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By Jessi Smith
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The designers of the Center For Building Hope at Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota created a place where cancer patients and their families find peace and sustenance in surroundings influenced by nature.
By Jan Hollingsworth
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
MediFuture 2023 in Tampa will focus on rethinking how traditional healthcare is delivered to create new models for patient care.
By Jan Hollingsworth
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
M2Gen, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, USF Health, Shriner's Hospital, the James A. Haley VA Hospital and Florida Hospital are key collaborators in North Tampa's growing research corridor.
By Missy Kavanaugh
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
See Sophia run. See Liam jump. See Emma race Aiden. Unplug children for a day from computers, TV, cell phones and electronic games and see how they play, exercise and learn in the park. "Playing Unplugged'' in Pinellas County is just one antidote to the nation's obesity crisis.
By Julie Busch Branaman
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Imagine touring your tastebuds through Tampa's indy restaurants while imbibing on local brews, meeting new peeps and getting a little exercise. Too good to be true? Not if you ride along on one of City Bike Tampa's monthly bicycle tours. Take a look at images of the last ride in this photo slideshow.
By Nathan Schwagler
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Drs. Csilla Ari and Dominic D'Agostino, USF researchers studying ketones as weapons against diseases like ALS, cancer and Alzheimer's, find a mutual interest in diving leads to discoveries about oxygen deprivation that may help the U.S. Department of Defense battle other kinds of enemies.
By Julie Busch Branaman
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Please pass the beer-poached Florida shrimp! Then let's try some Jamaican jerk alligator ribs. Yum! Outstanding in the Field, a farm-to-table dinner company, visited Florida in January to serve up such local culinary treats.
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Where's the perfect place to meet your peeps, get to know the neighbors or build collaborative spirit among your co-workers? Urban gardens, where the love of the outdoors merges with a desire for healthy eating to serve a dual purpose of growing food and community.
By Megan Hendricks
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Gateway Organic Farm in Clearwater is recognized for innovation and leadership for partnerships that promote organic gardening and self-sufficiency.
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Costs for health benefits continue to climb even as employers and employees seek tangible ways to reduce them, say the founders of a new Tampa startup company called Health Hero. Health Hero’s mission is simple but vital: Save money by creating a healthier workforce. The company is betting on the power of social media to help make it happen.
By Matt Spencer
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Anna Maria Island snowbird Kathleen Flinn pursued her dream of earning a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. After wrestling with her purpose post-graduation, she's found her niche -- imparting the skills she's acquired to hesitant and fearful home cooks in her latest book "The Kitchen Counter Cooking School."
By Juliette Cassistre
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Non-conventional workout options -- think spinning classes ala virtual reality tours and running up a replica of the Santa Monica Stairs -- contribute to the popularity of Powerhouse Gym Downtown Tampa, which is already in expansion mode after only three years of operation.
By Megan Hendricks
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Three Tampa Bay area women -- Kelly Addington, Becca Tieder and Barbara Rosenthal -- team up to empower students against sexual assault in a new documentary called "You Are The One.'' The film premiers Saturday (Sept. 22) at the Reeves Theater at the University of Tampa.
By Megan Voeller
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Advances in radiation therapy at Moffitt Cancer Center increasingly turn diagnoses that once spelled a death sentence or necessitated life-altering treatments into experiences that patients walk away from to return to normal lives.
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
USF Health is collaborating with the American College of Cardiology and other hospitals to bank blood for genetic studies much like Moffitt Cancer Center is already doing with cancerous tumors.
By Julie Busch Branaman
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
A sold-out crowd packs the Roosevelt 2.0 in Ybor City to hear words of wisdom from Virginia farmer Joel Salatin, the author of "Folks, This Ain't Normal,'' "You Can Farm'' and "Salad Bar Beef.''
By Megan Hendricks
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
USF redesigns degree program for nurses to meet needs cited by community members as well as healthcare professionals.
By Diane Egner
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Tampa Bay Shines and Front Row Tampa Bay aim to attract investors in the region by showcasing people, places and things that promote civic pride.
By Matt Spencer
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
If it's edible and doesn't fall between the grates, we'll find a way to grill it -- meat, fish, fowl, veggies, fruits, tofu, even desserts. Two Tampa Bay chefs fire up six tips to raise your grilling skills and put together a crowd-pleasing meal that's charred from start to finish. Ready, set, grill!
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The new Family Centered Diabetes Center at the University of South Florida ramps up the university's goal of being a major player in the cure for diabetes. It brings together cutting-edge research, clinical trials, medical treatment, education and counseling in one setting. Dr. Sureka Bollepali is among the physicians there who hopes to make a difference for Tampa Bay families.
By Matt Spencer
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
What is permaculture? For some, it means a "permanent culture." For others, it's "permanent agriculture." But for all of its followers, it's a way of life. In Tampa Bay, it's one piece of a larger green food movement. Through the use of compost, rainwater harvesting and strategic plant selection, anyone can learn to reap the benefits of a self-sustaining garden.
By Theresa Woods
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Tampa Convention Center plays host to the 7th annual Focus on Females Healthcare Symposium on March 31st. The free event aims to provide something for everyone who faces health issues or wants to stay healthy.
By Theresa Woods
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Advances in research and medical treatment at the Lion's Eye Institute in Tampa make cornea transplants and other treatments for the sight-impaired more readily available and accessible all over Florida.
By Diane Egner
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Among the phenomenal facts about USF Health's CAMLS, a new robotic training center that is expected to attract 30,000 physicians and other medical personnel in just the first year, is the fact that it was built using private money and no tax dollars.
By Diane Egner
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Observers are welcome as some of the world's fastest bicyclists will race around downtown Tampa on March 31. The route will take riders in a loop north on Franklin Street, west on Polk Street, south on Tampa Street and east on Kennedy Boulevard.
By Diane Egner
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
USF rallies support around the USF College of Pharmacy as it is proposed for elimination during Florida Legislative budget debates. To learn more about the College, take a look at videos USF has produced in recruiting faculty and students.
By Theresa Woods
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Radionuclide Therapy being developed by Dr. Michael Tomblyn at Moffitt Cancer Center does less damage to healthy tissue and has fewer side effects. It works by acting like a heat-seeking missile, riding antibodies through the body to target specific proteins.
By Chris Kuhn
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Hooping, a 1950s rock-n-roll phenom, is fast becoming a popular activity for fitness and meditation, performance art and social connection, especially among 20-somethings looking for new ways to connect with each other.
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
When the University of South Florida opens its $38 million Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in February, it will put Tampa on the map as the "go-to'' place for training using the latest high-tech robot patients that do everything but talk. The new downtown medical facility is designed as a state-of-the-art educational place for health care professionals to test their skills in scenarios that mimic real-life -- everything from surgery and trauma to childbirth.
By Curtis Ross
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The digital conversion of Tampa General Hospital's massive medical records gives patients and doctors much faster access to information used in care and treatment. The $128 million investment means some 900 monitoring and measuring devices are now integrated into a computerized system that allows medical personnel to quickly assess a patient's totality of care.
By Chris Kuhn
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
A small but hugely focused Tampa Bay networking group urges young professionals to expand their public health and personal wellness knowledge as a critical step toward making health -- their own and the community's -- a greater priority.
By Elizabeth Leib
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
A Tampa Bay chapter of ARCS, a national philanthropic organization founded and run by women to advance science, awards scholarships to students at the University of South Florida and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. The first scholarship awards were given out in 2010 and two more graduate students will receive the $15,000 award at a luncheon on October 28 in Tampa.
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
When the state of Florida serves as your parent, turning 18 doesn’t come with a birthday cake and presents. Instead, foster youth are "emancipated.'' They must pack their bags and leave their foster or group home and fend for themselves, whether they’re emotionally and financially ready or not. Ready for Life, a two-year-old Pinellas County program, is stepping up to help.
By Diane Egner
Thursday, October 06, 2011
83 Degrees Media kicks off the "Not Your Average Speakers'' series Oct. 20 with a panel discussion at the Jaeb Theater in downtown Tampa that will focus on "what's working in cities,'' a continuation of an ongoing story theme as we help tell the Tampa Bay region's economic success stories featuring talent, innovation, diversity and environment or sense of place. The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP,
follow this link.
By Julie Busch Branaman
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Brody Welte, owner of Stand Up Fitness, is teaming up with USA Today writer and fitness author Pete Williams to produce a book about his efforts to teach fitness by offering paddle tours of the scenic waters around Tampa and St. Petersburg.
By Diane Egner
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Life in Florida and in Tampa Bay remains good for most of us as we head into a mid-summer break designed to renew and refresh. We'll be back with more stories about the Tampa Bay region's talented people, innovative ideas and investments, global diversity and sense of place when we return with fresh content on July 12.
By Julie Busch Branaman
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Remember the first time you shared s'mores over a campfire? Cast a fishing line? Saw an alligator? Hiked in the woods? Pitched a tent? All of the traditional outdoor activities that girl and boy scouts often tackle together? Get R.E.A.L., a special outdoor program, exposes city kids to all those experiences and more.
By Jeff Berlinicke
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Drs. Kevin Scott and Chris MacLaren, owners of WestChase Sports Medicine, are negotiating with investors to build an athletic training center in northwest Hillsborough that is expected to serve amateur as well as professional athletes.
By Jan Hollingsworth
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Intezyne's patented "Trojan horse'' drug delivery system, developed at the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator in Tampa, is a rising star in the pharmaceutical industry. Now the company's lead product faces the ultimate test: clinical trials on humans.
By Julie Busch Branaman
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
How do you get exceptional middle- and high school students interested in pursuing a career in medicine? That's the challenge presented in today's competitive marketplace where the best and the brightest are a hot commodity. Dr. Lennox Hoyte, a surgeon, visits Tampa Bay area schools to talk about his work in hopes of convincing a few to follow in his footsteps.
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation will be a sci-fi geek's dream when it opens in early 2012 in downtown Tampa. Designed and built by the Beck Group, CAMLS will feature the latest medical technology, including virtual reality surgery and human patient simulators.
By Janan Talafer
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
USF and Draper Lab are teaming up to develop novel medical devices that can make treatment less invasive and ease recovery for patients. The goal is to develop breakthrough technologies that improve patient
safety, reduce surgical complications and increase medical-related benefits.
By Jeff Berlinicke
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
With Auburn still riding high following its Fiesta Bowl victory, universities around the nation are already gearing up to put their football players through the heat of next summer in preparation for the 2011 season. USF in Tampa is among those leading the way for safety by sharing what coaches have learned using a special pill designed to monitor players' body temperatures.
By B.C. Manion
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A clinical trial being conducted by USF researchers at Tampa General Hospital seeks to test the effectiveness of a drug designed to treat Type 1 diabetes. The trial involves patients between the ages of 10 and 20, who have been diagnosed within the past three months.
By Jeff Berlinicke
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Jacob Brockhoff's mom never imagined what her son would come up with after she urged him to draw pictures to relieve his anxiety. He did what she asked and soon also drew up a business plan to sell uniquely designed skateboards to benefit other children with heart disease.
By Jeff Berlinicke
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center occupies most of the seventh floor of All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. It includes 28 individual patient rooms and takes up more than 26,500 square feet. It also allows for accommodations for parents of patients and three Ronald McDonald houses are on site for parents who need to be near their children.
By Chris Kuhn
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Dermazone Solutions combines innovation and technology to produce growing lines of natural skincare and beauty products in a a woman-founded, woman-run and woman-managed company in the heart of St. Petersburg.
By Jeff Berlinicke
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Even a visitors' center opening at the end of May at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in eastern Polk County is all about playing sports and participating in sporting competitions for residents and tourists alike.
By B.C. Manion
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
USF's new Motion Analysis Laboratory brings together researchers and students across multiple disciplines to share perspectives that can improve the lives of those with disabilities. In the new lab, researchers will be able to study lower extremity
motions involved in walking up a ramp, climbing stairs, turning a doorknob,
lifting a box, putting away dishes and other everyday activities that
can be daunting for people with disabilities.
By Jeff Berlinicke
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Most of the vision problems Veterinarian Dr. E. Dan Wolf of Tampa sees involve cataracts. He specializes in a technique that he says is simple and mostly painless to the animal. Basically, he places a lens inside the eye of the animal. It's a relatively common procedure, similar to a human putting in a contact lens; only with an animal, it's permanent.
By Julie Busch
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Brody Welte's Stand Up Fitness combines outdoor exercise with scenic natural beauty by offering paddle tours of the waters around Tampa and St. Petersburg. The tours often include trips along the Hillsborough River.
By Kate Bradshaw
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Today's trend toward more healthy eating and an apparent increase in the Tampa Bay region's pro-animal rights, vegetarian and vegan populations have helped restaurants that serve primarily vegan fare – or at least offer multiple options that are sans-animal products – become increasingly common and increasingly profitable.
By Diane Egner
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Draper Laboratory, an MIT spin-off based in Cambridge, MA, and pioneer in the development of MEMS technologies for 25 years, opened facilities in October at the University of South Florida in Tampa and in St. Petersburg. Dr. Len Polizzotto, principal director of strategic business development, talks with 83 Degrees about Draper's expansion into Florida.