Category: health-fitness

PANAMA CITY — Dermatology Specialists of Florida has joined the fight against skin cancer by offering free and potentially life-saving skin cancer screenings May 2-6 at eight of its Florida locations…

CRESTVIEW — Seralyn Welch’s mom is matter-of-fact. Within 15 years, the 7-year-old will develop so many polyps in her colon that treating the malignant ones will be difficult.
Soon thereafter, her …

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County (DOH-Okaloosa) is observing April 16-23 as National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Babies need immunizations to protect again…

BAKER —  Low-income families may participate in a free mobile dental clinic sponsored by the Baker Area Ministerial Association and the Baker Lion's Club.
Local dentists and their assistants will p…

CRESTVIEW — The Renalus Center for Kidney Care is moving its Crestview office to a new, state-of-the-art practice location.
The center's new address is 221 Redstone Ave. E., near the North Okaloosa…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County has announced water quality test results for local parks.
No Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, …

GAINESVILLE — A mosquito species that’s very abundant in the Southeast may play a more significant role in transmitting Eastern equine encephalitis than originally thought, according to a University …

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., a Waco, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 40,780 pounds of fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with extraneous plastic materials, the U.…

CRESTVIEW — Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Crestview will host the 6th Annual Dance for Life, an evening of ballroom dance to benefit Covenant Care, on Saturday, April 16.
The event — 7 p.m. in Crest…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County has announced water quality test results for local parks.
Four Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water…