An American man building an orphanage in Haiti is hospitalized in critical condition at Jackson Memorial after he was shot during a botched robbery attempt at a Port-au-Prince bank.
If truth is stranger than fiction, marathoner Richard Brodsky has quite a tale to tell. That he has lived to tell it will make the 59-year-old even more extraordinary Sunday when he and his wife, Jodi, line up with nearly 25,000 others for the start of the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon.
Critics say drug ads mislead consumers by showing happy images as they recite health risks.
As a patient you have every reason to be confused. None of those options are wrong, but there is one I think is better than the rest and I’ll explain to you why.
The legal fight by hundreds of former NFL players to be compensated for brain trauma comes to a Miami federal courtroom Thursday.
So celebrity chef Paula Deen has Type 2 diabetes. I am concerned for everyone with this diagnosis since I have a first cousin who died from diabetes and I work with teenagers who are struggling with the required lifestyle changes.
Andrea Torres is a multimedia producer with The Miami Herald who is chronicling her breast cancer journey Tuesdays in Tropical Life
Miami-Dade officials are asking people not to smoke in parks popular among children. But no one will get a ticket for breaking the rule.
Andrea Torres is a multimedia producer at The Miami Herald. She chronicles her breast cancer journey Tuesdays in Tropical Life.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. — mostly babies and toddlers — were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against “this menace,” as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.
Many health issues can have a more positive outcome if they’re dealt with early.
After her spleen was removed when she was a newborn, Shaniah Rolle received an expired vaccine that jurors decided contributed to complications that led to the amputation of her arms and legs.
South Florida doctors are using a growing array of procedures — from fat injections to stem cells — to help rejuvenate your face.
Staying in shape — and staying healthy — starts at birth.
Evidence shows that older adults who are physically active have lower rates of chronic conditions than their less active peers.
Out-of-control portions and lack of exercise are two of the biggest culprits for gaining weight.
New techniques and technologies are making weight-loss surgery less invasive — and leading to more successful outcomes.
Some Parkinson’s sufferers benefit greatly from vigorous exercise beyond their comfort zone.
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