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• The city of Ocala has decided to keep putting fluoride in the water, after county health officials warned that stopping fluoridation would lead to an increase in tooth decay.
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• The first case in 2018 of a disease that can cause paralysis in children has been confirmed by the Florida Department of Health.
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• Dr. Mohsin Jaffer still wonders what would have happened if he knew his friend wanted to die. The South Florida gerontologist says his friend was a “Robin Williams type” – jolly and jocular on the outside, deeply depressed in private. After hearing some bad news, his friend killed himself with a gun. The doctor still questions what would happened if he’d asked the questions he asks all his depressed patients: Do you have a gun in your home? Is it secure? Can you give it to someone else to hold for you? Under a Florida law that’s currently blocked and still fighting its way through the court system, Jaffer would face stiff fines and could lose his medical license for …
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