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Neuropsychiatric Research Center of Southwest Florida to hold free memory screening events on December 11 and 20.
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Lee County School District begins distribution of Naloxone to all schools to combat potential opioid overdoses
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A Southwest Florida area blood center has an initiative that aims to raise awareness of the critical need for blood donations during the holidays by offering free Botox in return for blood donations.
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Lung cancer poses a significant threat, surpassing combined risks of prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers. Lee Health emphasizes the importance of early detection through screenings in Southwest Florida.
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For more than a decade, a medical device equipment sterilization plant emitted carcinogenic air pollution in Central Fort Myers, creating an increased lifetime cancer risk for those exposed. On Nov. 1, officials with the EPA and the Florida DEP met with concerned residents. WGCU’s John Davis gets details in a conversation with News-Press Senior Writer Amy Bennett Williams, who has been covering this developing story.
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Rep. Ralph Massullo, a Lecanto Republican who is a dermatologist, is seeking to require health insurers to cover the costs of annual skin-cancer screenings.
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Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida offers a free, monthly autism spectrum disorder screening. Medical consultants say that an early autism diagnosis can make a vast difference for toddlers and their families.
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During Hurricane Ian a North Fort Myers riverfront dwelling that was home to adults with developmental disabilities for more than 25 years was destroyed and five adults were displaced and forced into temporary rental housing.
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The Omni Fitness Center set to open at Royal Palm Square Plaza in Fort Myers
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A precautionary boil water notice issued September 22 in Lehigh Acres has been rescinded.
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