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Health & Society

At Matanzas High School, an Irrepressible Teacher’s Untimely Farewell, For Now

September 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jo Ann Nahirny in her element, in her classroom today at Matanzas High School, on her last day of class before the new year. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Jo Ann Nahirny, an English teacher at Matanzas, put in her last day of the year today before a three-month leave filled with radiation treatments and surgery as she battles a cancer’s recurrence. This is the story of her last day in class.

Memo to Lance Armstrong: Enough is Enough, So Please Shut Up

September 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Lance Armstrong, still running.

The gig is up now, Tom O’Hara, a testicular cancer survivor, tells Lance Armstrong, referring to his doping issues. If you want to continue to raise money to fight cancer, I applaud you. But, please, try being a quiet and humble philanthropist from now on.

DCF Defends Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients

September 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The head of the state welfare agency is asking a court to throw out a challenge to the state law requiring drug testing of public assistance recipients, which could allow the program to restart.

Ripped from Her Trenches, a Teacher Mobilizes for Months of Cancer Combat, and Anguish

September 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

From feeling like a human easel to a convicted felon, Matanzas teacher Jo Ann Nahirny takes us step by step through the anguish of preparing for cancer treatment and its implications–physical, financial, emotional and spiritual.

In a Reversal, Florida Won’t End Benefits To Recipients With Underliverable Addresses

September 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Florida Department of Children and Families on Friday scrapped a controversial change that would have halted food stamps, Medicaid and welfare benefits for people whose mail is returned to the agency as undeliverable.

Russian Roulette With MSG

September 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

In today’s American restaurants, MSG has become so prevalent that it is in practically every kind of food. It’s no longer isolated to Chinese cuisine. And it can be very dangerous to eat, making eating out a gamble.

Feed Flagler Launches 4th Year as Big Cuts in Food Stamps Loom and Pantries Empty Out

September 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Again led by County Commissioner Milissa Holland, Feed Flagler aims to exceed last year’s fund-raising of $28,000 and 60,000-pound food-drive by Thanksgiving, but federal legislation cutting food stamp benefits would prove a setback for Flagler’s efforts against hunger.

Finally for Flagler, a Visitation Safe Haven for Children and Victims of Domestic Violence

September 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The proposed location of Flagler County's Safe Haven, adjacent to the Bunnell branch library, is across the street from the old courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The Safe Haven Center for severed families needing a supervised, safe place for children’s visitations or exchanges, would spare families trip to Volusia or St. Johns–or meeting around the flagpole at the courthouse. The $400,000 federal grant was secured and executed by a group of local government and non-governmental leaders led by Judge Raul Zambrano, Commissioner Barbara Revels, and Abby Romaine, a candidate for the commission.

Florida DCF’s Answer to Welfare Recipients’ Unforwarded Addresses: Cut Off Benefits

September 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Florida Department of Children and Families has approved a change that would end public-assistance benefits for people who don’t report new addresses, drawing concerns that some low-income residents could unnecessarily lose food and medical aid.

Romney-Ryan’s Voucher Plan for Medicare, Long the Third Rail of Florida Politics

August 31, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said the nation must rethink Medicare as he and Mitt Romney propose changing the health-insurance program for 65-and-over Americans to a “fixed-amount” voucher that would essentially privatize the benefit.

Almost 27% of Flagler Residents Under 65 Are Without Health Insurance; Reform Would Help

August 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Obama’s health care reform would almost eliminate the proportion of uninsured, but Gov. Rick Scott’s refusal to join reform’s expanded Medicaid eligibility means that many of Flagler’s 16,774 eligible residents will be shut out of the benefit.

Calculating One’s Risk for Alzheimer’s: Most People Want To Know

August 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Alzheimer’s disease can’t be prevented or cured, and it ranks second only to cancer among diseases that people fear. Yet about two-thirds of respondents would want to know if they were destined to get the disease.

Florida Hospital Flagler Spared Sister Hospitals’ Fraud Lawsuit and Medicare Penalties

August 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Florida Hospital Flagler came out unscathed by readmission penalties Medicare is levying on 2,000 hospitals, including most hospitals in Florida. FAF was also not among seven sister-Adventist hospitals named in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing that a federal judge said last week may now go forward.

Chronic, Scandalous Abuse and Worse at a Florida Brain-Injury Center Demands Attention

August 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It is impossible to look at the pages-long list of abuse allegations at the Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation and not wonder how it is allowed to remain open: Sexual abuse. Mental abuse. Burns. Broken bones. Bruises. Cuts and punctures. Bizarre punishment. And much worse.

Florida’s Doctors Are Nation’s 3rd Worst When It Comes to Accepting Medicaid Patients

August 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Only 59 percent of doctors in Florida accept accept new Medicaid patients, well below a national average 69 percent. Better reimbursements would improve both rates, but that’s not about to happen in Florida, which is rejecting increased federal aid.

As Florida and Other States Privatize Prison Health Services, Care Standards Suffer

July 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Florida and other states, in an attempt to cut costs, are increasingly outsourcing health care for inmates to for-profit companies, but the trend is raising concerns among unions and prisoners’ rights groups.

Hedging Privacy Concerns, Hospitals Shop for Patients on Facebook and Google

July 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A growing number of hospitals are taking their advertising campaigns to Facebook, Google and other websites as more see the value of highly targeted campaigns that enable them to track results. Social media users may be unnerved by being tracked and followed by information they’ve searched for.

Nan Rich Calls for Investigation Into TB Outbreak as Florida Surgeon General Fumes

July 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Senate Minority Leader and gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich called today (July 12) for the Senate to investigate reports of a tuberculosis outbreak in Northeast Florida as the state closes its last hospital dedicated to treating the disease.

Florida Hospital Flagler’s Parkway Medical Plaza Will See You Now

July 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The $15 million facility on Cypress Edge Drive opened ceremoniously Tuesday. It has several physicians’ offices, a walk-in clinic, a rehab and a woman’s center. Some of the services were shifted from the main hospital campus.

Scott Administration Downplays Northeast Florida Tuberculosis Spike; CDC Doesn’t

July 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

An April report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted a surge in cases of the highly contagious disease that appeared to be clustered in a homeless shelter, a jail and an outpatient mental health clinic in downtown Jacksonville.

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