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Health News Florida
5:14 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

How A Florida Medical School Cares For Communities In Need

Credit Greg Allen/NPR
With community-based health care a central part of its curriculum, Florida International University's medical school turned an RV into a mobile health clinic so that students could treat families in neighborhoods where medical care is scare.

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 7:15 pm

If it's a Monday, you can usually find Dr. David Brown parked next to a lake in Miami, spending the day inside a 36-foot-long RV. He's not on vacation.

Brown is chief of family medicine at Florida International University's medical school. The RV is the school's mobile health clinic.

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Health News Florida
10:18 am
Mon May 6, 2013

Tweet Chat with Health News Florida: Thursday, May 9

Tons of health issues were brought up by the Florida Legislature this session. We've been paying close attention, and we're still sorting it all out.  

That's where you come in. We want to know what questions you have about the health issues lawmakers dealt with during the session.

Join us for a tweet chat on Thursday, May 9 at 12:15 p.m.  Make sure you're following us on Twitter  @HealthNewsFL and then tweet us your questions with the hashtag #HNFchat. 

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Health News Florida
6:00 am
Thu March 28, 2013

Symposium Addresses Relationship of Illness & Art

The healing power of art is on display at the Moffitt Cancer Center through September, and it's also the topic of a symposium there tonight.

Megan Hildebrandt was just 25 years old when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2009. She began receiving treatment at Moffitt, and went into remission in 2011. She graduated from USF with her Master of Fine Arts degree last year, and now lives in Texas.

Now, a collection of her drawings reflecting on her time as a patient is on display in the lobby of the Moffitt Stabile Research building, where she'll speak at a symposium called "Witnessing Cancer: Communicating Illness through Visual Art and Narrative" tonight at 6 p.m.

  • WUSF's Mark Schreiner talks with artist & cancer survivor Megan Hildebrandt about how her illness inspired her art, and her appearance at tonight's symposium at the Moffitt Cancer Center.

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11:22 am
Fri March 8, 2013

New Port Richey Eye Doctor Brings Sight to the Amazon

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Dr. Carey Rowan got to take in the wonders of the Amazon jungle during his recent trip to Colombia. What really mattered to this board-certified ophthalmologist, however, was what he helped others see. As part of a philanthropic mission trip coordinated through Medical Ministry International, Rowan and other volunteers distributed 5,000 pairs of glasses — many collected through the Lions Club — to those who needed them. They conducted 600 eye exams every day at a local hospital.
Dr. Carey Rowan got to take in the wonders of the Amazon jungle during his recent trip to Colombia. What really mattered to this board-certified ophthalmologist, however, was what he helped others see.
Health News Florida
9:21 am
Thu March 7, 2013

Delay in Fraud Case Put Patients at Risk

U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill

Dr. Steven Wasserman has entered the history books of health fraud. The Venice dermatologist recently agreed to pay $26 million to settle charges of Medicare fraud without admitting wrongdoing.

It is one of the largest one-man settlements in the nation's history, a "watershed event," says Robert O'Neill, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.

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