Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:28:04 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:28:04 -0500 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Miami-Preemie-Beats-the-Odds-69418547.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:49:26 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/tinybaby.jpg
Little Gabriella can thank being a female to her miraculous recovery

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New H1N1 clinic opens for high-risk patients in Broward County.

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Fort Worth’s ambulance service is considering a plan to call taxis for non-serious flu patients.

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Chill-out Miami, you're the least stressed city in the nation.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Kid-With-Swine-Flu-Recovers-From-Coma-64449322.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:33:53 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/pirozzi.jpg
An 8-year-old girl beat a coma and swine flu and has had to learn how to walk, talk and eat again

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The laser treatment Zerona promises to slim your profile by between three and nine inches without going under the knife.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/AG-Takes-on-Froot-Loops-64352537.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:12:21 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/frootloops_new.JPG
The Quaker Oats man looks so trustworthy, but Attorney General Richard Blumenthal thinks you're being misled. Count Chocula and Toucan Sam are in his radar, too.

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Josiah Lewis, 13, may be put in foster care if he can't slim down.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/One-in-a-Million-Shot-64189142.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:42:02 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/jennings2.jpg
The flu vaccine could end a Virginia woman's shot at being a Redskins cheerleader.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Swine-Flu-to-Halt-Religious-Traditions-64037802.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:10:36 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*85/111008-communion-wafers2.jpg
A Pennsylvania Catholic Diocese will suspend sacred practices during worship service to prevent the spread of swine flu.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Jack-LaLanne----95-Years-and-Counting-63686892.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:46:19 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/jacklalanne.jpg
Ripped muscles and a cut, trim physique aren't exactly the images that come to mind when one thinks of a man who's nearly a century old. Unless that man is Jack LaLanne.

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The swine flu vaccine is ready – are you?

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/tech/50-Pound-Weight-Loss-Just-a-Click-Away-63284547.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:18:12 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/mirror-weight-loss.jpg
Picture yourself with less weight in minutes.The only exercise you have to do is a simple rep of point, click and drag.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Study-Booze-Could-Save-Your-Life-63157657.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:49:47 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/GenericBeer_640x480.jpg
Trauma patients have a better chance of survival if intoxicated.

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Ever wonder what you would look like at your goal weight? Wonder no more.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Try-Some-Craft-Therapy-62678552.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:34:11 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/generic-knitting.jpg
Is "craft therapy" the secret to stress relief and relaxation.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Man-Sues-Froot-Loops-for-Not-Being-Frooty-at-All-62674757.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:56:19 -0500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kl_paige/ /
Is froot the same as fruit? Roy Werbel thought so and now he is mad about it.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Stanford-Ditches-the-Kissing-Tradition--61446467.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:48:06 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*68/surgical-mask.kiss.jpg
There will be no kissing under the full moon at Stanford this year -- at least not officially.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Relief-for-migraine-sufferers-61181792.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:14:59 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*66/generic+migraine+headache.jpg
Relief from debilitating migraines could be just a puff away.

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An urban search and rescue team has the right tools for a delicate job.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Miracle-Drug-HIV-Vaccine-Cut-Risk-of-Infection-by-Third-61048097.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:39:06 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/vaccine-640.jpg
A new cocktail of vaccines has been successful in blocking the AIDS virus, in what is being hailed as a major medical breakthrough in the fight against the deadly epidemic.

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The makers of Tylenol are voluntarily recalling some lots of Infants' and Children's Tylenol as a precaution.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Strip-Club-Gives-Seniors-a-Shot-in-the-Arm-60652957.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:23:42 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/082609+strip+club.jpg
Amid the shiny stripper poles, strobe-lit stages and scantily-clad performers at Rachel's Gentlemen's Club, you'll find Barbara and Sylvia, two old ladies who come for the free food and flu shots -- and stay...

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On the path to enlightenment, Manhattan yoga studio owner Kari Harendorf has a special guide -- her Husky Charlie.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Smoking-Bans-Cut-Heart-Attacks-Study-60223392.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:17:44 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/smokingbans.jpg
Smoking bans can cut heart attacks by as much as 36%, according to a new study likely to lead to more calls for prohibitions on puffing.

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