Health

Florida Voters Will Get Another Chance to Legalize Medical Marijuana

In 2014 a Florida ballot initiative allowing medical use of marijuana fell two points short of the 60 percent vote required for a constitutional amendment. That initiative’s supporters are trying again, and yesterday they announced that they had gathered enough valid signatures to qualify their measure, once again known as…...

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Florida Patient Stability Act will protect against health plan changes

By: Karen Egozi Sun Sentinel – February 18, 2016 Imagine you are living with epilepsy. It’s not hard to do — 400,000 Floridians suffer from it. For years, you’ve been stable on a treatment that controls your seizures, allows you to work, drive your car, care for your children and…...

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Florida’s Epilepsy Foundation to Hold Medical Marijuana Forum

By Jonathan Millet, Fore Minutes October 2, 2014 The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida is scheduled to host a forum on medical marijuana today evening at the Pensacola Library as voters prepare to cast a ballot to decide whether to legalize the drug. The hearing will help families better understand the…...

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Uninsured get Help Signing Up for Health Insurance at Wooly

By Kendall Prior, The Independent Florida Alligator January 26, 2015 Uninsured members of the community were able to compare medical insurance options and enroll online at The Wooly over the weekend. Enroll America, The Links Inc. Gainesville chapter and the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida held the event Saturday to help…...

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Enrollment Targets Uninsured Hispanics

By Mary Shedden, Health News Florida December 18, 2014 Luis Alejandro Larrorte has lived the past two decades in the United States — all of it without health insurance. But the 56-year-old who sells cable satellite plans as a contractor was diagnosed with eye cancer. And the Pembroke Pines resident…...

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Obamacare Enrollment Begins Saturday

By Nicholas Nehamas and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald November 13, 2014 When consumers start signing up for 2015 health coverage under the Affordable Care Act on Saturday, they may feel overwhelmed by the number of choices available on the exchange: Insurers are offering 278 different health plans across Florida, including…...

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Mobile Technology Helps Tackle Epilepsy in Bhutan

Dr. Farrah Mateen, a 33-year-old neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, stands next to him, preparing to collect a set of readings through the headset on a new application on her cellphone. This is how the boy will be diagnosed with epilepsy, and it’s an example of how Mateen and her…...

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