When should you take a mental health day off from work? >
The mental health day used to be known as playing hooky from work, but more employees are realizing that at times it is necessary to take…
FAU aims to prevent dementia with new program >
Post-mortem studies confirm that 30 percent of Alzheimer’s disease case can be prevented. Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton is aiming to find how – and…
From death’s door to People magazine for Loxahatchee flu girl >
A Loxahatchee girl featured in the Palm Beach Post after nearly dying of the flu is now featured in People Magazine. Jenny Spell came forward to tell…
Could a Zika vaccine be too expensive? >
One thing is for certain, where there is a pandemic, there is money to be made. A French pharmaceutical company will do the final testing for…
Smoking: Cost of a pack-a-day habit? $10,000 over five years >
When it comes to getting cigarette smokers to give up the habit, just about everything has been tried. There are ghosts of smokers past, talking in…
Medical marijuana: Health Department must pick up Legislature’s fumble >
So much for the Florida Legislature carrying out the will of people when it comes to medical marijuana. Among the many “up in smoke” headlines was…
Breakthrough: new vaccines take aim at mosquito-borne illness >
A vaccine to combat the Zika virus is now undergoing clinical testing. And in Africa, people will actually start receiving the world’s first vaccine against malaria…
Free HIV testing available today in Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast >
Planned Parenthood in South Florida is offering free HIV testing today at four locations. “Many times people cannot afford the cost of an STD test and…
CDC: Type 2 diabetes increasing with tweens, teens >
Our fast-food nation is taking a toll on our children. Type 2 diabetes was once considered a disease mostly confined to the adult population, but the…
CDC: Sperm donated in South Florida may contain Zika >
Zika not only can be transmitted through the bite of the Aedes mosquito, the birth-defect causing virus can be transmitted through sex, as well. So the…
