A gene mutation that could put you at higher risk for cancer is just as likely to come from your father as your mother. Unfortunately, only 4 percent [...]
When Emma-Jane Hinton was diagnosed with a brain tumor this past summer, she dreamed about the day she could go back to school, take a swim and retur [...]
Many of the innovative cancer-fighting therapies that have placed Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute among Florida’s top cancer programs sin [...]
Your genetic makeup ― half from your mother and half from your father ― is responsible for your hair and eye color. Yet it’s more than curious [...]
In 1991 — the year the Cold War ended and the World Wide Web launched — cervical cancer was a leading cause of cancer death for women. La [...]
Radiation oncologists at Miami Cancer Institute are using a therapy first conceived of by the inventor of the telephone to now treat an ever wider ra [...]
Many women understand that if they have breast cancer, they may be at higher risk for ovarian cancer ― and vice versa. But did you know that if you [...]
Brachytherapy is not a well-known term outside of the oncology and neuroscience healthcare fields, but more and more cancer patients are welcoming th [...]
For years, ovarian cancer was known as a “silent” disease with few obvious symptoms. But years of research has shown that there are four [...]
If you knew that your car’s make and model tends to develop brake problems after 50,000 miles, you’d probably want to take it in and get them che [...]
Telehealth visits for urgent care and mental health counseling have become commonplace during the last 18 months. Technology once limited to the doctor’s office is...
There is no doubt that a brain aneurysm — a weak spot on an artery that balloons or bulges out and fills with blood —...
A routine trip to the supermarket became anything but for Grand Cayman resident Tania Slijper. The 57-year-old had just pulled up to the parking lot...
At least 20 percent of U.S. adults live with chronic pain, which frequently limits leisure or work activities, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease...
Editor’s Note: To mark World Cancer Research Awareness Day on September 24, Miami Cancer Institute CEO and executive medical director Michael J. Zinner, M.D., offers...
FDA Approves Pfizer-BioNTech Booster Shots for Those 65-plus, Certain Others at ‘High Risk’ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended the “emergency use...
Suicide rates in the U.S. are rising, experts say, and the coronavirus pandemic may be to blame. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
An unobstructed flow of nutrient-rich blood is necessary for preventing both heart and vascular diseases, and it is the vital link they share. But it’s...
Ignoring persistent back pain is not a good idea, because you never know if it’s your body’s signal that something serious is causing your discomfort....
An aneurysm, or ballooning of an artery, is often called a silent killer because it develops without any symptoms. Most aneurysms are discovered by accident during...
