Health and Fitness

Lee Memorial Healthcare System leaders decided Thursday to establish an internal group with the authority to settle medical malpractice claims on a case-by-case basis for amounts not to exceed $4 million.

Nearly three dozen cases of flu-like illness at Bentley Village retirement community in North Naples prompted public health officials to suggest restricted visitation from outsiders.

Naples-based Health Management Associates Inc. was the target of a protest by about a dozen people when it held its annual shareholders meeting Tuesday in North Naples.

As more avid runners and casual athletes experiment with barefoot running, doctors say they are treating injuries ranging from pulled calf muscles to Achilles tendinitis to metatarsal stress fractures, mainly in people who ramped up too fast. In serious cases, ...

Naples-based Health Management Associates Inc. has found itself a target of an aggressive health-care union, which is protesting the way the company determines the pay for its top executives.

Instead of issuing a final ruling, Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to take another look at Bonita Springs Fire-Rescue District transporting patients with serious medial conditions.

Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says.

Computer-driven laser surgery is now done by Dr. Jonathan Frantz at his Suncoast Surgery Center in Fort Myers. Frantz said he is the first cataract surgeon in Southwest Florida to purchase the LenSx laser, which came on the market for ...

Hired by the public hospital system in October, Dr. Rabia Khan is heading up Lee Memorial’s House Calls program to head off Medicare reimbursement penalties and cuts that loom this coming October.

Are you man enough? May, it turns out, is a manly month, and a funny one at that.

Researchers have some reassuring news for legions of coffee drinkers: That coffee habit may help you live longer.

The Obama administration declared Alzheimer’s one of the biggest U.S. health challenges on Tuesday, adopting a national strategy that sets the clock ticking toward better treatments by 2025 — along with help for suffering families today.

The Moorings Park Foundation for the continuing care retirement community in Naples reached a milestone this spring: $1 million in scholarship giving since the program began 15 years ago.

The federal government is paying more to Florida hospitals to treat patients than it typically pays hospitals nationwide, with the state ranking third for highest hospital bills, a new study of Medicare claims shows.

Supplies of blood types A-, A+, O- and O+ are critically low in Collier County.