Deborah Shlian - Miami Health Care Examiner - Healthcare

 April is Florida Volunteer Month, a time when Floridians are recognized for their contributions to their communities through volunteer work. The good news is that volunteering not only helps others, but is actually good for your health. Studies...

 Florida resident Sue M. wishes her mother had paid attention to the recommendation that she have a screening colonoscopy every 5 years after the age of 50.Caught at the earliest stage, colon cancer is very curable.Unfortunately, by...

 Have you noticed that with each passing birthday, you have to raise the volume on your TV in order to hear the news anchor?Are you suddenly struggling to catch the waiter’s recitation of the daily specials...

The announcement that 83 year old TV journalist Barbara Walters was hospitalized with chickenpox (also known as varicella) proves that you are never too old to contract what is generally thought to be a disease of childhood.In 1995, routine...

 February is the month the American Heart Association wants Floridians to think about not smoking to prevent heart disease.Two new studies of large populations of Americans published in the January issue of the New England Journal each demonstrate...