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Former NewsChannel 5 Meteorologist Keenan Smith talks about son's illness

Former NewsChannel 5 meteorologist Keenan Smith’s infant son, Clarke, nearly died while waiting for a liver transplant.

Necrotizing fasciitis: Flesh-eating bacteria aeromonas hydrophila found in…

It sounds like something out of a horror film - a micro-organism that enters through an open wound and begins to consume your body from the inside out.

C-sections, one of the most common major surgeries, often unnecessary, Consumer…

When it comes to major surgery in the United States, the most common is cesarean sections on pregnant women.

Komen for the Cure: Helping the uninsured get mammograms, biopsies

Komen for the Cure: Helping the uninsured get mammograms, biopsies

Dr. David Soria questions: Preventing skin cancer

Doctor David Soria answers your medical related questions.

Ask the Doctor: Back Pain

Back pain affects 80 percent of Americans at some time in their lives.

Obesity report by American Journal of Preventive Medicine: 42 percent of U.S.…

The report, in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, suggests an additional 30 million Americans will be obese in 18 years.

Patricia Krentcil: 'Tanning mom' sends salons, 'tanorexia' into the limelight

Woman accused of bringing daughter into tanning salon draws attention to "tanorexia".

Ask the Doctor: Advanced lipid testing

Your doctor can save your life by taking a small blood sample, and that sample holds the clues to your risk for heart disease.

Facebook urges members to add organ donor status to their timeline

Founder Mark Zuckerberg hopes it saves lives.

Whooping cough circulates in South Florida

Children and adults who haven't been vaccinated have helped fuel a growing number of whooping cough infections in South Florida and elsewhere in the state,

Ask the Doctor with Seth Baum, MD.

Seth Baum, MD talks about living a heart healthy lifestyle

Gum disease doesn't lead to heart attack, stroke

Cardiologists, dentists, and infectious disease specialists reviewed 500 + studies about the connection.

Vitamin K in short supply

There is a national shortage of a vitamin commonly used to prevent certain poisonings.

Ask the Doctor: Preventing heart disease in women

Men have a greater risk for the disease and heart attacks earlier in life than women, but that changes after menopause.

Ask the Doctor: Treating colon cancer

According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the United States.

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