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If health is measured by the number and quality of care providers - hospitals, clinics, treatment centers and nursing facilities - the Tampa Bay region is in good shape. Plenty of options await those in need as do choices for healthier living from recreation and sports to spas and places to relax. 

Health Features

Moffitt Doc Targets Cancer With Unique Radiation Therapy

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.  

Tampa Bay Hooping Connections Span The Globe

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.

USF Health Prepares To Open Medical Simulation Center, Downtown Tampa

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.

TGH Medical Records Make Epic Digital Conversion

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.

HEAL: Networking For Your Health In Tampa Bay

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.
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