Category Archive: Health

Feb 28

Meet Sergeant Flex

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Meet Sergeant Flex, Tony Edmond, Sr.  Tony has been featured in three different issues of Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness magazine, Natural Awakenings magazine, Physique Magazine, the Panama City Living magazine and is a Fitness Model for TriVex Sports.  Tony has modeled for a calendar to help soldiers in the wounded warrior program.  “This is a …

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Feb 28

Pensacola Chapter The Links, Inc Sponsor Red Dress Jazz Brunch

Saturday morning’s Jazz Brunch was no ordinary brunch at New World Landing as The Links ladies dressed in red, partnered with Cardiology Consultants and Boston Scientific ‘Close the Gap Program’ to raise the awareness of cardiovascular disease and address risk factors important to African American women. To begin the event, blood pressure readings were given …

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Jan 16

Local Residents Called to Contribute to Historic Cancer Research Effort

Pensacola, FL – (Janu- ary 10, 2013) – Residents of Pensacola have an un- precedented opportunity to participate in a historic study that has the potential to change the face of can- cer for future generations. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed …

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Oct 15

WEST NILE: MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESS RISES IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY

By Wesley Martin The Escambia County Health Department announced this past Monday, October 1, that two additional human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) have been confirmed. According to the agency: the identification of these new cases brings the total number of diagnosed WNV cases to twelve for 2012. The risk of additional persons becoming …

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Oct 15

FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL : FEAR 101

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt By LaDonna Spivey Fear is defined as “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely …

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Jun 21

Sickle Cell Association Honors Whitney Houston

(photo by Joseph Kyles) ­­­ Above Belinda Jones (l), Tyischa Davis (c) and Trashanda Billups (r) entertain the crowd at the local Sickle Cell ­­­Disease Association’s “Night of the Stars & Tribute to Whitney Houston” at the Deep Water City Elk Lodge.

BY: Amber Vaughn The Deep Water City Elk Lodge was standing room only, as the ladies of Expertise Entertainment in conjunction with the Sickle Cell Disease Association presented a “Night of Stars & Tribute to Whitney Houston”. A “who’s who” of celebrity impersonation performances ranged from Melanie Fiona to Beyonce, but the evening was definitely …

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Mar 02

Region’s First Heart Rhythm Center Opens at Baptist

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PENSACOLA, Fla. (February 28, 2012) – Baptist Health Care and Cardiology Consultants, leaders in quality cardiovascular care in northwest Florida and south Alabama, have opened the region’s first Heart Rhythm Center, the only center of its kind exclusively dedicated to the diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of complex heart rhythm disorders – known as arrhythmias. Located …

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Feb 10

Gulf Breeze Hospital Initiates Cath Lab Construction

GULF BREEZE, FL (Feb. 6, 2012) – As the area’s leader in cardiovascular care, Baptist Health Care and Cardiology Consultants are working together to provide a world-class regional heart and vascular program. Construction recently began on a new, state-of-the-art cardiovascular catheterization laboratory at Gulf Breeze Hospital, which will provide even more convenient cardiovascular care for …

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Jan 27

Study Explores Autism Co-Occurring Conditions and Diagnosis Change

In a new Pediatrics article, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examined the relationship between the co-occurring conditions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and whether the children’s ASD diagnosis remained stable or changed. The study, “Co-occurring Conditions and Change in Diagnosis in Autism Spectrum Disorders,” was published online January …

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Jan 13

Navigating a High-Risk Pregnancy

Scientist Mom Offers Other Moms Medical Insights, and Tips for Coping Every year, 1 million U.S. women with high-risk pregnancies are placed on bed rest to protect their developing babies. Despite that, every year, about 500,000 newborns – one of every eight – arrive too early, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Enduring a …

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