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The ISTM GeoSentinel reports an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. There have been 52 cases identified over the past few weeks with the first onset of illness occurring mid-June. Although recently a food service employee at an ice…

Boca Regional Urgent Care has a DOT certified physician on staff who can perform DOT physicals. We also do DOT drug screens. Call (561) 883-6677 to be sure you come a day that the doctor is working.

As summer starts, mosquitoes and ticks aren’t the only insects you need to worry about, and sunburnisn’t the only way that heat and sun can harm your health. Here’s some summer safety tips to help protect yourself from other dangers: Stings: Bees, Wasps, Yellowjackets, Hornets,…

Aaron E. Carroll THE NEW HEALTH CARE JUNE 20, 2016 After I wrote last year that diet, not exercise, was the key to weight loss, I was troubled by how some readers took this to mean that exercise therefore had no value. Nothing could be…

Up to 80 percent of people suffer from an occasional tension headache: a dull pain across the forehead, temples, or around the back of your head. Anxiety, eye strain, fatigue, and stress can all trigger a tension headache by causing muscles to tighten in the…

Our brains are hardwired to seek pleasure and avoid danger. It’s what helps the human species survive. Biting into something luscious, enjoying a passionate kiss, or delighting in a baby’s laugh lights up the brain’s pleasure centers. Negative experiences set off fear and alarm. Addictive…

Under a new Tricare pilot program, select users will soon be able to receive care at an urgent care clinic without a referral. According to Tricare’s website, the pilot begins on May 23, 2016, and ends on May 23, 2019. The three-year program was ordered…

Spring allergy season seems to get worse each year, and climate change may be the culprit, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Increasing temperatures and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere help plants grow faster — and produce more pollen. For…

Was your New Year resolution to get more active this year? A whopping 60 percent of these resolutions fall by the wayside after only six months, according to research from the University of Pennsylvania. You might have already cancelled your gym membership, but warmer weather…

Chances are, you purposely ate something today that you know is heart-healthy, but did you think about consuming some foods that are good for your brain? Probably not. Only relatively recently have researchers begun to study the link between diet and cognitive function, and the…