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Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital sigue siendo el número 1 en el área metropolitana de Miami-Ft. Lauderdale

Cleveland Clinic Florida en Weston se ha posicionado nuevamente en el lugar más alto como el hospital número uno en el área metropolitana de Miami-Fort Lauderdale para 2021-2022, según el recientemente publicado clasificado anual de Mejores Hospitales por U.S.News & World Report. Es el cuarto año consecutivo que Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital obtiene la clasificación más alta, siendo el único hospital que ocupa ...

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Agenda: charla para padres sobre el suicidio, celebración familiar en Miami, Gabby’s Dollhouse y más

AGENDA  CELEBREMOS NUESTRAS FAMILIAS Sábado 24 de julio 2021 GRATIS 11:00 am. a 4:00 pm. Flamingo Park 11th St. & Jefferson Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33139 Registro Ven a celebrar en persona una tarde de baile, karaoke, caritas pintadas, manualidades y arte con globos. A las 11:15 am. Habrá el concurso Eco-Challenge, un juego para niños de todas las edades, ...

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The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative llevará a cabo mamografías gratis

En este Día Nacional del Color Rosa (National Pink Day), 23 de junio, The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative (WBHI)— líder en la prevención de la enfermedad y en la información para la comunidad sobre la detección temprana — invita a las mujeres a “ponerse la mascarilla y hacerse la mamografía”  (Mask Up and Get Your Mammogram), siguiendo las pautas ...

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Florida Celebrates Men’s Health in June

The state of Florida, as well as the cities of Gainesville, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Melbourne, Naples, Ocala, Tarpon Springs, and West Palm Beach, have issued proclamations celebrating men’s health and fatherhood in June, helping educate men, boys, and their families about disease prevention, timely screenings, healthy lifestyles, and positive family relationships. The proclamations can be found here. The importance of this ...

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Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital Performs First Living Donor Liver Transplant

Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital has performed its first living donor liver transplant, in which a daughter donated a portion of her liver to her mother who had been battling complicated liver disease for several years.    The donor and recipient surgeries were performed in Weston by a team of surgeons from Cleveland Clinic Weston and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, which has ...

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University will host world’s first Covid-19 vaccine booster trials

The world’s first Covid-19 vaccine booster jab is to be administered at the University of Bradford’s cutting-edge Digital Health Enterprise Zone The jabs are being tested as a possible precaution against variants of the coronavirus, with the trial lasting one year. The trial is being conducted by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the University, as part ...

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MinuteClinic Mental Health Services Now Available Across Florida via Virtual Care

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is addressing Florida’s need for greater access to mental health care by expanding its newly launched mental health counseling and care services to all Florida residents via MinuteClinic E-Clinic telehealth services. E-Clinic in-home video consults were created at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as an innovative solution to further help MinuteClinic patients access safe, affordable and convenient ...

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Hispanic Women and Stroke: What You Need to Know  

Last month was National Stroke Month (May), and this reminds us that this medical emergency can be more common and severe depending on gender, age, and a number of other unique factors. In fact, women are 60% more susceptible to stroke deaths.   Dr. Efrain Salgado, a neurologist and stroke specialist at the Cleveland clinic in Weston, Florida, answers our ...

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Programa Virtual de la Alzheimer’s Association examina el Riesgo de Alzhéimer en la Comunidad Hispana

La comunidad hispana tiene un riesgo 1.5 veces mayor de desarrollar la enfermedad de alzhéimer u otra demencia en comparación con la población blanca. Por esto, los capítulos de la Alzheimer’s Association en el estado de la Florida presentarán un programa virtual en el cual se discutirá la comprensión de este mayor riesgo para los hispanos. Además, expertos en demencia ...

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Hispanic Star Teams Up with NursesHeroes.org to create a scholarship program to fight America’s shortage of Nurses

In light of International Nurses Day,  Hispanic Star and NurseHeroes.org have announced their collaborative scholarship program, ‘Hispanic Star Nurse Heroes’. This program aims to address the shortage of nurses while creating opportunities for Latinas in the healthcare industry.  Alex Charlton, Chairman and CEO of Carlyle Global Partners who launched NurseHeroes.org a year ago stated: “There is an accelerating shortage of nurses around the world.  Within three years we ...

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State Farm and The American Red Cross team up to Pledge to Prepare

On average, the American Red Cross responds to more than 60,000 disasters every year, the vast majority of which are home fires. Home fires are not only the most common disaster, but they are also deadly—claiming seven lives every day. Unlike natural disasters, home fires are largely preventable through fire safety education and preparedness.    State Farm paid $2.2 billion ...

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