HCA Florida Healthcare and the Public Education Foundation of Marion County (PEFMC) announced the launch of Thank a Teacher, a partnership to celebrate dedicated educators. Each month, a winning teach [...]
The City of Belleview is excited to announce its upcoming Community Yard Sale, scheduled to take place on October 12, 2024, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Belleview [...]
State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don’t give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic [...]
AdventHealth leaders recently met with Florida officials to discuss strategies for enhancing high quality health care and workforce development. AdventHealth Waterman leaders recently hosted a roundtable meeting with state [...]
The Orange Blossom Gardens (OBG) Lions Club is excited to invite the public to a special event, "In Focus: A Luncheon Supporting Better Vision," on September 11, 2024, at the [...]
Lake-Sumter State College received hundreds of thousands in funds from the state to support nursing students and strengthen local healthcare pathways. The college has received $400,000 from the Florida Department [...]
Chronic loneliness may significantly raise older adults’ risk of stroke, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “Loneliness is increasingly considered a major public health [...]
The City of Belleview is helping to build healthy minds and good reading habits. On August 6, 2024, at 5:00 PM, join us at the Belleview Community Center for Storytime [...]
HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital announced today both hospitals have been nationally recognized by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for their commitment [...]
No Bones About It As we age, our bones continue to remodel, but we lose bone mass because the resorption of bone is usually greater than bone formation. [...]
Safety means something a little different to people living with Parkinson’s. Celebrating National Safety Month, the Parkinson’s Support Group in and nearby The Villages hosted a presentation of hospital safety [...]
UF Health The Villages Hospital Gets New Name, Pays Tribute to Designation for Surrounding Community
Beginning June 20, UF Health The Villages® Hospital, the region’s hometown hospital, will become UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital. The new name reflects UF Health’s continued commitment to providing world-class, [...]
Trauma is part of life. Sometimes we see things, hear things and experience things that are horrible. These incidents shake us, make us afraid and even give us nightmares. Over [...]
United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties aims to demonstrate its focus on building a strong and healthy community by hosting a Health and Wellness Summit this summer. In partnership [...]
The Ocala Cancer Center is the only oncology provider in Ocala using a technology with 3D cameras to monitor a patient’s skin surface without the use of tattoos or marks [...]