Tyson building cannabis resort in California
BY PARKER RILEY
BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM
The former heavyweight champion of the world is having an epic start to 2018.
According to The Blast, Mike Tyson is creating a...
Legal fees increase in workers’ comp system
BY CHRISTINE SEXTON
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – Injured workers racked up nearly $186 million in approved legal fees in 2016-2017, a 36 percent...
Autism spectrum disorders appear to have stabilized
Data collected on kids and teens from 2014-2016
BY KAREN KAPLAN
LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
Researchers have a new reason to believe that the prevalence of autism spectrum...
‘Gaming Disorder’ recognized as a mental health condition
BY HOWARD COHEN
MIAMI HERALD / TNS
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to officially recognize that playing video games too often could be a...
patients dying younger from sickle cell
Discrimination and poor care to blame, medical experts say
BY JENNY GOLD
KAISER HEALTH NEWS/
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
For more than a year, NeDina Brocks-Capla avoided one...
Thousands more dead
Report shows large overdose increase
COMPILED FROM WIRE REPORTS
TALLAHASSEE – A highly anticipated report from Florida’s medical examiners shows dramatic increases in all types...
‘I have no fear’
South Florida woman loses baby, arms and legs during pregnancy
BY MIKE CLARY
SUN SENTINEL/TRIBUNE
NEWS SERVICE
CORAL SPRINGS – When Kayleigh Ferguson-Walker returned to church...
CDC: Nearly 4 in 10 adults in US now obese
BY MELISSA HEALY
LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
Americans’ obesity rates have reached a new high-water mark. Again.
In 2015 and 2016, just short of four in 10 American...
Nursing home tragedy claims lives of couple married 61 years
BY DAVID J. NEAL
MIAMI HERALD/TNS
MIAMI — Cecilia Franco, 90, died at 3:45 a.m. Monday, becoming the 14th Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills resident to...
‘Natural’ or negligence?
Lawmaker questions nursing home deaths
BY CHRISTINE SEXTON
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – A Republican state senator – and funeral director – is suggesting that...
