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First Scarless Robotic Hysterectomy Patient Talks

In May at South Miami Hospital, Miami gynecologic oncologist Ricardo Estape, M.D., performed South Florida’s first single-incision robotic hysterectomy on Rosa Pazos of Miramar. In...

June 26, 2013 / 1 min read


Miami Celebrates Another HEAT Championship

As a caravan of flat-bed 18-wheelers and double-decker buses traveled Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard, carrying the 2013 NBA Champion Miami HEAT players, coaches and their families,...

June 24, 2013 / 2 min read


Skin Cancer Does Not Discriminate

An aggressive form of skin cancer silenced the living voice of Bob Marley, the legendary reggae star, who died more than three decades ago in...

June 21, 2013 / 2 min read


American Medical Association: ‘Obesity Is a Disease’

The American Medical Association (AMA) made headlines this week when a delegation of members declared obesity as a bona fide disease. For one in three...

June 19, 2013 / 2 min read


Tips for Accurate Mammograms

Several weeks have passed since Angelina Jolie’s eye-opening op-ed article in the New York Times about her double mastectomy and the subsequent flood of attention...

June 19, 2013 / 3 min read


Surgery Offers the Gift of a Smile

For the 12th year, doctors, nurses and surgical staff from Baptist Children’s Hospital donated their time to restore smiles to children, whose deformities had dulled...

June 17, 2013 / 2 min read


Are You a HEAT Fan-atic?

LeBron James, D-Wade and other members of the Miami HEAT are regular dinner guests at my home, as my family tunes in to watch our...

June 6, 2013 / 2 min read


Saving Sarah

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Mariners Hospital takes pride in caring for the members of its community.  And...

June 3, 2013 / 2 min read


8 Tips to Weather the Storms

Admit it – you’re one of those people lined up at Publix or Home Depot 24 hours before a hurricane threatens the area. You think...

May 31, 2013 / 6 min read


World No Tobacco Day

Today is World No Tobacco Day, and I know that if you are a smoker, you’re saying to yourself, “Why don’t they just leave me...

May 31, 2013 / 2 min read