Wellness & Prevention


Safe Travel: Driving While Alert

Safety tips about toys, candles, electric lights and drunk-driving are important messages during the holiday season. But warnings about the dangers of driving while tired...

December 20, 2013 / 3 min read


7 Tips for Healthier Holidays

The holidays bring many joys, such as family get-togethers and gift exchanges. But this time of year is also known for the stress from deadlines,...

December 16, 2013 / 2 min read


The Best of Times, Worst of Times:...

In September, Tobi Ash looked at her calendar and faced her first year of holidays without her father, Chaim Grosz, who recently passed away. Such...

December 10, 2013 / 2 min read


‘Tis the Season for Injuries

There’s no doubt about it – we’re officially in the middle of the 2013 holiday season. While this time of year is full of family...

December 9, 2013 / 4 min read


Prescriptions for Pill Safety

It’s easy!  Take this Pill Quiz: Are your doctors up to speed on the contents of your medicine cabinet? Are all of your specialists informed...

December 4, 2013 / 3 min read


Infection Protection

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that many Americans – up to a third or more in some studies – don’t...

December 3, 2013 / 3 min read


Coping with Menopause

What was once considered a taboo topic of conversation among women has become the focus of an off-Broadway smash hit – menopause.  And like in...

December 2, 2013 / 3 min read


'Paws' for Healing

Every week at South Miami Hospital and Doctors Hospital, some patients are visited by four-legged guests whose sole purpose is to brighten the patients’ day...

November 27, 2013 / 1 min read


Getting the Facts About Diabetes

If you have diabetes you’re not alone. Nearly 26 million adults and children — 8 percent of the population — in the U.S. have diabetes,...

November 26, 2013 / 2 min read


West Kendall Rallies to be Healthy

West Kendall Baptist Hospital has joined with community partners, including Miami-Dade County Commissioner Juan Carlos Zapata and the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, to...

November 25, 2013 / 1 min read