Copyright 2010 http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:19:13 -0500 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:19:13 -0500 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/P_-_KEVIN_-_MOMS_BABIES_LIGHTHOUSE_Miami.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:49 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/3L41PPKEVINMOMSBABIESLIGHTHOUSE_2_640x480.jpg
The Miami Lighthouse is a place of enrichment for SoFla's vision impaired communities -- and especially blind babies.

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In just a year, Behavior Links has helped nearly 140 families.

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The water bottle is a workout staple, and certainly a good drink for those who are trying to maintain a slender figure, but according to new research women may gain less weight over time if they turn that water into wine.

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Under the new plan to save Jackson Health System from financial ruin, thousands of jobs would be cut and two community hospitals shuttered

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Employees and patients and Jackson North and South react to the plan to save the financially troubled health system

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CEO's salvage plan calls for laying off a third of system's workforce in addition to closures

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Just as police raided at least three Palm Beach County pain clinics Wednesday, 23-year-old Matt Warren says he walked into a local pain management clinic hoping to get clean, instead his problem got...

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"Desperate times call for decisive action"

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A strain of salmonella found in processing equipment is to blame.

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Miami rental cars were found to have everything from vomit to strept throat.

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A local study found that more talk and interactivity parents have with their autistic children, the better.

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Study claims Floridians have the worst dental hygiene in the country

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Compelling images from the makeshift trauma clinic run by doctors from UM and Project Medishare

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Fort Lauderdale company makes stroller exerciser.

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Miami-Dade not so much.

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21 of the hospital's employees found out they were jobless today

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How healthy is your heart?

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The CDC says the H1N1 virus has afflicted at least 57 million Americans and as many as 84 million since its initial outbreak last April.

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A new beast reconstruction technique will be unveiled this weekend in South Miami.

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Need help splitting the uprights? Former Canes and Fins coach has a pill for you

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Biological mother says she considers herself "Aunt Lindsay."

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Yale researchers might have found a way to defeat the fifth most lethal cancer in women.

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Get inner beauty and feel healthy with a single drop.

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Miami moms are putting their breasts to work for the infants of Haiti

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Now is the time to open a taco stand, people.

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Outgoing Gov. Corzine said he will sign the bill into law.

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If you're hoping to stay sharp in your old age, go pick up a cell phone.

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A South Florida study claims cell phone use could reverse Alzheimer's disease.

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You've resolved to workout more in 2010... let our gear guide help.

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Not even Santa Claus is that giving

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Michael Brewer's hospital release doesn't mean he will ever be a normal teen again

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It's a Miami miracle

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A wounded soldier is alive and diabetes-free because of doctors at UM

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Safety Commission says more than 50 million shades and blinds are dangerous to kids

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Cigarettes hurt so good.

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