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BY ROGER WILLIAMS rwilliams@florida-weekly.com "Sometimes it's not enough to do our best," explained Winston Churchill. "Sometimes, we must do what is required." That notion more than others, perhaps, explains the natures of crusaders - those who devote extraordinary personal effort to achieve kilter in institutions all of us rely on, and wh... More ...
BY EVAN WILLIAMS ewilliams@florida-weekly.com In the last few years, downtown Fort Myers began to look like what city planners envisioned three decades ago. Business and apartment fronts pop out over First Street - the main drag - in colors like lavender, salmon and canary yellow. A spate of high rise towers appeared to suddenly dominate th... More ...
Test highly accurate In diagnosing heart disease SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Patients who need to undergo tests for possible coronary artery disease may have a choice in diagnostic procedures. Thanks to the 64-slice CT scanner at HealthPark Medical Center, cardiologists will be able to prescribe a Cardiac CT Angiography, a non-invasive CT scan to a select group of cardiac ... More ...
BY MICHELLE L. START Florida Weekly Correspondent Premature babies born at Lee County hospitals may have long-term advantages over their counterparts born elsewhere and it may all be attributable to lowering lights, decreasing sound and other minute changes being implemented at Lee Memorial Health System. More ... Lee Memorial co-hosts young driver program Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for persons aged 15 to 24. During 2005, nearly 400,000 motor vehicle occupants in this age group sustained nonfatal injuries, severe enough to require treatment in an emergency department. The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16 to ... More ...
Shell Point Retirement Community will open its doors for the 12th annual Open House on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. According to Lynn Schneider, assistant vice president of marketing, the theme of this year's Open House will be "A Stroll thr... More ...
If you've ever wanted to learn more about your Florida environment, Lee County has just the solution with information about nature, landscaping and recycling. Lee County Parks & Recreation is now offering free to the public workshops and guided walks at the Eco Living Center at Rutenberg Park. More ...
The Great Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail is hosting its first ever photo contest, "Shooting the Blueway." If you have an eye for photography, this is the perfect opportunity to capture the beauty of the blueway. Take a shot from your canoe or kayak on the Great Calusa Blueway, and you could win pri... More ... Heart and stroke death rates steadily decline Risk factors still too high New mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that, since 1999, coronary heart disease and stroke age-adjusted death rates are down by 25.8 percent and 24.4 percent, respectively. More ... Copyright © 2007—2008 Florida Media Group LLC. |
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