February 28, 2020 by John Fernandez
Roundup: Big Breakfast Benefit; Vitamin D...
A Big Breakfast, Small Dinner Combination is Best for Weight Control, New...
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
News Roundup: Exercise Linked to Life Span,...
Exercise Linked to Life Span. Reducing Sugar Can Improve Kids' Health in 10 Days.
October 30, 2015 / 3 min read
5 Tips For Curbing Candy Overload
the average trick-or-treat haul contains three cups of sugar and 4,800 calories. Cathy Clark-Reyes, a registered dietitian with Baptist Health Primary Care, offers these tips...
October 30, 2015 / 2 min read
Pediatricians Call for Raising Smoking Age to...
"The developing brains of children and teens are particularly vulnerable to nicotine, which is why the growing popularity of e-cigarettes among adolescents is so alarming...
October 26, 2015 / 2 min read
3 Ways This Year’s Flu Shots Are...
Each year on average, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from seasonal flu-related...
October 19, 2015 / 2 min read
Watch Now: Neissa’s Life-Saving Surgery
(VIDEO: A team of specialists discusses the complexities of removing a massive tumor from 8-year-old Neissa Azor’s face.) When Neissa Azor crossed paths with Elaine...
October 15, 2015 / 2 min read
Watch Now: Late Bedtimes Linked to Weight...
If you’re hoping to avoid weight gain, here’s one fattening recipe to skip: a late bedtime. Teen and adults with late bedtimes on weeknights are...
October 13, 2015 / 2 min read
Flu Shots Before Halloween, Florida Says; Test...
Your Halloween to-do lists should include an annual flu shot, says Florida State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health John Armstrong, M.D. This week, the...
October 9, 2015 / 4 min read
E-Cigarette Use Rises to 16% of High...
A new report from the Florida Department Health finds that current e-cigarette use among high school students has increased from 5.4 percent in 2013 to...
October 2, 2015 / 4 min read
High School Football: New Lesson on Concussions
Beginning this football season, all high school athletes in Florida must complete courses on concussions provided by the National Federation of State High School Associations...
October 1, 2015 / 2 min read
