You know it, your skin is the largest organ in your body, but did you know that more people will develop skin cancer because of indoor tanning than those that will develop lung cancer because of smoking? I hear you saying, “Well, I don’t go to tanning salons so I’m good.” Not so fast. As…
Cancer treatment has come a long way. Treatments that were once thought of as science fiction, today, are science fact. Recently, I saw a presentation at the Miami Cancer Institute where they were showing one of their latest technologies for fighting cancer and I have to say, I was pretty impressed. The technology is called…
Summer is always so much shorter than it seems! Those vacation days are now behind us and it’s once again time to go back to school. Getting up early and attending all the school-related activities are the new normal. Every year we put together a list of apps and gadgets that can help parents get…
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…