South Tampa

Danielle Kern, age 24, underwent her first open-heart surgery at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa when she was just a few hours old. Born with only one working ventricle (pumping chamber) rather than the two required for normal blood circulation, the surgery was a short-term solution to balance the …

There are several different types of skin cancers ranging from mild and treatable to severe and life-threatening. Melanoma is by far the most detrimental due to its rapid proliferation. 1 in 5 people will develop skin cancer, and this year alone in the United States, over 100,000 new cases of …

In your organization what are you seeing consumers lean on the heaviest right now for CBD: Sleep? Pain relief? Other? And in what form, tinctures or gummies or topicals? A: Since its’ legalization in 2018 the predominant form of CBD that we had seen has been tincture and gummy oriented …

Clinical trials help pave the way for new medical treatments. Migraines can be debilitating and for those that are trying to live through the pain, there is a Migraine clinical trial right here in Tampa. ForCare Clinical Research is looking for adults diagnosed with migraine to take part in a …

BayCare has a new state-of-the-art HealthHub facility in South Tampa. This concept is a new model of care designed to make life better for residents in the South Tampa community. The BayCare HealthHub (South Tampa), which opened to the community in 2020, is an integrated model of care that provides …

Back in the day convenient foods, such as TV dinners, chicken potpie and frozen lasagna were stocked in freezers of households near and far, but in today’s world, we’re smarter than that. We know that what we put into our bodies matters, and we definitely understand that the quality and …

Athlete care and today’s Sports Medicine staff have evolved and are much different in their look and approach when compared to the old school traditional sports medicine staffs consisting of just the athletic trainer and the strength coach. We no longer call it the sports medicine; it is now the …

St. Joseph’s Hospital was named as one of the nation’s top performing hospitals by Fortune and IBM® Watson Health® last year. The annual Fortune/IBM 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study spotlights leading short-term, acute care, non-federal US hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients. The study is designed to …

When it comes to choosing a healthy diet, the amount of contradictory information and programs can be overwhelming. Is vegan, paleo, pescatarian, or keto the answer for optimal health? It’s not so cut and dry. The confusion lies in the fact that all people have different needs and different reactions …

When it comes to diet and nutrition, it’s safe to say that there are countless opinions of what’s best. So, how do you really know whose advice to take? Mostly, it just comes down to common sense. For example, what’s better, an apple or a cookie? A bag of chips …