Category: health-fitness

CRESTVIEW — Doctor Phil Alabata always knew he wanted to be a surgeon, but he wasn’t sure which specialty he was interested in until he found ophthalmology.
Ophthalmology, the study of the eyes, be…

Pediatrician Charlotte Lee, MD, has joined Sacred Heart Medical Group’s regional network of doctors and will see patients from Sacred Heart Pediatrics at Crestview, 332 Medcrest Drive.
She joins th…

CRESTVIEW — The 3rd Masonic District, Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, and Kiwanis Club of Crestview will host the 12th annual No Child Without Health Care Fair in July. Children and their parents or guardian…

CRESTVIEW — Rock Steady Boxing is changing the way people fight the battle of living with Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative movement disorder that can cause deterioration of motor skills, balance, …

CRESTVIEW — Walmart will have a free wellness event, which offers attendees health screenings and consultations with their neighborhood pharmacist.
The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Walmart Sup…

CRESTVIEW — A neighborhood has banded together on a county level to assist a local family raising funds for a service dog.

Amanda and Travis Denis have four children between them: Mick, 17; Eli, 5…

GAINESVILLE — With the help of a grant from the Florida Blue Foundation, two University of Florida colleges will collaborate on a novel project to improve health care for vulnerable populations while…

GAINESVILLE — The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded researchers at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy a two-year, $3.5 million grant to bolster research on Mitragyna speciosia, …

CRESTVIEW — This was going to be a notice that a local family who requested help getting food and bills paid after an Oct. 31 car accident. However, things went from bad to worse Dec. 20 when the fam…