February 28, 2020 by John Fernandez
Roundup: Big Breakfast Benefit; Vitamin D...
A Big Breakfast, Small Dinner Combination is Best for Weight Control, New...
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
Oh Babies!
As the classic holiday song goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” While it’s not exactly the holiday season yet, for thousands of...
September 21, 2013 / 3 min read
Talk to Your Kids about Drugs
Many children and teens are faced with the decision to try tobacco drugs or alcohol. Is your child equipped to handle this pressure? Kids say...
September 13, 2013 / 3 min read
Kids Beating Cancer
Childhood cancer survivorship is rising and that’s good news. “In 1965, if a child was diagnosed with cancer, there wasn’t anything a parent could do...
September 9, 2013 / 2 min read
Ways to Help Obese Kids and Teens
Seventy percent of obese kids have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease and nearly 40 percent of have two or more risk factors,...
September 5, 2013 / 3 min read
Advisory: Mosquitoes & Dengue Fever
A local division of the Florida Department of Health has issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory for Miami-Dade County. The advisory follows a report about Miami-Dade County’s first confirmed case of locally transmitted dengue fever this year. Additionally, there...
August 30, 2013 / 2 min read
Cool Treatment Helps Babies Survive
When Anthony Iglesias was born on Thanksgiving Day 2011, neither his delivery nor the next 72 hours were what his parents expected. During his birth...
August 26, 2013 / 2 min read
Facts Behind Backpack Safety
Habitually carrying backpacks over one shoulder will make muscles strain, stressing the middle back, ribs and lower back -- more on one side than the...
August 23, 2013 / 2 min read
Beware of Bullying
Most of us recall a time during our childhood when we were poked fun of or witnessed another child being picked on by someone. You...
August 20, 2013 / 3 min read
