Author: Dorron Blumberg

Florida Medical Center Unveils Newly Renovated Emergency Room

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 | |

Florida Medical Center celebrated the grand opening of its newly renovated Emergency Department. The Emergency Room at Florida Medical Center is dedicated to serving all patients in the community in need of medical assistance. Government officials and EMS personnel from the City of Tamarac, Lauderdale Lakes and North Lauderdale were all in attendance.

 

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Broward Health Cardiac Symposium

Posted by | Feb 2, 2019 | |

The Inaugural Broward Health Cardiac Symposium will be held Saturday, February 2 at Sheraton Suites Fort Lauderdale at Cypress Creek. Register online at Browardhealth.org/CME and click on CME Activities. For more information,...

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Inaugural Neuroscience Symposium

Posted by | Feb 2, 2019 | |

Saturday, February 2 at Holy Cross Hospital, Sister Innocent Conference Center, 4725 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale. Presented by the Holy Cross Hospital Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital...

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Americans Concerned About Their Weight, but Don’t Understand Link to Heart Conditions and Overall Health

Posted by | Jan 31, 2019 | |

Cleveland Clinic survey finds most Americans don’t know their BMI, or that excess weight tips the scales for common heart conditions like coronary artery disease
 
A Cleveland Clinic survey finds that while most Americans (88 percent) understand that there is a connection between a healthy heart and a healthy weight, most aren’t doing enough – or anything – to combat their own weight issues.  The survey found 74 percent are concerned about their weight and 65 percent are worried about getting heart disease due to extra pounds, yet less than half (43 percent) of Americans have tried to make dietary changes to lose weight and 40 percent of those who describe themselves as overweight or obese say they aren’t careful about which foods they eat.
 

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