Thirty-two million Americans are now living with food allergies, according to new data published by The Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open and Pediatrics.

BROWARD COUNTY, FL - April is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to speak out and support victims of sexual assault and child abuse. According to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, every 92 seconds a person experiences sexual assault in the United States. One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives. Here in Broward, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported 579 rapes in 2017. According to the National Children's Alliance, nearly 700,000 children are abused in the United States annually.

Miami, – Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Benjamin Leon School of Nursing Spring Lecture Series will present a comprehensive and collaborative discussion addressing the opioid epidemic as a public health issue from a historical perspective to clinical practice. Strategies for recovery will be led by guest speaker Dr. H. Westley Clark and a panel of local expert practitioners.  Furthermore, he will also address the 2016 Surgeon General’s report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health with 2018 updates and key issues associated with opioid use disorders.

MIAMI  – Raising a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) costs American families an estimated $5.8 billion every year—five times more than raising a child without ADHD—according to a new study by researchers at FIU’s Center for Children and Families.  

MIAMI — Just like fresh-baked cookies or sizzling bacon is to us, the scent of your sweat is a mouthwatering aroma to mosquitoes. Now, scientists have discovered how these undesirable insects zero in on our delectable odor.

The prevalence of high blood pressure among African Americans is amongst the highest in the world.

With an annual cost of J $65.8 million to treat persons with kidney failure at the Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) in Manchester; Regional Director for the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Bent has renewed calls for Jamaicans to take greater personal responsibility for their health.

To embrace a “new me” mentality, fuel your body with the goodness it needs now.

MIAMI-DADE – Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe A. Martinez on March 6 presented a proclamation to Kendall Regional Hospital’s Trauma Center in recognition of their designation as a Level 1 Trauma Center.

(CHARLOTTE, NC, April 2019) Little research concerning Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD focuses on patients over age 50. Until, recently mental health professionals believed ADHD was not considered a possibility for people in this age category, when symptoms like forgetfulness and distractions were shared during an evaluation.  Finding out ADHD is the answer to decades of internal “Why,” questions for middle aged individuals, can provide a new-found freedom that is hard to articulate.

With last year’s flu season having been associated with 80,000 deaths in the United States - one of the deadliest in decades - focusing on immune health is important.

CAYMAN ISLANDS - For the first time in the Caribbean, surgery using a novel "magnetic nail" device has resulted in less pain and improved walking ability for a long-suffering patient.