November 17, 2022 by John Fernandez
Smokeout 2022: Concerning Trends Spur Vital...
About 34 million American adults still smoke cigarettes – while at least...
Saving More Lives From Lung Cancer: Low-Dose...
To build awareness and encourage those at highest risk – primarily smokers and ex-smokers — to undergo lung cancer screenings, Baptist Health South Florida and...
November 7, 2022 / 3 min read
Kids with Cancer, Now Survivors: Proton Therapy...
When Harry Silberberg, 22, graduates from Florida International University at the end of the school year, he’ll celebrate a milestone he wasn’t sure he’d reach....
September 27, 2022 / 4 min read
Actor Ryan Reynolds’ Colorectal Cancer Screening Highlights...
Actor Ryan Reynolds, 45, went public this week about a colonoscopy he underwent that revealed a polyp – and his physician said the procedure likely...
September 15, 2022 / 4 min read
Baptist Health Experts: Plan to Limit Nicotine...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it plans to establish “a maximum nicotine level” to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and other combusted tobacco...
June 24, 2022 / 3 min read
Head and Neck Cancers: Understanding Risk Factors,...
The classification is known as “head and neck cancers” — but these cases don’t involve the brain and spine. They do involved just about everything...
April 18, 2022 / 3 min read
Immunotherapy: Using the Body’s T-Cells to Transform...
Over the past decade, immunotherapies that enlist and strengthen the power of a patient’s immune system to attack tumor cells have evolved as a vast,...
April 7, 2022 / 3 min read
Preventing Both Heart Disease and Cancer: Common...
Most people are aware that healthy eating and drinking, weight management, not smoking and staying physically active can prevent heart disease. But fewer realize that...
March 17, 2022 / 4 min read
Roundup: Long COVID Linked to Higher Heart...
Study: COVID Linked to Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Illness Up to 12 Months After Infection A new, large-scale study found that U.S. veterans who survived...
February 18, 2022 / 4 min read
The Promise of Precision Medicine Means Hope...
Author: Michael J. Zinner, M.D., CEO and executive medical director of Miami Cancer Institute. Marked by the continued presence of COVID-19, 2021 was a milestone...
January 11, 2022 / 4 min read
