Haven Hospice, a leading not-for-profit hospice and palliative care organization that serves patients and families across 18 north Florida counties, announced a leadership restructuring today, including the appointment of a President and five new Vice Presidents.
Tim Bowen, who previously served as Haven Hospice’s Executive Director, has been named the organization’s President, effective immediately. Bowen will [...]

A Florida company with a new frozen treat product ready to unveil in the next few weeks has come all the way to Oregon for great tasting ingredients. Froozer – the product created by Cool Frootz, LLC – is giving local growers credit for what is used in some of its recipes by clearly stating [...]

ohn S. Kovach, M.D., Chair, Board of Directors and CEO of Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. announces the appointment of Mel Sorensen, M.D. to the company’s Board of Directors.
Dr. Sorensen is currently Board Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascenta Therapeutics. He is a highly experienced leader and administrator in cancer therapeutics and cancer drug [...]

A Pro-Celebrity Pro-Am Tennis & Golf Tournament — Benefiting the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation auctions dozens of items and experiences to raise funds for care and support programs for brain-tumor patients and their families. Through the generosity of one of Swingtime’s sponsors, Allen Systems Group (ASG), Swingtime has been provided with two tickets to [...]

The following summarizes coverage of events and initiatives that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
* Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma American Indian tribe a three-year, $1.5 million grant to go toward residential substance use treatments [...]

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) announces that Florida has recently joined 48 other states to become the newest member of 3RNet, a nationally recognized rural recruitment and retention network that assists states with the recruitment of health professionals for rural and underserved areas.
Florida’s membership in 3RNet will provide a common web portal (http://www.3rnet.org/) for [...]

Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc., a developer of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in partnership with physicians, today released the following letter to its shareholders:
Dear Phyhealth Shareholder:
Since our last communication in June 2008, much has happened. I want to update you on the Company’s progress on two of Phyhealth’s 2008 key objectives.
First is the Company’s application [...]

This may sound like science fiction, but it is truly cutting-edge reality. Internationally acclaimed anti-aging Doctor, Al Sears MD, has become the first U.S. doctor licensed to provide TA-65 to the public through his private practice based in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
“This is a revolutionary technology that is based on telomere biology. Telomeres are part [...]

American Diabetes Wholesale, a discount retailer of diabetic supplies, donated $10,000 in diabetic supplies to support Andy Mandell and his effort to increase awareness about diabetes through the Defeat Diabetes Foundation.
Through his epic 10,000+ mile Wake Up and Walk® Tour of the perimeter of the U.S., Andy Mandell is raising awareness about diabetes, its [...]

Overall, nursing salaries vary depending on a number of factors:
* Level of education (degree type)
* Years of experience in a chosen field
* State and city where you work (cost of [...]