During October, Sacred Heart Health System will provide free heart-health screenings at several locations in Pensacola, Gulf Breeze and Cantonment for adults who are poor, elderly, or uninsured.
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Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes
Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes is part of the American Diabetes Association’s Stop Diabetes movement and the signature fundraising walk taking place in 144 cities across the United States to help ra…
FREE Health Fair and Screenings at PSC Milton Campus Oct. 8
Free health screenings and much more are available at the Pensacola State College Milton campus health fair from 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the L.I.F.E. Center, Building 4000. The Milton c…
Smarter choices made for dinner, reports said
Kids or their parents might be making smarter choices when they visit fast food restaurants, even though burger joints are still the most popular drive-through stops, according to the results of a ne…
Health Tips after a flood
People should not eat any food that may have come into contact with contaminated water from floods or tidal surges. Commercially prepared cans of food should not be eaten if there is a bulging or ope…
Midway community updates
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
MIDWAY CLINIC CLOSURE
The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) Midway facility, located at 5840 Gulf Breeze …
Honoring organ donors
On Wednesday Santa Rosa Medical Center CEO Phillip L. Wright and representatives from LifeNet Health of Florida and LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services held a flag raising ceremony in honor of organ do…
BHC celebrates National Donate Life Month
Baptist Health Care is partnering with LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services, LifeNet Health of Florida and Lions Eye Institute for transplant and research to raise awareness for National Donate Life Mon…
The new wild west: electronic cigarettes
Some data show poisons
Influenza danger winding down
Although the flu season is subsiding, it has not been kind to Santa Rosa County this flu season, according to Mary Beverly, a spokesman for the Santa Rosa County Health Department. It has claimed two…