ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
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SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
Credit: CBS NEWS A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has taken on a bureaucratic nightmare the very sick have found themselves in when trying to get help — the nightmare of communicating their health history from one doctor to the next, one medical center to the next. Entering the headquarters of Anil Sethi’s Silicon Valley startup, a painting of a free-spirited woman is in the place where a corporate logo might otherwise loom large. The artist depicted one person: His little sister, Tania. “Tania was always more spirit than flesh,” Sethi told CBS News’ Dana Jacobson. When she was 46 years old, doctors at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center gave Tania two weeks to live. “She always thought she could beat this. She tried a bunch of different kinds of therapies,” Sethi said. Sethi joined Tania on her journey to fight end-stage metastatic breast cancer. He brought support and thought his knowledge of the health care system would be a plus. “I’ve been doing what I do now for a little over three decades, and what I do is electronic health records,” said Sethi. He took a leave from Apple, which had recently acquired his health care company. It was during this time he noticed some things in how medical information was shared. “While I was following her around during her treatment in that last year, she was seen at a ton of places, and that means she left a breadcrumb trail of her medical information behind her wherever she went. And it just is fragmented,” Sethi recalled. “Health care is still using a lot of fax and pagers, and this is the 21st century,” said Sethi. Disparate medical-record keeping in the 21st century was a gut punch Lynette McMahon didn’t need either. She was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, which is bile duct cancer. Chemotherapy had helped, but she wanted to be in a clinical trial matched to her and her disease — something Sethi also wanted for his sister. “I was sitting in her hospital room at Hopkins, and I’m furiously going through all the clinical trial websites that are out there but I can’t find anything. The organization isn’t meant to be searched,” he said. If there was anything to save his sister, he couldn’t find it. Tania would lose her battle to cancer. “She was telling me, ‘Well, what are you going to do?’ And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ She goes, after I die. And I said, ‘Look, I don’t know.’ And she said, ‘Well, here’s what you’re not going to, you’re not going to retire, and you’re not going to take a sabbatical, and you’re not going to go to the beach.’ And I said, ‘Yes, ma’am.’ And I know that was the initial motivation for Tania to push me to do this work,” Sethi said. His sister’s last wish was for him to use his experience to help everyday citizens cut through a bogged-down medical bureaucracy. He founded a company, and named it Ciitizen. It’s an online system for patients to upload and digitally house their medical records. The service is free to all patients. McMahon was an early adapter, with results. “I was getting ready to go back on chemo, and just at that time, Ciitizen sent me an email, said, by the way, we were looking over your data. Here’s some clinical trials we think you’d be interested in,'” McMahon said. A week later, she started treatment, “and it’s because Ciitizen sent me that information.” Ciitizen is now in it’s third year, and Sethi is fueled by an unrepeatable motto under the painting of his sister to get back at cancer. Cancer patients are the starting point, but he is determined to give all citizens, sick or not, their own special place for their medical records, and match those who are sick to trials. “When Tania died, I saw what happened in her medical records. And all the good stuff is in the clinical notes. And that isn’t available. And I know how to get that. So a lot of jigsaw puzzle pieces fell together, and it just made sense,” Sethi said.