According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) one in ten babies are born too early. No parent wants their newborn in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, commonly known as NICU, but for some, there is no other recourse. Premature babies and at-risk newborns can be in a NICU for days or even weeks at…
One of my favorite parts of watching sports at home are the replays. You know, that heart-wrenching moment when an amazing play gets disputed or something happens so fast that we need to slow it down to completely understand what happened. The referees watch the play in slow motion and make a determination while the…
Miami Cancer Institute’s new Proton Therapy Center is now open. I took a media tour yesterday and it was great to see that one of the three rooms is now operational and the other two are going to be online soon. This is a first for South Florida, now patients can stay close to home…
It’s hard to visualize how complex our intricate web of vessels, veins and arteries actually are. If you think of the human body’s blood circulation, it’s beyond what we can call a well-oiled machine. Every minute a healthy heart can move 5 quarts of blood throughout the body and in one day, this number is…
The gifting season is almost over and there is a new year just around the corner. If you have health conscious people on your gift list, no worries, we are living in a time where health gadgets are everywhere. As a matter of fact, even many simple and affordable gifts that are pretty low tech…
You can’t escape from it lately. Genetic this, genetic that and now, genetic testing. What does it all mean? For the non-biologists among us, let’s start with a Genetics 101 refresher. Our genes are what your DNA is made of, they are basically a set of directives that come from your parents and that your…
You’ve heard the terms third age, golden years, senior citizens and probably cringe. For the lucky ones that make it to that stage of their lives, tech is making their lives better, way better. Surprisingly for many, they are not fumbling with tech but embracing it full on. The similarities between Millennials and Baby Boomers…
Imagine you have a sudden and very strong headache, you get scared and call 911, the paramedics show up, examine you and after a quick assessment, they decide you need to go to the hospital. Your vitals are taken, your information and current medications data is entered into a computer and you are rushed to…