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On Dec. 23 2017, 14-year-old Fort Myers athlete Zachary Syska was running with friends when he went into sudden cardiac arrest and his heart stopped. A…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced in November that the Temporary Protected Status designation of nearly 50,000 Haitians living in the…

Herbology, acupuncture, and traditional Chinese medicine: those areas of expertise are now coming to Fort Myers with the new doctor of oriental medicine…

Since the advent of infant formula, the number of women breastfeeding their children has declined sharply, but in recent years, educational campaigns from…

Hospitals around the country are connecting patients with caregivers in a powerful new way, using simple pen and paper to give patients room to share…

There's a growing need for blood in Southwest Florida during the summer months. A traditionally low point for demand in the area, blood banks say they're…

On his first day at work at Lee Memorial Hospital, 44 years ago, Jim Nathan wrote that he expected the job to last just a year, long enough to meet a…

The problem of affordable housing in affluent Collier County is crossing into southern Lee County, and communities like Bonita Springs and industry…

This week the Lee Health kidney transplant program reopened as the Lee Health Transplant Institute at Gulf Coast Medical Center. One of just nine kidney…

New estimates through mid-2016 show Florida's surge in syphilis cases continued last year, with cases of infectious syphilis jumping statewide by 36…