pete Mayor Rick Baker and several members of the City Council received influenza immunizations this morning. They hope it encourages others to do the same.

Jolene Bivens is with the American Lung Association of Florida Gulfcoast Area and promoted their Faces of Influenza campaign.

Visit the website Facesofinfluenza.com to see if you belong to a population that should get a flu shot.

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Conference on health disparities among minorities begins listen

08/13/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: African American, Health, Latino, health care, minorities

Minorities don’t get the same quality of health care as whites in the U.S. A conference addressing these disparities began today in Tampa.

Florida’s Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Florida Minority Health Disparities Summit. The theme of the conference is "Bridging the Gap: Embracing Solutions to Eliminate Health Barriers.”

Viamonte Ros said there are seven health areas that disproportionately impact minorities: “HIV-AIDS, immunizations, cance...

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Healthcare United holds voter registration drive listen

07/21/08 Concetta DeLuco
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Tags: Health, Healthcare United, 2008 election

Healthcare United, a new, national movement of healthcare workers for healthcare reform, held a press conference outside of Bayfront Medical Center on Saturday. They organized a voter registration drive to encourage healthcare workers to sign up to vote.

State Sen. Charlie Justice from St. Petersburg was the keynote speaker at the assembly. He said there needs to be an “urgency for healthcare reform,” just as people have demanded change for “property taxes and insurance over the past few ...

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Healthcare for America Now launched listen

07/08/08 Concetta DeLuco
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Tags: Health, healthcare insurance, HCAN

Health Care for America Now, a new coalition group, held a press conference today at the Joe Chillura Courthouse Square in downtown Tampa to unveil their new national campaign for healthcare reform. The group is organizing to assure that quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans will be the first order of business addressed by the next president.

Bill Newton, executive director of the Florida Consumer Action Network, said the campaign calls for the government to establish and enfor...

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Dan Buetner on living longer - Part 2 listen

05/06/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Health

Dan Buetner is the founder of Quest Network, which has created more than a dozen online, interactive global expeditions. His team’s work led to a 2005 National Geographic cover story “Secrets of Living Longer,” which was a finalist that year for the National Magazine Award.

In the second part of his interview with the author of The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, WMNF asked Buetner about some 7th Day Adventists in Southern California who s...

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Health forum this weekend for black men

02/28/08 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Health

Our guest was Keisha Pickett who discussed the AAMHF.

Men throughout the Tampa Bay community will have access to free health screenings at the annual men’s health forum on Saturday, March 1st at Hillsborough Community College-Dale Mabry Campus, according to a press release.

Tests for prostate cancer, colon cancer, blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and more will be conducted from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Prostate cancer screenings are limited and available by appointment only. All s...

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