Jul 24, 2016
Health fair to offer screenings, immunizations and school physicals
PENSACOLA — Local children can join The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart for a Back-to-School Health Fair.
The event is 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 30 in the Greenhut Auditorium…
Jul 22, 2016
Back-to-school immunizations scheduled in Santa Rosa County
MILTON — Children must be up-to-date with their immunizations to attend school, which begins Aug. 15.
The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County offers vaccinations on a walk-in basis a…
Jul 15, 2016
Pace teen invited to attend Olympic weightlifting camp
PACE — Rising Pace High School freshman Lee Miller will attend an Olympic Team USA weightlifting camp July 29.
He received the invitation after his June performance at the Team USA National Youth …
Jul 15, 2016
Milton, Pensacola nurses named DAISY Award recipients
MILTON — Two West Florida Healthcare nurses were honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
Lily Adams, RN (Medical/Surgical Progressive Care Unit), of Milton, and Rebecca Ricks, RN (S…
Jul 8, 2016
Baptist Health Care sets wellness seminars
PENSACOLA — Baptist Health Care has scheduled these free seminars:
Cancer Prevention and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle: July 13 — 11:30 a.m. lunch ; noon to 1 p.m. seminar, Baptist Towers Medica…
Jul 5, 2016
Santa Rosa County, Tobacco Free Florida raise awareness of smokeless tobacco in baseball
MILTON — As Major League Baseball teams prohibit tobacco use, the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County and the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida are raising a…
Jul 1, 2016
Sacred Heart schedules free health screenings
MILTON — During July, Sacred Heart Health System will provide free heart-health and osteoporosis screenings at Santa Rosa County locations for adults who are poor, elderly or uninsured.
Heart-heal…
Jun 30, 2016
Gulf Breeze doctor offers new procedure to treat tendon disease
GULF BREEZE — Dr. Joshua G. Hackel, of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, is championing a new technique to treat the disease of tendons.
“While there have been many advancement…
Jun 20, 2016
Family medicine physician joins sacred heart medical group at tiger point
GULF BREEZE — Sacred Heart Medical Group welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Brinker to its regional network of physicians.
Brinker earned his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed hi…
Jun 19, 2016
Faster joint cartilage injury treatment now available in Gulf Breeze
GULF BREEZE — Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine now offers an edge implantation treatment for patients with joint cartilage injuries.
The osteochondral allograft transfer system…