Vaccines Tied to Declining Rates of HPV-Related...
HPV (human papillomavirus) is a very common virus, with nearly 80 million people — about one in four — currently...
March 4, 2019
Lung Cancer and Misconceptions About Smoking-Vaping
How are smoking and vaping tied to lung cancer? Smoking is the No. 1 risk factor for lung cancer, and...
February 26, 2019
‘Life’s Simple 7’ Steps: Lowering Your Risk...
The decline in the death rates for both heart disease and cancer is due in large part to reductions in...
February 19, 2019
At 76, Lung Cancer Survivor Stays Active...
When Don Rhodes learned his lung cancer was back, his first thought was: “How is this going to affect my...
January 30, 2019
Here’s Why Liver Cancer Rate is Growing...
While the overall cancer rate has been dropping since the early 1990s, the reverse is true for liver cancer. The...
January 15, 2019
Healthcare 2019: Top Advances in Treatments, Prevention
Throughout 2018, the Resource blog has highlighted advances in treatment and prevention at Baptist Health South Florida, sometimes taking the...
December 31, 2018
Facts About Stomach Cancer
Iconic TV star Fred Rogers of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” fashion designer Liz Claiborne, tough-guy John Wayne and French military leader...
November 28, 2018
Smokeout 2018: Smoking Habit is Down But...
Despite a barrage of clinical studies over the decades confirming the health hazards of tobacco use, nearly 38 million Americans...
November 15, 2018
Targeting Tumors: NanoKnife Advances Minimally Invasive Cancer...
While surgery, radiation and chemotherapy may be the first cancer treatments that come to mind, interventional oncology has become an...
November 8, 2018
Lung Cancer is Pervasive, But There’s Progress...
Even as the overall smoking rate is projected to continue declining in the U.S., 4.4 million Americans could die from...
November 6, 2018