April 8, 2020 by Adrienne Sylver
Cancer Clinical Trials: The Impact of...
Clinical research trials can be lifesaving for many cancer patients. They provide...
Are eCigarettes a Safer Smoking Alternative?
Driving through town or walking in a strip mall, you can’t go far without bumping into a storefront full of pen-sized contraptions and colorful bottles...
November 21, 2013 / 2 min read
Smoke-out Lung Cancer
This month is Lung Cancer Awareness month and there is much talk about lung cancer and quitting smoking. Smoking is dangerous. It not only affects...
November 18, 2013 / 2 min read
Women and Alcohol: The New Truths
Alcohol addiction is an equal opportunity health risk, with little concern about income, education or gender. Just ask Elizabeth Vargas, the 51-year-old anchorwoman for ABC’s...
November 14, 2013 / 3 min read
Leukemia Patients Have More Hope Than Ever
When you hear the word leukemia, your mind automatically goes to the past, when there was little hope of survival. Today, things have changed for...
November 13, 2013 / 2 min read
Break Free! Leave Restroom Stops Behind
Turn on any network news show on any given morning or early evening and you’re sure to see a commercial for a bladder-control product or...
November 11, 2013 / 3 min read
Big Advances for the Tiniest Patients
In our modern world of digital photography and social media, very few people have not encountered a photo or video of tiny babies born into...
November 4, 2013 / 3 min read
From Glee to Reality: Teens, Prescription Drugs...
The topic of teenage drug abuse dramatically upstaged other plot lines on Glee, a popular television show about a high school singing club. Addiction took...
October 24, 2013 / 3 min read
Doc Talk: Sounds from the Sidelines
When the Miami Central Senior High Rockets took on the Miami Norland Vikings on Friday night at Traz Powell Stadium in a 56-to-6 victory, many...
October 14, 2013 / 1 min read
Break Repairs: Casting vs. Splinting
Most cases of arm or leg fractures require splinting before a cast is molded. But splints for broken bones seem to have gotten a bit...
October 11, 2013 / 2 min read
Pretty Shoes, Painful Feet?
I love my stilettos; but it’s a dysfunctional relationship. I walk on eggshells and pinched toes to make it all work. At the end of...
October 9, 2013 / 3 min read
