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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- How does a hospital maintain continuous access to its most precious resource? Zero Mass Water has the answer: SOURCE Hydropanels that use only sunlight and air to make high-quality, resilient water.

Miami, FL, - Today, the City of Miami Department of Human Services was publicly recognized by the nationwide Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge for its work on the "Live Healthy Little Havana" initiative. The national recognition earned the City's Department of Human Services a total of $85,000 in grants and prizes to continue their work to improve health outcomes for Miamians. City leaders accepted a portion of that funding - a check for $50,000 - at today's City Commission meeting.

Washington, DC, (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for countries in the Region of the Americas to prepare for a timely response to possible outbreaks of dengue. The disease is endemic in the Region and, since its reintroduction in the 1980s, has caused cyclical outbreaks and epidemics every three to five years.

The mass screening was done in an effort to raise awareness about cancer and its prevention, under the theme: "I Am, I Will”. Residents received free screening for prostate, cervical, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, breast examinations and other tests at three sites in Manchester, the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Downs and Porus health centres.

MIAMI, FL  – Shaniel Miles is a mother of three children, and now an expert and advocate – by necessity ­– on autism. Three years ago, when Shaniel took her then 5-year-old son Geremy for his check-up she was told he was just fine, even though he wasn’t speaking much.  The doctor told her, “He’ll catch up. Boys are just slower.”

MIAMI — One out of every 12 respondents in a nationwide survey say they have been victims of nonconsensual pornography.