When Does a Runny Nose Require Medical...
After two or three days, clear mucus may change to a white, yellow, or green color. This is is usually...
January 21, 2020
Antibiotic Resistance on the Rise — Here’s...
Antibiotics used as frontline treatment to fight bacterial infections have saved millions of lives, but a new report is raising...
November 14, 2018
Why Everyday Should Be ‘Hand Hygiene Day’
Good health is in your hands. Washing your hands properly and frequently is the best way of protecting you and...
May 4, 2017
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...
January 26, 2017
Watch Now: Contact Lens Safety Tips
Leonard Feldman, M.D., an ophthalmologist with the Baptist Eye Surgery Center at Sunrise, offers tips on preventing eye infections due...
July 21, 2015
CDC: Flu Hits Epidemic Level; Tips for...
The CDC’s assessment of an "epidemic" flu level is based on reports of high rates of “influenza-like illness” from Florida...
January 5, 2015
CDC: Chance of Severe Flu Season, Toy...
The 2014-2015 flu season could be “severe,” and much of the influenza virus already in circulation has mutated and is...
December 5, 2014
Overusing Antibiotics?
Unfortunately, a widespread and growing misuse of antibiotics is posing a potential threat that may lead to future antibiotic-resistant infections,...
June 13, 2014
Flu Hitting More Younger Adults, Middle-Aged, CDC...
An estimated 60 percent of U.S. deaths from influenza this season were in people 24 to 64 years old, compared...
February 21, 2014
Dementia May Signal Pneumonia in Elderly
More frequently, elderly patients in the 70s, 80s and older are seeing their doctors and finding out that fresh episodes...
February 14, 2014
