It's hot outside, the kids are itching to go play at the beach, and you know everyone's epidermis needs some level of protection. But the latest news about skin safety is so overwhelming, sitting in a dark room seems the only safe option. ...more

June 6, 2008

not a successful career as an etiquette expert, not being named a finalist in the Mrs. Florida pageant, not a supportive husband - could change the diagnosis of cervical cancer. ...more

June 6, 2008

NORTH TAMPA - Construction of a groundbreaking cancer research center expected to create an estimated 165 high-paying science jobs is well under way near the University of South Florida. Construction workers wheeling heavy equipment kicked up clouds of dust this week at the site of M2Gen, a joint venture of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute and drugmaker Merck & Co., at 10902 N. Malcolm McKinley Drive. "You can see the first of four floors going up," Rick Garrison, chief operating officer at M2Gen, said Tuesday. ...more

June 5, 2008

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist should veto the $50 million appropriation state lawmakers set aside for an energy consortium at the University of Florida. The funding violates the rules of academic integrity and is a prime example of why it would be disastrous to give the Legislature unchecked power over the university system. ...more

June 2, 2008

A turbine generator manufacturer has scored $57,000 in incentives to bring new jobs to Pasco County. ...more

June 2, 2008

Pasco's lawmakers lassoed more than $28 million this year in state funding for countywide capital improvements. ...more

May 31, 2008

The rating, based on Medicare data compiled by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, judges hospitals on a 100-percent point scale – the higher the percentage, the more aggressive the treatment. ...more

May 29, 2008

Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida will hold their third annual conference devoted to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer May 16 and 17 at the Hyatt Regency Tampa. ...more

May 10, 2008

The Temple Terrace Garden Club will sponsor a free tour of several members' gardens May 10. ...more

May 3, 2008

Tampa ophthalmologist Steven Maskin learned something when he started offering free seminars on dry eye. ...more

February 22, 2008