TAMPA A Tampa couple are in the running for a $100,000 wedding courtesy of Us Magazine. They are pitted against 19 other couples from across the nation baring their lives to the public in hopes of garnering enough votes to be hitched in style. The contest is online and in living color at www.usmagazine.com/wedding-2008-top-20, and as of this morning Courtney Dempsey and Gary Courtney Jr., have garnered about 90,000 votes. ...more

June 23, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Pinellas County Jail employee was accused today of using more than one doctor to obtain prescriptions for hydrocodone that she was not entitled to, detectives said. ...more

June 10, 2008

I recently returned from an airline trip. Upon check-in, I was told there is a $20 charge for the first bag checked. That bag was a small duffel bag that I had to check because of a prescribed cream medication I take for a skin condition. ...more

June 6, 2008

It's a tempting offer: Free prescription medications for people who need them the most - the poor, the uninsured, the homeless. Families of people who have died from diabetes, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease call the Judeo Christian Health Clinic in Tampa every week hoping to donate leftover medications. Some bottles are full or hardly used and bear price tags in the hundreds of dollars. But the clinic's executive director, Kelly Nelson, must decline. "We can't use them," she says, "Unfortunately." ...more

May 30, 2008

Common sense and a lot of curiosity can reduce the risk of medication errors at your local pharmacy. Here are some simple rules when dropping off and picking up a prescription. ...more

May 30, 2008

Sit down with your family and make a plan for keeping safe during a storm. Here are some things you should think about: ...more

May 29, 2008

My 19-year-old part-Siamese cat meows excessively for no reason. She stands at the door meowing. If I put her outside, in a minute she's at the door again meowing to come back in the house. The vet examined her and found nothing wrong. Spraying her with water doesn't seem to help. She's also been vomiting more often. What do you make of this? - P.P., Batavia, NY ...more

May 25, 2008

Sit down with your family and make a plan for keeping safe during a storm. Here are some things you should think about: ...more

May 23, 2008

What To Do When Trust Turns To Suspicion Dear Lyn: My husband has been memory-impaired for some time. His doctor called it Alzheimer's. Lately, my husband is suspicious of everyone and everything. He's always been very trusting. Now he accuses me of taking things and doing things I haven't done. He locks all the doors and no longer likes our neighbors. Will this continue? It's really hard for me. The doctor put him on a new medication a few weeks before this began. - Isolated in my own home ...more

May 23, 2008

Pfizer Inc.'s once promising anti-smoking drug Chantix received another blow Wednesday after a nonprofit group's report about serious physical side effects prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban the drug's use by pilots and air traffic controllers. ...more

May 22, 2008