If we have the power to see our medical future, should we dare look? What once seemed like science fiction is fast becoming reality. Tests can tell if we have a high risk of prostate cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and various genetic disorders. CT scans can examine every inch of our bodies.
Social worker Shirley Malove on mental health
Dr. Harlan Selesnick on sports injuries
Dietician Sheah Rarback on healthy eating
Prepare for swine flu and seasonal season
It's been a long, hard day at the office, and you need a good workout to blow off all that stress. But before you hit the free weights, the stationary bike or the elliptical machine, you spend 10 minutes carefully stretching all those stiff muscles, just as every coach, trainer and physical therapist has advised for as long as you can remember.
The discovery came about by accident more than a decade ago: Weight-loss surgery often led to dramatic improvement in the control of Type 2 diabetes, often before patients left the hospital.
First it was cranberries. Then blueberries. Then pomegranates. Then acai berries, whatever they are. Now th...
Finding the time to exercise and work up a sweat at least three times a week, as recommended by the America...
You can still order a Bloomin' Onion at Outback Steakhouse or a slice of 30th anniversary chocolate cake ch...
Are you fat? Then Steve Siebold has this message for you: It's all your fault. If you want to get healthy, ...
Did the world really need a fourth ''Eat This, Not That!'' book? Well, maybe not. Having read the first th...
It's been a long, hard day at the office, and you need a good workout to blow off all that stress. But befo...
The sky is still dark, the road ahead is long and everything hurts. That marathon race, the motivation for ...
Q: My son is a 14-year-old basketball player who has developed pain over the last month on the outside of h...
If you belong to a gym and have fallen off the fitness wagon, maybe a trip to the park or beach is in order...
Q: I was doing biceps curls in the gym last week and felt a pop near my shoulder. I noticed a deformity abo...
Shauna Davis dances every day, all styles. The teenager has been dancing since she was 3 -- and suffering t...
Product: Halls ProHealth Defense dietary supplement, $4.99 for 18 drops, at CVS, Walgreens, Wal-Mart. Key i...
Product: Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Gel, $3.99 for 0.5 ounces, at CVS and Walgreens.
Product: Vita Coco coconut water, $1.99 for a 11.1 fluid ounce box or $10.50 for a 12-pack (original, pinea...
Product: Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield toothpaste, $4.49 for six-ounce tube at CVS, Walgreens, Target and ...
Product: UVSunSense monitoring wristbands, $5.87 for a seven-pack, at www.amazon.com. The pitch: ''Convenie...
During her 12th week of pregnancy, Garance Genicot and her husband, Shub Debgupta, received worrisome news ...
Women who are overweight or obese before becoming pregnant could be putting themselves or their babies at r...
Amid the stacks of books and the students on the computers, amid the hushed buzz of learning at the Miami-D...
Overall, chances of surviving breast cancer are much better now because of increased awareness, earlier det...
Today's babies will be tomorrow's centenarians. A new report says that reaching the age of 100 may become o...
Shauna Davis dances every day, all styles. The teenager has been dancing since she was 3 -- and suffering t...
Beth and Brad Besner of Davie are still struggling with grief over the loss of their son Ian, who died 3 1/...
Amid last week's news of the president indoctrinating our children to socialism and the release of a remast...
We've heard of flu season, but wheeze season? That's right, as children head back to school in September, r...
You walk into your bathroom, and the toilet paper roll is empty. On the back of the toilet sits a new roll,...
The UM medical school hired a psychiatrist who has been criticized for taking millions of dollars from drug...
A decade-old drug deal involving Miami-based IVAX led this week to the company paying $14 million to settle...
A summit of University of Miami and Jackson Health System officials raised questions over the quality of do...
A gift card for health insurance? It now exists, on sale at Winn-Dixie or Save-Rite stores to help the reci...
The option for government insurance is gaining steam -- even among the nation's doctors.
A subsidiary of Miami-based Continucare has purchased Sleep Disorder Solutions, which operates sleep diagno...
The Senate rejected an effort to avert Medicare fee cuts for doctors.
The discovery came about by accident more than a decade ago: Weight-loss surgery often led to dramatic impr...
During her 12th week of pregnancy, Garance Genicot and her husband, Shub Debgupta, received worrisome news ...
Might losing weight improve the disturbed breathing known as obstructive sleep apnea?
Q. I am a woman of color. For the past several years I have been noticing that I look tired and have bags u...
Twenty-five years ago the only gluten-free bread came in a can and was so hard it could have doubled as a w...
Q: My fiancé urges me to go to graduate school. He's the first person in my life to believe in me. I...
Q. Recently, I had a consult with a surgeon for breast augmentation. I asked if he could do it endoscopical...
Q: My son is a 14-year-old basketball player who has developed pain over the last month on the outside of h...
The group that dubbed fettuccine alfredo ''a heart attack on a plate'' is now sounding alarms about some he...
Q: My partner, Jason, and I were foster fathers to Juan, who unfortunately got into trouble, was diagnosed ...
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