Changing Title X will affect the healthcare of women in the Keys
The clock is ticking down to May 3, when changes to the almost five-decade-old Title X program will see dramatic revamping and decreased health care services for...
Barefoot Doctor answers the question: Is it safe to smoke pot when pregnant?
It’s happened. As was recently reported on these pages, Key West has its first legal cannabis dispensary, with more to follow. And all sorts of MDS (Mysterious...
Barefoot Doctor Stan Sack Explores the Uptick in Autism
No matter where you live, you’re never far away from news and discussions on autism. Even if we just considered recent publications, there’s so much written that...
Foundation teaches survival skills
By any standards, this is a success. In the past six weeks, three instructors and 49 kids have been schooled in the swim-float-survive technique in the Florida...
LGBT – Where We Are Now
We are residents of a city of celebrations. This week, two prominent subgroups have reason to be jubilant. Our kids have another year of schooling under their...
Seaweed Smells Like Trouble Record – Breaking Sargassum Drifts Threaten Public Health, Tourism and...
by Reda Wigle
In the past several weeks, a noxious smell emanating from the beaches of the Keys has kept swimmers, sun seekers and nature lovers away from the...
FWC encourages homeowners to kill green iguanas
The public perception of the green iguana has gone from oddity to nuisance to invasive exotic. And the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC) is urging the public, in...
The Cost of Diabetes – Drugs in District 26 some of most expensive
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Reform released a report in late June, detailing the inordinate cost of diabetes drugs for Americans — in particular,...
Boy gets wish granted at DPMMR
Thirteen-year-old Alex Landskroener had a wish to swim with dolphins. Thanks to Kids Wish Network and Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder, the Michigan boy, who has a...
E-Cigarettes and Youth – The Devil We Don’t Know
If you’ve been out and about as I have, you’re likely used to seeing them everywhere. All shapes and sizes, clouds of mist emanating from them. And...
