The fastest growing medical specialty worldwide is anti-aging and regenerative medicine. The goal of this relatively new field is not merely to prolong life but to insure this extended length be vital and productive. Prevention, early detection, treatment and reversal of age-related disorders are the cornerstones of this fascinating branch of medicine. ...more

February 25, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Florida's minimum wage increased to $7.21 an hour on New Year's Day, a jump of 42 cents for roughly 400,000 workers. ...more

January 4, 2009

Everyone with a finger on the business pulse of Tarpon Springs agrees there is a desperate need to attract shoppers to the Sponge Docks, downtown and other commercial areas of the city. Interim City Manager Mark LeCouris said a grassroots marketing plan he brought before the City Commission on Tuesday night, which he has dubbed "Promote Tarpon Springs First," can make it happen. ...more

November 8, 2008

Diana Levine went to a medical clinic with a severe migraine headache. She wound up with gangrene and an amputated forearm, the victim of a rare side effect from a popular anti-nausea drug, Phenergan. ...more

November 4, 2008

Organized labor and business groups are facing off in an intense battle over legislation that would make it easier to organize unions, as labor seeks to bolster its dwindling ranks and propel its agenda for working Americans. ...more

October 20, 2008

Money for programs that help children, the elderly and business groups was restored Thursday by Hillsborough County commissioners as they struggled over what to cut and what to keep in a tough budget year. ...more

August 1, 2008

As the chairman of the Board for the Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority (THEA), I wish to clarify a few misconceptions about THEA's role in the Gandy corridor project. ...more

July 25, 2008

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked parts of an Oklahoma law targeting illegal immigration, saying the measures are probably unconstitutional. ...more

June 5, 2008

Florida business groups want a new law allowing workers to keep guns locked in their cars to be stopped from taking effect until a legal challenge is settled. ...more

May 23, 2008

Officials here are scrapping plans for a seagull shield made of fishing wire strung over the Boardwalk to protect diners from hungry gulls. ...more

January 30, 2008