Health

The Mayor calls it "PURE." The Tampa City Council calls it "Toilet To Tap." It is the plan to mix highly treated wastewater with the City's drinking water by 2032. Environmentalists and neighborhood activists strongly...

In this episode of Healthy Steps, Dr. Fred Harvey and Dr. Betty Murray discuss how the changes in estrogen metabolism that happen around the perimenopause period can lead to weight gain and other difficulties for...

Last school year marked a more than 10-year low for Florida’s kindergarten & 7th-grade students completing all doses of required immunizations

FREE, UNBIASED help from trained Medicare counselors is available from SHINE Medicare to help seniors choose their Medicare health care coverage for 2023. Appointments with SHINE counselors can be made at 800-963-5337.

When esteemed Dr. Cheryl Burdette joins Dr. Fred Harvey on the Healthy Steps radio show to discuss gut markers, they uncover the ironic truth that leaky gut, depression, and anxiety can be caused by diet...

Every Thanksgiving season MidPoint spotlights issues of food insecurity and we always look for "the helpers." The crew from Meals on Wheels Tampa, Cindy Vann, and Erica Leigh, and MOW super-volunteer Rebecca Fiore joined us...

The Florida Health department in Citrus County will observe World AIDS Day with free HIV testing at the health office in Lecanto County.

In this episode of the Healthy Steps radio show, Dr. Fred Harvey and his guest Chuck Pisa discuss the complementary energy medicine modality known as Esoteric Healing. Here's what Chuck Pisa and I cover: 1. How Esoteric...

There is a free health and nutrition expo coming next Saturday, in Manatee County. There will be a variety of screenings.

When an autoimmune disease threatens our health, we must turn to our microbiome for help in restoring balance. You will learn that the microbiome – the collection of all the microbes living in and on...

Teens participating in Jelani Nichols's "Motivating the Teen Spirit" program have better mental health outcomes and are less likely to struggle with depression, anxiety, and suicide. Motivating the Teen Spirit's vision is a world where every...

September is National Suicide Prevention Month in United States.  September was first declared as National Suicide Prevention Month in 2008.  Throughout the month many mental health organizations along with mental health professionals focus on raising awareness about the stigma surrounding suicide.  Additionally,...