April 7, 2020 by John Fernandez
Supermarket Social Distancing, Avoiding Myths &...
Coronavirus treatment myths could be harmful and should be avoided. But social...
Air Quality and Your Health
Air quality not only affects our breathing, but also our overall health, especially for people with chronic health conditions like asthma, COPD and congestive heart...
May 3, 2016 / 3 min read
Melanoma: Start Your Monthly Skin Checkup
More than 10,000 people are projected to die from melanoma in the United States in 2016, but the two most common forms of skin cancer,...
May 2, 2016 / 2 min read
Roundup: ‘Severe Obesity’ Rate Among U.S. Children...
From infancy through age 18, rates of obesity have increased steadily from 1999 to 2014, and the number of children with the severest forms of...
April 29, 2016 / 2 min read
West Kendall Baptist Hospital Celebrates 5th Anniversary...
A celebration of community health and fitness was held on the lake at West Kendall Baptist Hospital to mark the 5th anniversary of service to...
April 28, 2016 / 1 min read
Early-Age Breast Cancer: What Young Women Need...
(VIDEO: Starr Mautner, M.D., a breast surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute, discusses treatments for breast cancer in young women.) Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer...
April 27, 2016 / 3 min read
Minority Health Month: Wellness and Prevention (Infographic)
April is National Minority Health Month. Every year heart disease, cancer and chronic conditions claim a heavy toll on all Americans, but minority communities —...
April 26, 2016 / 3 min read
Advances in Treating Head and Neck Cancers
Advances in surgical techniques, specifically minimally invasive surgical techniques, allow surgeons to remove many more tumors.
April 25, 2016 / 3 min read
Roundup: Aggressive Treatment of ‘Mini-Strokes’ Cuts Risk...
Patients who received medical attention with 24 hours of having a mini-stroke performed better on health assessments.
April 22, 2016 / 3 min read
Walking School Bus for Earth Day in...
It was an early Earth Day start for West Kendall Baptist Hospital’s Green Team and Healthy West Kendall Coalition Members as they joined Miami-Dade County...
April 22, 2016 / 1 min read
Earth Day 2016: Less Waste; More Eco-Friendly...
(Image: At South Miami Hospital, food waste is now turned into water, thanks to a new machine called the ORCA. Dietary employee Monica Vidales Pascual...
April 22, 2016 / 3 min read
