Podcast: Play in new window | Download No one would blame you if you thought I-C-D 10 was some type of missile. Or perhaps a dye used in children’s cereal. In fact, I-C-D 10 is the coding system used to differentiate between types of diseases … and it has generated a fair amount of controversy [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download It’s official. There’s a baby on board, and within a matter of months, you’ll be a mom. For many women, news of the stork’s impending arrival is enough to send them into a warp-speed worry mode. Couple this anxiety with money woes or other crises and you’ve got [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download You’ve checked in and printed your boarding pass, checked your luggage, made it through the long security line, boarded the plane and are finally snug in your seat with your seat belt buckled. Time to settle in with a good book and enjoy the free beverage service, one [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download “No chewing gum” is a standard classroom rule. But to feed your addiction, you hide it in the back of your mouth or under your tongue, keeping your mouth sealed shut. But could your test scores blow your cover? According to a study published in the journal Appetite, [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Breaking difficult news to patients and their loved ones is one of the hardest things a physician must do. But it’s also a necessary skill. And now, some medical schools are taking steps to make sure their students are properly prepared to convey bad news. Researchers at Moffitt [...]

Kirstan K. Meldrum, M.D., has joined the University of Florida College of Medicine department of urology as chief of pediatric urology. A board-certified pediatric urologist, Meldrum will provide the community with comprehensive pediatric urological care, a medical specialty more commonly found in large cities and previously unavailable in north central Florida. Pediatric urologists care for [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download You made it through the ’60s and ’70s unscathed, even after partaking in some unsavory behaviors. But even so, Baby Boomers might still be at risk for a behavior-related disease and not even know it. New research shows that hepatitis C kills more people than H-I-V due to [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download A glass of wine a day can keep your heart healthy. Now it appears drinking may also help your joints. An article published by the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases suggests alcohol consumption reduces the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. That’s a chronic disease that occurs when the [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download What affects millions of women, causes nearly as many deaths and incurs almost as much health care cost as heart disease and stroke? The answer is peripheral arterial disease, but if you’ve never heard of P-A-D you’re not alone. The American Heart Association reports that between 4 and [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Commercial whaling has driven species such as the right and gray whales to the brink of extinction. But for other whales, decades of protection are bearing fruit. The number of humpback whales in the north Pacific has risen to more than 20,000, up from 8,000 in the 1990s [...]