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Faded photos and old tales of their parents' Cuba are not enough for these Cuban Americans

A group of young Cuban Americans making a CubaOne Foundation trip to Cuba yearned to know the island beyond their parents' and grandparents' nostalgia and memories.

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Carol Backstrom, the author's camping companion, declared the Cave geodesic dome from Heimplanet the ‘easiest tent ever.’

Travel

Camping without the hassle: New service rents you all the gear you need, plus the car

One day in April, I returned from a camping trip - a quick 24 out of the city - and ran a load of laundry. What’s more telling is what I didn’t do.

Eating healthy foods like blueberries, which are rich in antioxidants that fight cancer, can help prevent cancer.

Entrepreneur and publisher Jason Prescott sees potential in the ability of Miami's fashion and clothing scene to revive itself. His Apparel Textile Sourcing show in Wynwood was a leap forward for the city.

Clara Pablo was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 36. She froze her eggs to preserve her chances of having children. Radiation uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells, but the rays can damage a woman's eggs and ovaries, as well as men’s sperm.

Health & Fitness

What to do with your eggs if you're diagnosed with cancer at an early age?

Doctors may recommend young people facing a cancer diagnosis consider their fertility options, such as freezing eggs or sperm. But there are some risks associated with fertility preservation during cancer treatment.

Jay Versluis bikes to Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, where Dr. Mike Cusnir, medical director of Mount Sinai’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, treated his colon cancer with immunotherapy. After nine months of infusions, Versluis has stopped the immunotherapy and has been clear of tumors since the end of 2017. Prior to this treatment, he was in a wheelchair with a grim prognosis.

Health & Fitness

Immunotherapy is giving some cancer patients a new life when they had all but given up

While not every cancer patient is eligible for immunotherapy, some are getting a new life after chemo failed. Some types of immunotherapy have showed promise in treating lung, bladder and colon and pancreatic cancers.

Sen. John McCain, Sen. Ted Kennedy and former New York Mets catcher Gary Carter are some of the well-known people whose battles with glioblastoma have brought this deadly brain cancer into the spotlight. Kennedy and Carter have passed away; McCain is battling the condition.

Health & Fitness

Brain cancer treatments showing promise with targeted therapies. 'Very exciting stuff.'

Much of the research – such as clinical trials at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center — point to this: Targeted therapies and personalized medicine show much promise in the fight against deadly brain cancer.

Home & Garden

Hot Property: Pharrell buys Tyler Perry's mansion

Pharrell has found a new spot to hang a large hat or two. The singer-songwriter and producer has spent $15.6 million for Tyler Perry's 17,245-square-foot mansion in gated Mulholland Estates.

Mostar's Old Bridge — a 21st-century reconstruction of the 16th-century original — is traditionally considered the point where East meets West.

Travel

Here's a way to spice up a trip to Europe: Add a day trip to a neighboring country

Europe's public transportation and relatively small countries make it easy to add a change of scenery and culture to your trip, like taking the bullet train from London to Paris. Here are some of Rick Steves' favorite international day trips.

Miami-based Victory Cruise Lines is a small-ship line aimed at the retiree market that launched in 2016.

Tourism & Cruises

Retirees, this new cruise line is for you. There are no kids, and booze is included.

Miami-based Victory Cruise Lines is a small-ship line that caters to retirees. The all-inclusive line has several itineraries in Mexico, Cuba and the Great Lakes that focus on offering unique tours.

Brittany Sullivan on the last day of treatment in February Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. From left, Brittany’s husband, John Sullivan, their daughter Carley Jean, Brittany and Dr. Breelyn Wilky, medical oncologist at Sylvester. Brittany was treated with immunotherapy in a clinical trial at Sylvester, which shrunk her tumors significantly.

Health & Fitness

Most of her sarcoma tumors melted away with this clinical trial treatment

Sarcomas grow in connective tissue — cells that connect or support other kinds of tissue in your body. The tumors are most common in soft tissues such as muscles, tendons, cartilage, nerves, fat and blood vessels, or in bones. In some cases, treating them with immunotherapy is working.

Jason Mendelsohn, standing in back, with his family, from left to right: Ryan, Lauren, his wife Ronni, Adam and Dez, the dog. Mendelsohn was diagnosed with stage 4 human papillomavirus-related throat cancer. He believes he contracted HPV some 25 years earlier from oral sex in college.

Health & Fitness

Oral sex is causing a big jump in throat cancer in men. And it's often years later.

Over the last two decades, a sharp rise in human papillomavirus-related throat cancer has been diagnosed, especially in men ages 40 to 60. HPV is a sexually transmitted infection usually associated with cervical, anal or penile cancer.

A photograph of Katrina Howard from a GoFundMe page.

Health Care

She's starving to death — and public health agencies can't or won't stop it

Katrina Howard is severely anorexic and on Medicaid. But the program won't cover the specialized treatment the 25-year-old needs to keep her from dying.

People

'Hustle & Soul' star says his SoBe restaurant is for real — and he came to play

Hustle & Soul star Lawrence Page talks about opening his Pink Teacup Villa restaurant in South Beach, and wants to make sure that people know that the place is authentic, not just for cameras

Michael Rotondo, left, sits during a May 22 eviction proceeding in Syracuse, N.Y., brought by his parents, Mark and Christina, of Camillus. The two parents confer with their lawyer, Anthony Adorante, in the court gallery behind.

Ana Veciana-Suarez

Separation can be a good thing, for both parent and offspring

There comes a time in every child’s life when he much launch from the comforts of parental protection. Even if he falters, even if opportunities take him cross country.

About 15 years ago soy was the primary dairy alternative. Then almond milk hit the scene, followed by rice, hemp, coconut, walnut, cashew and oatmeal. The latest arrival is a milk substitute derived from peas.

Chew on This

Lots of choices for milk substitutes, but beware of sugar content

You might not be able to get blood from a stone but after gazing at the ever expanding dairy case I now believe you can get “milk” from anything that grows.

Amanda Aiello, second from right, stands between her parents, Shannon Aiello, left, and Dana Aiello, right, with members of a team from Broward Health's STARS program who helped her transition back to school after she beat cancer. They are, from left, Kasey Castro, a child life specialist, Joan Schreier, an art therapist, and Melissa Stachowiak, a Broward Health pediatric oncology social worker.

Health & Fitness

You've survived cancer, but your brain is fuzzy after the chemo. Here's what to do.

Eleven-year-old Amanda Aiello worried about going back to Eagle Ridge Elementary School in Coral Springs, after a long absence following her diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in April of last year.

Oak leaf ficus spreads low to the ground.

Home & Garden

When grass or gravel won't do, these plants are easy and attractive ground cover

From Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, recommendations for ground-cover plants that are easy and effective in South Florida. They are attractive alternatives to a conventional lawn or a rocky xeriscape or can fill landscaping gaps..

Fashion

'I tweeted the cap and it went viral': How a Plano artist adds inspiration to graduation hats

Bria Gladney thought she was a decent artist. Until rapper Gucci Mane shared her artwork on social media.

Home & Garden

On Gardening: Shasta daisies sizzle in the landscape and containers too!

A recent visit to The Landings shopping center in Columbus Georgia taught me a little lesson. I have been too restricted in my thinking when it comes to selecting plants for mixed containers, Shasta daisies to be exact.

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