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Three people have been charged in connection to botched, unlicensed treatment given at a West Palm Beach cosmetic surgery center, the South Florida Sun…
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MIAMI — A 3-year-old boy is recovering at a Miami hospital after undergoing a five-organ transplant.Adonis Ortiz underwent the multivisceral transplant in…
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South Florida has a glut of hospitals, which has always fueled a high-tech competition in the effort to gain or preserve market share. Now that the…
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Many people -- both men and women -- consider cosmetic surgery to regain their youthful appearance. But what’s surprising is how many leave common sense…
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A Pasco County baby with a lesion on her frontal lobe who faced lifelong developmental disabilities is now thriving, three years after undergoing risky…
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Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration has reported to federal officials -- who control the purse strings for Medicare -- that Halifax Hospital…
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Too many physician surgery offices in Florida are “filthy” and have poorly trained staff, putting patients at risk, health inspectors say. In some…
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Recovery after hip replacement surgery can be agonizing -- no wonder, since the conventional rear-incision method involves slicing muscle and sawing bone.…
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Hospitals can make more money when surgery leads to complication that need to be fixed. Critics say the current payment system rewards hospitals for bad care and fails to provide incentives that would benefit patients.
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Amid reports of a handful of “freak incidents,” the Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at the robots that are used to perform…