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  5K Race

  Lawyers on the run

  A 5K race will benefit the Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project, which helps those who can’t afford an attorney.

• Health

  Home sick: Your house might be making you ill

  It was a chronic thing: Almost every time Erma Taylor’s great-grandson caught a cold, he also ended up having a severe asthma attack. Taylor, a retired nurse, spent many hours at a hospital, helping to hold the toddler for tests and breathing treatments, and wondering what was causing the attacks.
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  Exercise

  Maximizing your life through fitness

  Jillian Michaels doesn’t believe in doing things halfway. That’s true not just for exercise — she’s best known as the toughest trainer on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” — but also for motherhood.
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  Personal Safety

  Experts: Don’t attempt to save swept-away pets

  Watching as a beloved dog is swept out to sea is heart-wrenching. Doing nothing seems unthinkable.
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  Healthcare

  With quick treatment, South Florida woman recovers from stroke

  A 29-year-old woman recovered quickly from a stroke after a life- saving procedure performed by a team of University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial doctors.
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  Supreme Court to consider whether firms can patent genes, the essence of life

  The building blocks of life are now stacked up before the Supreme Court, as justices consider whether scientists can patent an isolated human gene.
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  technology

  Apps are ‘game changer’ for autistic

  Not too long ago, an autism diagnosis was seen as a door tightly shut on a world that communicated differently. Today, people with autism have a powerful key to unlock that door — thousands of apps to help them communicate.

• Jock Doc

  Skier can’t straighten knee after a twist on the slopes

  Knee injuries from skiing are extremely common, even in South Florida, which has one of the largest ski clubs. It is not unusual that Monday mornings between Thanksgiving and mid-April, I will have a couple of people in my waiting room who were injured while skiing. Probably the most common injury to the knee from skiing is an anterior cruciate ligament “ACL” tear. This frequently happens during a twisting type motion in which the binding does not release. However, isolated ACL injuries usually do not result in the knee being locked and not able to fully extend.
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  Substance Abuse

  Boomers’ latest high

  Alcohol, prescription drugs and a more potent pot are the new substances of choice for boomers, who are filling the state’s treatment centers

• exercise

  As you age, consider re-balancing workouts

  In her 20s, Lori Popkewitz Alper loved the intense cardio workouts at her Boston gym. But, as her life and her body changed, so did her fitness repertoire.

• Plastic surgery 101

  ‘Guru’ is wrong: Upper lids can be done alone

  A plastic surgery guru, she’s not! Every group has its self-appointed plastic surgery maven who “knows” everything and knows only the “best” surgeons. Of course you can have surgery on your upper eyelid alone.

• Quick Fact

  Women who consumed three alcoholic drinks each week for 10 years cut their risk of getting arthritis by half, the AARP reports. Yoga, tai chi and foods spiced with turmeric also help.
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  FIRST PERSON

  Cancer doles out challenges for all

  Staff writer Andrea Torres chronicles her breast cancer experiences in Tropical Life. Read past columns at MiamiHerald.com/health.
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  Skin Cancer

  5K race by UM med students helps fund skin cancer research

  University of Miami med students host Sun Smart run at Crandon Park
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  Needle exchange bill inching forward in the Florida Legislature

  Florida legislators are considering a bill to allow needle exchanges as a way to curb HIV, hepatitis and other blood diseases among injection drug users. If approved, a five-year pilot program would be based in Miami-Dade.

• books

  Secret to better sleep

  Cherry juice, milk and walnuts, among other foods, will promote sleep, a new book says.
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  nutrition

  Dr. Agatston of ‘South Beach Diet’ tackles gluten in new book

  Ten years ago, Dr. Arthur Agatston’s South Beach Diet became the latest craze. His diet regimen actually worked. People were losing weight and benefiting from his new “good carb vs. bad carb” guidelines, which aimed to educate people about the right foods to eat and clear up the carb confusion in the world of dieting.

• Mama Sass

  Why I chose the HPV vaccine for my daughters

  My 12-year-old daughter spent the first morning of spring break in a doctor’s office, getting the HPV shot. In four months, she’ll return for her third and final dose of Gardasil, one of the vaccines approved for fighting the human papilloma virus.

• Reproduction

  Infertility: ‘Not just a female problem’

  One-third of infertility has to do women, one-third with men and the remaining third with both.

• Sports medicine

  Vitamin D helps maintain muscle strength

  About half of young athletes — and many older people — don’t have enough Vitamin D, which can lead to weak muscles and bones

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