Education


News Roundup: Most Cancers Due to Lifestyle...

Luck does not play the biggest role in a person's likelihood of getting cancer. The biggest risk factors for cancer involve lifestyle choices and the...

December 18, 2015 / 3 min read


First Aid for Seizures

Convulsions, tonic-clonic or grand mal seizures, happen without warning to epileptics and non-epileptics. Learn how to help during and after a seizure.

December 16, 2015 / 3 min read


Watch Now: South Miami Expands Wound Care...

November is National Diabetes Month, an annual observation with the goal of creating more awareness about diabetes, a disease that affects millions of adults and...

November 23, 2015 / 1 min read


Smokeout: 5 Steps to Help You Quit

About 42 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, and tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.

November 19, 2015 / 4 min read


Watch Now: Celebrating Life at NICU Reunion

Persistent rain could not dampen the spirits of babies and their families as they celebrated life at the 23rd Annual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)...

November 18, 2015 / 1 min read


Extreme Preemies: Survival of the Tiniest

Big advances in maternal and neonatal care over the last 20 years are helping the tiniest infants survive. In the early 1990s, just over one...

November 17, 2015 / 3 min read


Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers

When you hear about someone having lung cancer, you likely wonder – if not ask aloud – whether the person smoked. For a majority of...

November 11, 2015 / 2 min read


Diabetes and Your Vision: 3 Things You...

Diabetes is also the leading cause of new cases of blindness among working-age adults. If you are diagnosed with diabetes, special care should be taken...

November 10, 2015 / 1 min read


Keeping Your Bladder Healthy

Awareness of common conditions that affect the bladder, such as urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis and recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) can help with early detection...

November 9, 2015 / 3 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