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Healthy Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

The recipes below - Turkey and Green Bean Salad and Turkey Sweet Potato Chili - take some of the common Turkey Day leftovers and turn...

November 20, 2014 / 2 min read


Smokeout: Reclaim Your Health by Quitting Now

Tobacco use is still the single-largest "preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States," says the American Cancer Society (ACS).

November 19, 2014 / 3 min read


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


Personalized Treatments Can Help COPD Patients Breathe...

Innovative treatments are available to help the estimated 12 million Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) breathe a bit easier A personalized treatment plan...

November 17, 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


Watch Now: Open Enrollment for Medicare

Mark your calendar: Open Enrollment for Medicare continues through Sunday, Dec. 7. Nearly 50 million Americans are covered by Medicare, a federal health insurance program...

November 14, 2014 / 2 min read


A Room Like a Womb

“It’s a fact that a single NICU room is a tremendous benefit to baby and mom,” said neonatologist Jorge E. Perez, M.D., medical director of...

November 13, 2014 / 2 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


Watch Now: NICU Reunion at Baptist Children's...

Hundreds turned out for the 22nd annual reunion at the George Batchelor/Gloria Vasta Lewis Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Baptist Children’s Hospital. Former patients...

November 10, 2014 / 1 min read