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Bethany Rundell

Singing the Praises of New Radiation Treatment

A lung cancer diagnosis nearly silenced Graham Mozelous’ passion for singing forever, when he needed to have parts of both his lungs removed to treat...

August 5, 2013 / 1 min read

A Cord that Ties Us Together

Last week, cable news outlets and social media displayed photos of former president George H.W. Bush with a bald head, holding a young child, with...

July 31, 2013 / 2 min read

Relief from Ankle Pain

Ankle injuries are common and can negatively affect people who suffer from persistent pain, swelling and instability. Baptist Health Medical Group orthopedic surgeon Thomas San...

July 24, 2013 / 1 min read

Baptist Health Hospitals Again Named to Prestigious...

Much like movie industry executives await the Oscar nomination list every January, hospitals look forward to July, when U.S. News & World Report releases its...

July 16, 2013 / 2 min read

The Health ‘Hook’ of Safe Fishing

For avid fishermen, fishing is fun.  Usually they don’t think about the health benefits of fishing to the body and mind. Yet, research tells us fishing promotes...

July 11, 2013 / 2 min read

Homegrown Goods Grow Hometown Pride

No doubt about it – Mariners Hospital helped weave the Tavernier community of the upper Florida Keys.  So it’s no surprise the 51-year-old hospital’s employees...

July 11, 2013 / 1 min read

First Scarless Robotic Hysterectomy Patient Talks

In May at South Miami Hospital, Miami gynecologic oncologist Ricardo Estape, M.D., performed South Florida’s first single-incision robotic hysterectomy on Rosa Pazos of Miramar. In...

June 26, 2013 / 1 min read

Miami Celebrates Another HEAT Championship

As a caravan of flat-bed 18-wheelers and double-decker buses traveled Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard, carrying the 2013 NBA Champion Miami HEAT players, coaches and their families,...

June 24, 2013 / 2 min read

American Medical Association: ‘Obesity Is a Disease’

The American Medical Association (AMA) made headlines this week when a delegation of members declared obesity as a bona fide disease. For one in three...

June 19, 2013 / 2 min read

Surgery Offers the Gift of a Smile

For the 12th year, doctors, nurses and surgical staff from Baptist Children’s Hospital donated their time to restore smiles to children, whose deformities had dulled...

June 17, 2013 / 2 min read