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,...
What is a Patient Family Advisory Council?
As healthcare continues to move towards patient- and family-centered care, it is important for healthcare providers to listen and act on what the patient and...
May 7, 2014 / 3 min read
Telestroke Improves Time-Sensitive Care
Through Telestroke, patients with stroke symptoms at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, which already provides primary stroke care, will have immediate 24-hour access to neurologists at...
May 6, 2014 / 3 min read
More Treatments for Fibroids
Although women of any age can experience fibroids, they become more common as women get older, especially from their 30s and 40s through menopause. Who’s...
April 24, 2014 / 3 min read
Does Gluten Affect the Brain?
There’s certainly been a lot of talk about gluten. That’s because many experts believe that more than 50 percent of Americans are gluten sensitive to...
April 9, 2014 / 3 min read
Study Shows Surgery Promising for Resolving Diabetes
Are you overweight? Do you have Type 2 Diabetes? If so, weight-loss surgery can be a major factor in reversing your diabetes and improving...
April 2, 2014 / 2 min read
Kidneys, Our Bodies’ Filter
If you’ve ever experienced a kidney infection or passed a kidney stone, you know not to take these valuable organs for granted, as you likely...
March 20, 2014 / 3 min read
Health Challenge for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Here’s my personal 90-day health challenge. During the next three months, I plan to tackle the preventive and cancer screenings that I’ve been putting off....
March 18, 2014 / 3 min read
Football Helmets Offer Little Protection from Concussions
Football helmets only reduce the risk of traumatic brain injury by 20 percent, compared to not wearing a helmet, according to preliminary results of a...
March 14, 2014 / 2 min read
Stress—What a Pain!
C’mon! You know that treadmill of pain: When you’re hurting, you think about your pain and thinking about pain makes you ache and obsess even...
March 10, 2014 / 2 min read
New Stroke Guidelines for Women
To improve awareness among women and physicians, guidelines have been specifically created for the first time to better help prevent stroke in women.
March 7, 2014 / 2 min read
