April 7, 2020 by John Fernandez
Supermarket Social Distancing, Avoiding Myths &...
Coronavirus treatment myths could be harmful and should be avoided. But social...
Spotting Not-So-Obvious Vision Problems in Kids
How can parents tell if their kids — from toddlers to preschoolers — are having vision problems? The most obvious sign is frequent squinting, or...
February 7, 2017 / 2 min read
What’s a ‘Coronary Calcium Score’ and Who...
Calcium usually has a good reputation as an important element in building strong, dense bones. But calcium is also a contributing factor in atherosclerosis, a...
February 6, 2017 / 2 min read
Fever in Children: When to Worry
With reports of flu cases at elevated levels in nearly all regions of the country, health officials are urging adults and children to take precautions to...
February 3, 2017 / 2 min read
Bilateral Knee Replacement: A Grateful Patient’s Story
A cancer survivor, Maria Lopez, 65, can now add bilateral knee replacement to her list of personal triumphs. In early 2016, while Lopez was at...
February 2, 2017 / 1 min read
Saving Your Vision From Glaucoma
It’s not exactly a scientific analogy, but ophthalmologist Aarup Kubal, M.D., likes to compare glaucoma to clogged pipes. “When I talk to patients, I describe...
January 31, 2017 / 3 min read
2017 Miami Marathon and Half Marathon (Video)
An international field of 25,000 runners from 80 countries made their way to the start line of the 15th edition of the Miami Marathon and...
January 29, 2017 / 1 min read
Roundup: 1 in 3 Adults Misdiagnosed as...
As many as one in three adults who’ve been diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the chronic respiratory disorder, a new study has found....
January 27, 2017 / 3 min read
Miami Cancer Institute Grand Opening (Video)
A ceremonial ribbon cutting on a picture-perfect South Florida evening officially marked the opening of Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida. The state-of-the...
January 26, 2017 / 1 min read
Fungus Among Us: Are You at Risk?
There’s a fungus out there that doesn’t want to be cured. Similar to how some bacterial infections have become resistant to antibiotics, certain strains of...
January 26, 2017 / 2 min read
Why They Run (Part II): Marathoners Share...
In the second of our two-part series, four more participants training for the Miami Marathon and Half Marathon on January 29 share their inspiring stories....
January 25, 2017 / 6 min read
