Health News

September is National Addiction Month and Nori St. Paul exlores the traps and pitfalls of such addictions, for the Naples Daily News.

Ambulance agencies in Florida have a poor track record with license renewals and a handful of paramedic schools have admitted students without valid emergency medical technician credentials, state records show.

Stephanie Brown-Bryant, an East Naples woman believed to have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, died at her Naples home Wednesday. She was 58.

Electronic readers have revolutionized the way we consume literature. Fact tank Pew Research Center revealed in its e-reader and tablet study earlier this year the growth of e-book readers nearly doubled this past holiday season.

Florida is experiencing an upswing in whooping cough with more than double the number of cases of a year ago, state officials said Friday.

If Marco Island voters support paying for a 'round-the-clock walk-in center, the tax could go into effect Jan. 1.

The Marco Island City Council has a non-binding referendum on the ballot that asks if residents would support a tax levy to cover the added costs of extending a walk-in clinic's hours to 24/7. The clinic would be run by ...

The federal government plans to crack down on how nonprofit hospitals collect money from uninsured patients, but the move isn't creating much concern among hospital system administrators in Southwest Florida.

Free coffee, 10 percent off and even more discounts are offered to seniors. All you have to do is ask. Here are some Naples area retailers, and even Physicians Regional Healthcare System.

Chester Cocozza has a compromised immune system from heart, vascular and circulatory diseases, which is likely a factor to explain why he developed the flesh-eating infection; but he is on the mend after aggressive treatment, said Dr. Philip Organ, director ...

As darkness fell along the beach behind the Marriott Crystal Shores, Melissa Felice and Dr. Loan Lam were busy. Along with a group of volunteers led by logistics chairman Raul Medina, both Felice, the executive director for the Marco Island ...

Exercise classes often employ music as an assist in the workout. How about drums?

Susan Alderman, 40, was diagnosed in November but couldn't start treatment for a month. Financial instability and a lack of insurance meant the South Fort Myers mom had to make choices — pay rent or receive treatment. There aren't countywide ...

Jessica Stevens, 23, suffered in her hospital room from horrendous pain and open lesions on arms, legs and torso. Her prognosis was bleak; a lifetime of neurological malfunction and searing pain. Her malady resulted from the tiniest of creatures; a ...

Sometimes feeling a lump in the throat is cause for concern, and sometimes it’s not.