Updated: 8:28 AM Panama City Beach- A few weeks ago we told you about "Infant Self Rescue," a class offered at the Frank Brown Park Aquatics Center that could save your child from drowning. Wednesday, we got a chance to see the toddlers in action.
Updated: 10:02 AM Walton County - A Walton County man died after he was pulled from the Gulf off Miramar Beach. Many wonder if a defibrillator could have saved his life, if its batteries weren't dead.
Updated: 9:17 AM Health clinics across the nation will be participating in National HIV Testing Day Saturday. Jackson County, the Marianna area, tied for 6th last year among Florida's 67 counties in the number of people who tested positive for AIDS.
Posted: 2:42 PM A little hard work paid off big for several local students. They won this year's Junior Achievement essay contest.
Updated: 10:28 AM Does your health improve or decline during bad economic times?
Updated: 4:48 PM A 30 year-old super mom battles a brain tumor and speaks to us about life and motherhood...
Posted: 5:47 PM If you have spent any time in a hospital you know the important role nurses play in your overall experience. As part of National Nurses Week, Bay Medical Center honored some of its employees Thursday afternoon.
Posted: 2:36 PM If you've ever been hurt in a car crash, you know how painful a neck or back injury can be. But imagine slamming into a concrete wall at 130 miles an hour. A local doctor is using some new technology to treat some pretty famous people who know what that feels like.
Posted: 2:28 PM Dr. Michael Smith is taking his knowledge of racing and medicine and combining it with the latest medical technology to provide locals and celebrities alike with much needed relief.
Posted: 5:46 PM April is National Donate Life Month. The National Foundation for Transplants, or NFT, is asking you to help save lives. Two locals know what it's like to receive that gift of life, but they are among the lucky ones.
Updated: 3:23 PM Doctors have been using robotic surgery in Bay County for about five years now. Until today the Davinci Robotic Surgical System had only been used on adults. Now, Gulf Coast Medical Center made local history using the state of the art equipment on an eight-year-old child.
Updated: 6:48 PM Five new states are joining a lawsuit initiated by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum to overturn the massive health care overhaul recently signed into law.
Updated: 9:40 PM People go to the hospital to get well - not get sick. But the Institute for Healthcare Improvement says 40-thousand medical mistakes happen every day in this country. And, their new report suggests the situation isn't getting much better.
Posted: 9:47 PM The new health care reform bill is a massive document that will overhaul the medical world as we now know it. Many people are wondering what it will mean for them, especially the elderly. But there are not a lot of answers, at least not yet.
Posted: 8:37 PM The brand new Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf is officially open. Monday morning the state-of-the-art facility admitted its very first patients.
Updated: 8:48 AM President Barack Obama meets today with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as he continues his push for health care legislation.
Updated: 7:44 PM With the warmer temperatures comes pine pollen and lots of it in the Panama City area. It is making allergy sufferers pretty miserable. Even if you're not experiencing a running nose or watering eyes the pollen is more than likely making it's mark on your car.
Posted: 6:56 AM A study suggests that an experimental drug may modestly extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments.
Posted: 6:28 PM Panama City Police Officers and Teamsters Union are having a hard time negotiating a contract.
Posted: 3:52 PM Tuesday was a day of celebrations for Bay Medical Center. Hospital administrators gave staff t-shirts commemorating the third straight year Bay Medical was named one of the top 50 hospital's in the U-S.
Updated: 10:19 AM According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Florida is the worst in the nation for heart disease. And here's the worst news of all. Northwest Florida is leading the way.
Posted: 6:26 AM New research suggests that the odds of obesity are stacked against black and Hispanic kids even before they are born.
Updated: 12:59 PM On Saturday hundreds of people came out to the 2010 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment event.
Updated: 7:23 PM Medi-Vac helicopters, commonly know as life-flights, can mean the difference between someone surviving a traumatic injury or illness, or dying. While most people wouldn't put a price tag on a life, insurance companies and hospitals do.
Posted: 3:50 PM As Republicans and Democrats battled it out on the airwaves in a day long health care summit, the editor of one of the industry’s top journals was in Tallahassee to discuss reform.
If you're a smoothie lover, take note. Eight spots in your kitchen -- including your blender -- may be alive with foodborne pathogens potent enough to sicken you and your family, a new study finds.
It will be weeks, at least, before Celeste Corcoran is anywhere near ready to think about artificial limbs. The 47-year-old Lowell, Mass.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed that he's had gastric-band weight-loss surgery, which experts say has the least amount of short-term risk but also yields the least amount of weight loss.
A new line of caffeinated chewing gum is causing jitters among health advocates and prompting federal officials to take a new look at the proliferation of jolt-infused foods, including those marketed to children and teens.
Stress, the slowing of metabolism of middle age, and hormone changes after having a baby are three main reasons why many people see the numbers on the scale going up. Dr. Mehmet Oz shares tips on how to shed those final 10 pounds.
Forget the old high school clichés about athletes not doing as well academically as less sporty kids -- a new study shows that children who exercise more do better in math, reading tests.
The procrastinators, the super-busy, and the easily bored in pursuit of a manageable fitness routine may find what they seek in the 10-minute workout.
Exercise not only improves mood, it may help people maintain reduced anxiety in the face of stressful or emotional events, a new study says.
