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Florida Department of Health

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Surgeon on Fatal Strax Rejuvenation Operation Had Medical License Suspended

    ​The surgeon who performed a fat transfer procedure that proved fatal for a 50-year-old Hollywood woman last week has repeatedly had his medical license suspended.Records show that Dr. John Nees' disciplinary troubles date back to 2002, when he was working in the Pacific Northwest. The Washington ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Oneal Morris, Miami's Alleged Fix-a-Flat Butt Enhancement "Nurse," Arrested on Broward Charges

    ​Oneal Morris was arrested in Miami last November on charges that she gave back-room plastic surgery to several people using mixtures of super glue, cement, mineral oil, and Fix-a-Flat tire fluid. She told Entertainment Tonight that "I really am innocent or whatever," and Miami court records indic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Binge Drinking and Obesity Increasing in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

    sucksorrules.comAnd then there's this guy.​Residents in Broward and Palm Beach counties are drunker and fatter than before, according new statistics released by the Florida Department of Health.The Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey -- which questions around 500 people in each coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Weston Doctor Banned From Surgery After Patient's Death During Liposuction

    Alyne Medical Rejuvenation InstituteDr. Sant Antonio is barred from performing office surgery.​Dr. Alberto Sant Antonio, a Weston physician whose patient stopped breathing during a liposuction procedure this summer, is temporarily banned from performing office surgeries in Florida.The Florida Depa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Nan Rich: Florida Republicans Only Take Federal Funds if it Promotes "Extreme Agenda"

    thoughttheater.comThis nice chastity belt is apparently a better investment than preventing child abuse​Florida's Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich isn't too happy today about the state's Republican leadership rejecting $50 million in federal funds to protect people like at-risk kids and senior ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Weston Cosmetic Surgeon Linked to Two Deaths Is Not Board-Certified

    Alyne Medical Rejuvenation InstituteDr. Sant Antonio removes fat, but is it plastic surgery?​Dr. Alberto Sant Antonio, founder of the Weston cosmetic surgery clinic where two patients recently died after fat-removal procedures, is not a board-certified plastic surgeon, according to Florida Departm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Strax Rejuvenation Responds to New Times Cover Story

    Courtesy Aronfeld Trial LawyersLidvian Zelaya died after surgery at Strax.​Strax Rejuvenation and Aesthetics Institute, the high-volume plastic surgery office in Lauderhill that was the subject of last week's New Times cover story, does not take criticism lightly. In a blog posted on the company's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Florida Board of Medicine Allows Convicted Rapist To Keep Practicing As A Doctor

    Florida Sexual Offenders and PredatorsMark Seldes, convicted rapist, M.D.​Apparently being a convicted rapist and practicing medicine have nothing to do with each other. At least that's what the Florida Board of Medicine decided.That's why 43-year-old Mark Seldes can continue to practice medicine ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Deaths at One of South Florida's Most Popular Plastic Surgery Centers Raise Questions About the Safety of Cheaper Nips and Tucks

    Florida Sexual Offenders and PredatorsMark Seldes, convicted rapist, M.D.​Apparently being a convicted rapist and practicing medicine have nothing to do with each other. At least that's what the Florida Board of Medicine decided.That's why 43-year-old Mark Seldes can continue to practice medicine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Elton John Complains to Gov. Rick Scott About HIV/AIDS Funding

    broadwaymusicalhome.comElton John: Rocket Man and advocate of Florida's HIV/AIDS program.​Just about everyone has had something to complain about with Gov. Rick Scott lately, and you can add Sir Elton John to that list.On behalf of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, John wrote a letter to the governo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Broward County Passes Model Ordinance to Regulate "Pill Mills" That Don't Actually Exist

    neglectedwar.comA pain management clinic, which doesn't exist in unincorporated Broward County​The Broward County Commission unanimously passed a new zoning and regulatory ordinance yesterday for pain management clinics in unincorporated areas of the county.This new ordinance requires all of the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Practitioners of Quack Autism Treatment in Trouble With Governor

    David Geier, (not an) MD.​Two weeks ago, the Pulp published a small item about Mark and David Geier -- a father-son team of self-proclaimed autism experts who treat the condition with a powerful chemical castration agent called Lupron. They're from Maryland, but their interests run deep in Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Will the Florida Everglades Brush Fire Make For Tasty Swamp Food?

    Smoke filled Fort Lauderdale skyline​What's that smell? Yesterday and this morning, many South Floridians woke up to the smoky stench of a brush fire blazing in the Everglades. The fire, destroying over 28,000 acres, has been burning in the Big Cypress National Preserve since April 26th, reports S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Governors in the Castration Business

    For the chemical castration of abnormal youths.​Governors should stay the hell out of the autism wars.Their intrusion leads to naught but embarrassment and the enfranchisement of questionable characters. Example: In 2009, Charlie Crist appointed anti-vax chiropractor Dr. Gary Kompothecras to his A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    WTFlorida: 10 Reasons Why Florida is Better at Everything

    Miche Ratto​Here in Florida we're really good at a lot of things. Topping the list we have: growing indoor marijuana, staging car accidents, and throwing children in jail. And boy are we good at all of those things.To learn more about the awesome state you live in click the image.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Palm Beach Post Writer Responds to Pain Clinic Lobby Criticism

    ​Last week, we told you about the Florida Society of Pain Management Providers, the largest pain-clinic-supported lobbying organization in the state, harshly criticizing the Palm Beach Post over the paper's coverage of pain clinic legislation. Paul Sloan, president of the Pain Society, called Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Joe Alu Sets the Record Straight?

    Former Kim Rothstein bodyguard Joe Alu can be a very slippery guy. He called me today because he didn't like the mention of the steroids investigation in the previous post, but when I asked about his former employer, he went all "60 Minutes lawyer" on me. A snippet of our conversation:   ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Anti-Vaccination Advocates Propose Florida Autism Study Based on "Junk Science"

    Dr. Mark Geier​This week, Miami New Times has a story about Gary Kompothecras, the Sarasota chiropractor and close friend of Gov. Charlie Crist who's been pressuring the Florida Department of Health to hand over sealed immunization records to a father-son team of anti-vaccination advocates.There a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Gary Kompothecras, Crist Supporter, Tries to Bully Health Officials

    Gary Kompothecras, a chiropractor based out of Sarasota, has been pressuring Department of Health official to turn over sealed immunization records. "Dr. Gary," as he's called, wants those  records turned over to father-son duo, Dr. Mark and David Geier, crusaders for the "vaccinations cause au ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Morning Juice: Hollywood May Learn From Sins of Past; Keechl Pays It Backward

    ​The local headlines this Monday morning:Hollywood's charter review committee has drafted a list of ethics reforms that would try to prevent incidents like the one that got former commissioner Keith Wasserstrom thrown in jail. But those reforms still need the support of the city seven commissioner ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Chinese Drywall Has Left Tens of Thousands of Homeowners Out of Options

    ​The local headlines this Monday morning:Hollywood's charter review committee has drafted a list of ethics reforms that would try to prevent incidents like the one that got former commissioner Keith Wasserstrom thrown in jail. But those reforms still need the support of the city seven commissioner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Tattoo Take 2! Eleanor Sobel Takes Another Shot at Bill Regulating Tattoo Industry

    Flickr: MettaMommaSobel​Six months after Florida tattooists organized, hired a lobbyist, and gunned down her bill regulating the industry, Sen. Eleanor Sobel will introduce a new bill -- this time with those same adversaries as allies.We told you last week how Fort Lauderdale tattooist Stevie Moon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Finally - Some Swine Flu Vaccine!

    ​Here's a cut-and-paste press release about where and when you can -- finally -- get the swine flu vaccine. Officials at the Broward County Health Department announced Broward County's first H1N1 Vaccination Clinic which shall be open to all members of the public starting Monday, November 30, 2009 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Embattled Coral Springs Physician Refuses Settlement in Wrong Side Surgery Case

    Flickr: Alphafish​Last week, we told you about Dr. Bernard Zaragoza, the Harvard-educated surgeon who in 2007 operated on an 83-year-old man who had an inflamed gallbladder. Zaragoza was supposed to remove the gallbladder but took out the man's kidney instead.However innocent the mistake was, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Coral Springs Surgeon Takes Out the Wrong Thing

    Flickr: carrierCan you find the gallbladder in this photo?​In June 2007, an 83-year-old man went to the Northwest Medical Center in Margate to have his inflamed gallbladder removed. The surgeon took out the man's kidney instead. Dr. Bernard Zaragoza told the Florida Medical Board that he was "comp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Transsexual Charged Again With Back-Alley Silicone Injections

    via Flagler County Sheriff's OfficeThe male-to-female transsexual sent to jail after a client's botched cosmetic procedure ended in death was arrested again this morning. Flagler County cops and Florida Department of Health raided the quiet, two-story home of Donnie Hendrix at 8 a.m. They collared ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2009

    The Underworld of Steroids and Cops in Broward

    This story on the underbelly of the cops-and-steroids trade can use a bit of an intro. First, Marty Hommel, the former Plantation police officer who told me about his personal use of steroids, was an open book who should be commended for his honesty. All he wanted to do was clear his ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Underground steroids-to-cops pipeline comes into focus

    This story on the underbelly of the cops-and-steroids trade can use a bit of an intro. First, Marty Hommel, the former Plantation police officer who told me about his personal use of steroids, was an open book who should be commended for his honesty. All he wanted to do was clear his ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2009

    Death by Silicone

    She served time for illegally performing plastic surgery. Now Donnie Hendrix tells her tale

  • News

    March 13, 2008

    The Muscle Men

    Inside the "Rejuvenation Centers" at the heart of the nation's largest illegal steroid and HGH operation

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Bitter Pill

    Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    DeGroot's Open Letter To Citizen Zell

    Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

  • News

    August 9, 2007

    Raw Power

    Just released from prison, Miami hip-hop icon DJ Raw is ready for the takeover

  • News

    January 25, 2007

    Going to Plan T

    Obfuscation made things worse in North Broward hospitals, so the brass is trying the truth option

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    Dangerous Designs

    That temporary tattoo could be with you for a long, long time

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    The Protection Racket

    And the band plays on

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Granny's Roughnecks

    Out at Mack's, there are skeeters, gators, fried catfish, pig hunts, and freedom -- with a few strings attached

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    Cardiac Cronies

    Enough waste and mismanagement to make you blow a valve

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    A Screw Loose

    Sein Lwin is a political expert. Medicine? Well, that's something else altogether.

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Don't Drink the Water

    A deceptive city manager. A Machiavellian administrator. An incompetent lab director. Are the Pompano taps to be trusted?

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Requiem for a Butcher

    Need a tummy tuck? Plastic surgeon Jerry Lingle may not be your guy.

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Awful Fishy

    For Broward's canal fisherman, potentially toxic levels of mercury are a part of the catch of the day

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    The Doctor Will Sell You Now

    Supplied by Rexall Showcase of Boca Raton, doctors and other distributors are pitching alternative forms of medicine that may not work in ways that may not be legal

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Your Worst Nightmare

    Welcome to Riviera Beach, home of slums, violent crime, a police department in turmoil, political hit lists, union busters, angry ex-wives, junkyard insurrections, and Zedrick Dwayne Barber, South Florida's most-investigated cop

  • News

    July 23, 1998

    Weird Science

    The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Cause of Death: Excessive Privacy

    You can die HIV-positive in Broward County, and your sexual partners will never know

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Enough to Make You Sick

    The CDC is trying to determine what the residents of downtown Belle Glade already know -- that poverty, drugs, and prostitution are bad for your health

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    Letters

    The CDC is trying to determine what the residents of downtown Belle Glade already know -- that poverty, drugs, and prostitution are bad for your health

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Home Alone

    After years of struggling to get her disabled son, Jimmy, into a reputable full-care facility, Micki Burton thought she'd found just the place. But she may have lost a son.

  • News

    December 25, 1997

    The Killing Fields

    For 24 years toxic soot from the Wingate dump rained down on Leola McCoy and her neighbors. She calls it environmental racism.

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