Cindy Krischer Goodman

Florida

Health Reporter at South Florida Sun Sentinel

Sr. reporter covering healthcare for @sunsentinel, former business writer and nationally distributed columnist, UFgrad 🐊. Email: [email protected]

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Articles

DeSantis vetoes bill to repeal 'free kill' medical malpractice law

1 week ago | orlandosentinel.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday officially vetoed a bill that would have overturned what has been called Florida's "free kill" law. The 35-year-old law prohibits family members from suing for big payouts for pain and suffering if an unmarried loved one who was 25 years old or older unexpectedly dies from medical negligence. The family members can sue only for economic damages such as funeral costs or medical bills. Florida is the only state with this type of legal restriction in place.
Time to shift children’s mental health from crisis to prevention, Patrick Kennedy tells Floridians

1 week ago | sun-sentinel.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

Florida’s doctors report the state is experiencing a mental health catastrophe, with not enough beds for children in crisis to be admitted into a hospital. With the projected bed gap growing, mental health advocates in the state turned their focus last week to prevention. “There’s no prevention and there’s relatively no recovery,” former Congressman and mental health advocate Patrick J.Kennedy said at the South Florida Behavioral Health Conference in Fort Lauderdale.
Florida disease-tracking chart returns: Measles, mpox, hepititis surveillance now available

1 week ago | sun-sentinel.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

Disease-tracking information in Florida is available again, allowing residents to learn about outbreaks in their county once more. Florida Department of Health surveillance data, which previously made public the number of current cases of each vaccine-preventable disease by county, had been removed from the state website for several months. The removal, disclosed earlier this month by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, came shortly after a measles case was reported in Miami in March.
New NSU president aims to transform medical education amid Florida’s critical needs for health care

1 week ago | sun-sentinel.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

DAVIE — As Dr. Harry Moon settles into his chair behind a cherrywood desk at Nova Southeastern University, he doesn’t have time to get comfortable. Moon, who became president of the university four months ago, already is reimagining what the university must become to meet the complex healthcare challenges of the next decade. “Florida’s aging population is growing fast,” Moon says. “We don’t have the luxury of being reactive anymore.
‘It’s rare and it’s scary.’ Dark spot on your fingernail could mean cancer

1 week ago | unionleader.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

If you are staring at a dark spot under your fingernail, you may want to see a dermatologist. It could be a form of melanoma. “It is rare, and it’s scary that it’s rare, because a lot of people would not think to check their nails,” said Lauren Koltcz, whom the Cleveland Clinic featured after doctors operated to cut out a malignancy under her fingernail as well as surrounding tissue to remove any remaining cancer cells.
‘It’s rare and it’s scary.’ Dark spot on your fingernail could mean cancer

2 weeks ago | gmtoday.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

If you are staring at a dark spot under your fingernail, you may want to see a dermatologist. It could be a form of melanoma. “It is rare, and it’s scary that it’s rare, because a lot of people would not think to check their nails,” said Lauren Koltcz, whom the Cleveland Clinic featured after doctors operated to cut out a malignancy under her fingernail as well as surrounding tissue to remove any remaining cancer cells.
‘It’s rare and it’s scary.’ Dark spot on your fingernail could mean cancer

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

If you are staring at a dark spot under your fingernail, you may want to see a dermatologist. It could be a form of melanoma. “It is rare, and it’s scary that it’s rare, because a lot of people would not think to check their nails,” said Lauren Koltcz, whom the Cleveland Clinic featured after doctors operated to cut out a malignancy under her fingernail as well as surrounding tissue to remove any remaining cancer cells.
'It's rare and it's scary.' Dark spot on your fingernail could mean cancer

2 weeks ago | medicalxpress.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin

If you are staring at a dark spot under your fingernail, you may want to see a dermatologist. It could be a form of melanoma. "It is rare, and it's scary that it's rare, because a lot of people would not think to check their nails," said Lauren Koltcz, whom the Cleveland Clinic featured after doctors operated to cut out a malignancy under her fingernail as well as surrounding tissue to remove any remaining cancer cells.
‘It’s rare and it’s scary.’ Dark spot on your fingernail could mean cancer

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

If you are staring at a dark spot under your fingernail, you may want to see a dermatologist. It could be a form of melanoma. “It is rare, and it’s scary that it’s rare, because a lot of people would not think to check their nails,” said Lauren Koltcz, whom the Cleveland Clinic featured after doctors operated to cut out a malignancy under her fingernail as well as surrounding tissue to remove any remaining cancer cells.
‘It’s rare and it’s scary.’ Dark spot on your fingernail could mean cancer

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Cindy Krischer Goodman

If you are staring at a dark spot under your fingernail, you may want to see a dermatologist. It could be a form of melanoma. “It is rare, and it’s scary that it’s rare, because a lot of people would not think to check their nails,” said Lauren Koltcz, whom the Cleveland Clinic featured after doctors operated to cut out a malignancy under her fingernail as well as surrounding tissue to remove any remaining cancer cells.