Today NOODLES GALORE: Myrtle Lake Baptist Church, at 2017 Reigler Road, Land O' Lakes, will host a spaghetti dinner from 6 to 8:30 p.m. to benefit the Live Laugh Love Foundation. The cost is $8 for adults, $6 for kids; children younger than 2 eat free. ...more

March 19, 2010

Spring is approaching, flowers are blooming and purple ribbons are beginning to appear at local businesses as volunteers Paint Pasco Purple in a show of support for the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life. Pasco county commissioners next week are scheduled to declare March 26 through May 8 as "Relay For Life Season" here. ...more

March 14, 2010

It is symbolic of the Senate's health care bill that the section titled "No lifetime or annual limits" would allow insurance companies to impose annual dollar limits on medical care, meaning that patients in need of expensive cancer treatment, for example, could still be bankrupted. ...more

December 17, 2009

Jeff Rosenblatt marveled at the sight of some seriously ill children and their healthy siblings running around Rotary's Camp Florida today in the chilly December air. ...more

December 5, 2009

From "The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen" ...more

November 17, 2009

Like many breast cancer survivors, Joy Dunn feels compelled to take her personal fight to the next level, to join the larger battle against the disease as a whole. As an admissions coordinator at Life Care Center of New Port Richey, Dunn is a front-row observer of the health care industry. Added to her own experience, she realized that while raising funds and awareness are vital, she could best define her niche by taking the direct approach, to encourage women to face the disease head-on by getting mammograms. ...more

November 3, 2009

A Senate committee unanimously approved a proposed tobacco tax hike Thursday - but only after stripping out a $50 million earmark for Tampa's H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. ...more

April 1, 2009

A Senate committee unanimously approved a proposed tobacco tax hike today – but only after stripping out a $50-million earmark for Tampa's H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. ...more

March 31, 2009

As the Relay for Life began at 1 p.m. Saturday, volunteers had raised only 25 percent of their $40,000 goal, said Denise Benavides, the American Cancer Society's unit director of the Hardee and Highlands units. ...more

March 16, 2009

At 4 years old, Rylie Vasquez is already a veteran of the Gasparilla Pageant as she posed, smiled and twirled for the judges today in her second year as a contestant. ...more

February 22, 2009