Health Alerts


Watch Now: Germ-Zapping Robot at Doctors Hospital

(VIDEO: Watch “Magneto,” Doctors Hospital’s Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot in action, and hear why it is making a difference in patient safety.) It may look like...

November 18, 2014 / 1 min read


Colorectal Cancer Rates Up for Young Adults,...

Colorectal cancer — colon and rectal cancer — rates are down overall, but up sharply for younger people between the ages of 20 to 49,...

November 18, 2014 / 3 min read


Medicare to Cover Lung Cancer Screenings, Eye...

Medicare will soon start paying for annual lung cancer screenings for people at high risk. Eye infections increase. Smartphones linked to injuries to small kids.

November 14, 2014 / 3 min read


Baptist Hospital Receives Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification...

(VIDEO: Sergio M. Gonzalez-Arias, M.D., medical director of the Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, discusses the significance of the Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification) Baptist Hospital joins...

November 12, 2014 / 1 min read


Heart Health Risks Spur Stricter Rules for...

Now the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to impose stricter limitations on the testosterone drug industry at a time when such medications are...

November 10, 2014 / 2 min read


Cervical Cancer Warning, Preemie Births Decline &...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning to about 8 million women — ages 21 to 65 — who...

November 7, 2014 / 3 min read


Scary Reports: The Latest on Sugar, Coffee...

Is that sweet can of soda leaving a bitter aftertaste on your skin and other organs? Can a daily dose of 20 ounces of soda...

October 31, 2014 / 3 min read


5 Ways to Control Your Child’s Sweet...

The average trick-or-treat haul contains three cups of sugar and 4,800 calories, according to researchers. For many families, Halloween is the first in a series...

October 30, 2014 / 3 min read


Ebola Preparedness: FIU Expert Stresses Vigilance, Education...

(VIDEO: Dr. Aileen Marty talks about the importance of containing the spread of the deadly Ebola virus) A wide range of topics related to Ebola...

October 24, 2014 / 1 min read


5 Myths About the Flu

Every year in the U.S. about 200,000 people are hospitalized and up to 36,000 die because of complications from the seasonal flu, a highly contagious...

October 22, 2014 / 2 min read