“Men don’t want to seek any type of medical support, whether it be mental health or physical health. A lot of studies and surveys show that men are afraid; that there is some sort of belief that they are weak if they go to the doctor,” says Dr. Delvena Thomas, a board-certified psychiatrist and qualified medical marijuana physician based in Fort Lauderdale.
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States. While women typically won’t develop breast cancer until the latter stages of life, some patients under 45 years old show signs of breast cancer. Even teenagers can develop breast cancer symptoms, but how common is this?
Florida is nearing 90,000 reported resident deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic started in 2020. Data released Friday by the state Department of Health showed that 89,905 deaths had been reported as of Thursday, up from 89,565 reported as of Aug. 3.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Aug. 10 that 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022. The figure represents a 2.6% increase from the 48,183 suicides recorded in 2021, marking the highest tally ever documented, based on the CDC’s preliminary data.
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is driving the vast majority of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. but shows signs of declining, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Three Washington state doctors have been accused of improper COVID treatments. The charges range from unprofessional conduct and improper prescription of medicine to making false and misleading statements. Death has been the result. Now the Silent Majority Foundation based in Pasco has joined with Turner and three other doctors to file a lawsuit
Broward Health Imperial Point received Pathway to Excellence® redesignation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The hospital has held this designation since 2014 and was previously redesignated in 2018.
Broward Health Community Health Services is offering free immunizations and low-cost physical exams for uninsured children (ages 4 to 18) at two community health centers during its “Mobilize to Immunize” event.
When my niece was born in 1990, my sister was told that her daughter has the sickle cell trait, which was not a total surprise since it was known that she and the father had the trait as well as both of their parents.
Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of bacterial infection that attacks the nerves and can cause swelling under the skin. The new research paper, published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, found that reported cases doubled in the Southeast over the last 10 years.