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12:58 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

Fertility Doctor’s Son Charged with Murdering Unborn Child

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Federal prosecutors have charged a fertility doctor’s son with first degree-murder for tricking his ex-girlfriend into taking a drug that terminated the pregnancy of her six-week-old fetus, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Authorities say John Andrew Welden, 28, forged his father’s signature on his prescription pad, and then told the woman she was taking an antibiotic.
TAMPA - The 28-year-old son of a Tampa gynecologist faces life in prison, accused of killing a girlfriend's unborn child by tricking her into taking the abortion drug Cytotec.John Andrew Weldon was held without bail Wednesday after prosecutors convinced a federal judge that he could be a flight risk given
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6:33 am
Thu May 16, 2013

Celebrity Attention Shines Spotlight on Cancer Prevention

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Actress Angelina Jolie revealed this week that because she inherited a gene mutation that severely increases the risk of getting breast cancer, she decided to have a preventative double mastectomy, removing both of her breasts and then getting reconstructive surgery.  

Dr. Sue Friedman is the founder and executive director of an organization called FORCE, which stands for Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered. 

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5:14 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

How A Florida Medical School Cares For Communities In Need

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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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2:47 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

Prescription Drug Deaths on the Decline in Tampa Bay Area

Four local counties have seen a drop in prescription drug deaths since 2010.

New data reveals the Tampa Bay area's prescription drug problem is on the decline. The number of accidental drug deaths in at least four local counties has dropped since 2010.

Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough and Hernando counties have all seen a decline in drug overdoses over the last two years.

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1:03 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

State Representatives Hold On to Cheap Health Coverage

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Representatives in the Florida House voted to keep low health insurance premiums for themselves next year, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Critics say it’s hypocritical for members of the House to pay just $8.34 a month for individual coverage, or $30 for a family policy, since the plan they wanted to offer to some of the state’s poorest uninsured would have cost $25 a month. Meanwhile, state senators and most state employees pay much more for health insurance than state representatives.
TALLAHASSEE - Florida House Republicans last month loudly and proudly rejected billions of dollars in federal money that would have provided health insurance to 1 million poor Floridians.Quietly, they kept their own health insurance premiums staggeringly low.House members will pay just $8.34 a month for state-subsidized health care next year, or $30 a month to cover their entire family.

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