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Register today to learn how to manage your diabetes

Submitted by Tammie Fields, Weekend Anchor/Reporter

Monday, January 9th, 2012, 11:08am

Register today to learn how to manage your diabetes

Ruskin, Florida -- You can learn how to manage your diabetes for free at the Ruskin Branch Library which is located at 26 Dickman Drive, SE in Ruskin.

This free 8-week program for adult diabetics is offered by the Florida Department of Health. Classes are led by a certified diabetes educator or licensed health care professional. Each class provides valuable tools and information designed to help adults take control of their diabetes.

The class will be held on Tuesdays: Jan. 17, 24 and 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, and March 6 at 1:30 p.m.

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Submitted by Rasmussen College

Friday, December 23rd, 2011, 3:59pm

Rasmussen College recently announced their partnership with In-Pulse CPR to offer CPR classes for the public at the college’s five Florida campus locations.

In-Pulse CPR is an American Heart Association-authorized provider of CPR and ECC courses. The one-day, 4-hour classes will held throughout the next four months at Rasmussen’s Florida college campus locations in Ft. Myers, New Port Richey, Land O’ Lakes, Ocala, and Tampa/Brandon.

The first CPR Classes will start this January and are open to both Rasmussen College Students and the general public.

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Submitted by Atish Patel, Producer, 10 News at 6pm

Monday, November 21st, 2011, 1:40pm

Moffitt Cancer Center offers targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy

TAMPA, Fla. -- Moffitt Cancer Center has one of the highest volumes in the country when it comes to offering a type of "liquid radiation" to patients with lymphoma or with cancer that has spread to their bones from their primary tumor. This method delivers radiation through the bloodstream to specifically target tumor cells.

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Submitted by Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce, Tanya Doran, Director

Friday, November 11th, 2011, 12:27pm

Riverview, FL -- On Wednesday, Nov. 9, the NEW Brandon/Riverview Anytime Fitness, located 10875 Bloomingdale Avenue in Riverview, hosted a Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to celebrate their grand opening.

At Anytime Fitness, they fit your busy schedule and on-the-go lifestyle. With membership, you can workout anytime of the day or night! The club is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Talk about no more excuses!

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Submitted by Atish Patel, Producer, 10 News at 6pm

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011, 1:54pm

Dr. Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of HIV, speaks at MOSI

Tampa, FL - Dr. Robert Gallo, the co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS, will speak at a free lecture inside the IMAX Dome Theatre Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Dr. Gallo will speak on how a life devoted to the basic biology of human blood cells led to this discovery, as well as the development of the life saving HIV blood test. Dr. Gallo and his team also discovered the first human retrovirus and the first new human herpes in more than 25 years.

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Submitted by Atish Patel, Producer, 10 News at 6pm

Friday, October 28th, 2011, 8:42am

Local doctors help author national mammogram study

SEATTLE - In 10 years of annual mammograms, more than half of women without cancer will be called back at least once for more testing.

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Submitted by Tammie Fields, Weekend Anchor/Reporter

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011, 12:15pm

Volunteers needed to drive cancer patients to treatment

New Tampa - The American Cancer Society is trying to get the word out that they are in desperate need of volunteers for their "Road to Recovery" program.

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