March 6, 2020 by John Fernandez
Tele-Health and Coronavirus: See a Doctor...
Overall, most cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, involve mild symptoms,...
Roundup: FDA to Ban Sale of e-Cigarettes...
The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a long-anticipated rule for regulating e-cigarettes, cigars, hookahs and other tobacco products. The rule includes banning the sale...
May 6, 2016 / 4 min read
One-Third of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are ‘Unnecessary,’ CDC...
Most of these unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for respiratory conditions caused by viruses – including common colds, and viral sinus and ear infections – which do...
May 4, 2016 / 2 min read
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
Community Health: Taking On the Obesity Epidemic
Community Health is promoting healthy eating and physical activity across South Florida -- and hopefully make a dent in the nation’s obesity epidemic.
April 19, 2016 / 3 min read
Get Into Better Shape With (a Little)...
Researchers found that a small dose of dark chocolate every day (1.4 ounces, or about a square and a half, depending on the brand) improved...
April 14, 2016 / 2 min read
Constipation: When Is It Time to Tell...
Constipation is defined as fewer than three bowel movements per week, or a hard, small stool (even if the bowels move daily).
April 7, 2016 / 3 min read
Preventing Chronic Disease at West Kendall Baptist...
“Take control of your health!” That was the resounding message at a roundtable discussion where West Kendall Baptist Hospital and the Florida Partnership to Fight...
April 5, 2016 / 1 min read
Roundup: Global Obesity Rate Has Soared, Study...
Currently, more than one in eight adults are now obese globally-- a ratio that has more than doubled since 1975 and could surge to one...
April 1, 2016 / 2 min read
