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Keeping Your Balance in Life (Literally)
Little kids twirl and turn in dizzying circles for fun, arms outstretched, until they fall to the grass and watch the sky appear to spin....
December 9, 2015 / 4 min read
Robot Aids in Minimally Invasive Cancer Procedures
Interventional radiologist Ripal Gandhi, M.D., recently performed one of the world’s first robotic radioembolizations for primary liver cancer at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
November 4, 2015 / 3 min read
New Cancer Treatments Rooted in Nobel Winners’...
By figuring out various pieces of the DNA repair cells, the Nobel scientists laid the groundwork for the “translational research” that has created medical applications.
October 27, 2015 / 2 min read
Survival of the Finger-Less: A Not-So-Routine Case
Baptist Health plastic surgeon Joel Levin, M.D., received an urgent call to help a patient with a spreading infection in the bone of her right...
March 19, 2013 / 2 min read
New Strategies Help Stem Rising Injuries Among...
The rise of organized and competitive sports among youth has led to a corresponding rise in injuries and new strategies to prevent them. “We don’t...
March 5, 2013 / 4 min read
Hope and Healing: New program at Baptist...
Three words on the memorial service bulletin of Sheila M. Dietz summed up her philosophy of life: Kindness to others. “That was her mantra,” said...
December 11, 2012 / 3 min read
A Teenager's Landmark Robotic Rescue
Jonathan Muniz was registering for an accelerated high school program last summer when he doubled over, gasping for air. “I couldn’t get a breath in...
December 3, 2012 / 2 min read
Robotic Revolution: It was Science Fiction Not...
A surgeon sits at a video console, using joysticks and foot pedals to control three robotic arms suspended over a patient on the nearby operating...
November 21, 2012 / 3 min read
Cool and Cancer-Free
Alma Pol was enjoying her young adulthood in Miami and her fast-paced career working in public relations for the judicial courts when a routine Pap...
November 20, 2012 / 2 min read