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Solar Eclipse: Protecting Your Eyes From the...
Never look at the sun directly, your mom may have told you more than once. And she was right. This is also true during the...
August 16, 2017 / 2 min read
How Exercise Can Beat Cancer-Related Fatigue
The benefits of regular exercise to reach or maintain a healthy weight or combat chronic disease are well established. Now, you can add cancer-related fatigue...
August 15, 2017 / 2 min read
Sleep Health 101: Getting Kids Ready for...
South Florida’s public schools reopen on Aug. 21, but sleep health experts say that parents need to start re-orienting their kids back into an early-to-bed...
August 7, 2017 / 1 min read
Dietary Supplements Increasingly Harmful to Kids, New...
New research adds dietary supplements commonly found in the home as a potential health risk to children. A new study finds that U.S. Poison Control...
July 26, 2017 / 3 min read
Roundup: Diet Sodas Linked to Weight Gain,...
Diet sodas continue to be the recipient of negative publicity related to health risks. The latest study finds that these diet drinks, which many Americans...
July 21, 2017 / 4 min read
McCain’s Brain Cancer Diagnosis: A Tough Battle...
The type of brain tumor that doctors removed from Senator John McCain last week is known as a glioblastoma, a highly malignant form of cancer...
July 20, 2017 / 2 min read
Broccoli Reasserts Its Super-Food Status
Move over kale, you’ve been getting too much attention as a “super food” lately. Broccoli is taking center stage again — even though it’s always...
July 18, 2017 / 2 min read
Spotlight on Meningiomas as Celebrity Battles Brain...
Actress and television host Maria Menounos, 39, revealed this month that she was diagnosed earlier this year with a golf ball-size “meningioma” brain tumor and...
July 12, 2017 / 3 min read
How Much Water Do You Really Need?...
Have you noticed more friends or co-workers walking around with a bottle of water, determined to meet their quota for the day? The practice is...
July 6, 2017 / 2 min read
Roundup: ‘Hand-Foot-Mouth’ Disease Common in Summer, CDC...
“Hand, foot, and mouth” disease is common in infants and young children, and there seems to be an uptick in cases nationwide, based on updated...
July 3, 2017 / 3 min read