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Tired? Gaining Weight? It Could Be A Thyroid Disorder

Gaining weight? Feeling tired? Those are pretty generic symptoms but if you're a woman, you may be one of a growing number of...

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You May Want To Clean Your Purse

Your mother always told you to wash your hands but she probably never mentioned your handbag. Now new research from a British...

Dr. Cohen gives CBS4 a closer look into the new high-tech operating rooms. (SOURCE: CBS4)

Surgeries Going High-Tech At Broward Hospital

The average operating room is crowded with equipment, cords, and cables but there’s a new type of O.R., a high-tech one, also...

Tanning

FDA Proposes Changes For Tanning Beds

Teens who prefer to tan inside rather than make use of the Miami sun may see a change if a Food and Drug Administration’s...

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New Device Promotes Safer C-Sections

A new device, called the CSafe, is promising to virtually eliminate fetal lacerations during a Cesarean delivery.

Toxic Secrets BPA

Hidden Dangers: Do You Know What’s In Your Home?

For every product or food item in your house how many chemicals are listed on the label?

Mother-daughter team Francine Baras and Nicole Feuer created a full conference focusing on divorce. (CBS4)

Making Divorces Less Painful Is A Growing Business

Just hearing the word divorce is enough to make many hearts skip a beat as the pain and despair it may bring become all too real. But, these days, there’s been an explosion in products and services to help make divorce easier to survive.

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Serious Yoga Injuries More Common For Men

In these stressful times, more and more people, especially men, are turning to yoga to help them relax and get in shape. But a new report suggests a growing number of men are stretching beyond the limit, leading many to experience more pain than gain.

Sober Celebrities

Quotes From Celebrities About Their Sobriety

April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Check out what 15 celebrities say about their sobriety.

Spencer James holds his cousin Jamie who suffers from GSD. (Source: CBS4)

Student Science Project Teaches School About Rare Disease

It’s not every day that a winning science fair project at an elementary school makes news but in this case, it does. It’s because a South Florida elementary school student invented something that taught everyone at his school, including the teachers, something they didn’t know about.

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Jackson Docs To Lobby Legislators For Medicaid Expansion

As state lawmakers debate alternatives to expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act this week, they’ll hear from a group of doctors and nurses from Jackson Health System on the need for the expansion.

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Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms

Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain, according to a new study.

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Confused By Health Care Marketplaces? Help Is Coming

Under the Affordable Care Act, people and small businesses will be able to purchase insurance through a Marketplace.

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Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy: Q&A

Mutations in certain genes raise the risk of breast cancer by as much as 80 percent, experts say.

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