Feds approve Oxitec mosquito trial

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has approved field tests for Oxitec’s biologically modified mosquitoes. If approved by the state of Florida and local authorities,...
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SWIM SURVIVAL

Parents bring their very young children — six months and up — to the pool four days a week for 10 minutes, for up...

Health Department Encourages Breastfeeding

With the current health crisis, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County understands this is a stressful time for everyone, including mothers who...
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Foundation teaches survival skills

By any standards, this is a success. In the past six weeks, three instructors and 49 kids have been schooled in the swim-float-survive technique...

How to Eat Your Fruits and Veggies…

by Sarah Thomas It used to be a simple directive from doctors to patients, parents to children: “Eat your fruits and veggies.” But as time...
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Local athletes conquer fitness competition

Liz Kuck and Patrick Stevens of Keys Strength and Conditioning in Marathon took first place in the recent New Year’s Revolution held in Tampa,...

QUIT SMOKING, AND YOUR LUNGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE HAPPIER

The other day, as I was returning my shopping cart to the corral at the local grocery store in Big Pine, I watched a...
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Say Goodbye to Erectile Dysfunction – New treatment can replace the blue pill

Anyone curious about solutions to erectile dysfunction (ED) should learn about this innovative treatment. It’s not new – it’s been used in Europe for...
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Digital Detox

By Professor Andrew Sharman Digital distractions are sweeping through our lives like wildfire. In 2016, Nielsen reported that we spend 127 minutes per day on our...
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To Z or Not to Z: Exploring the Antibiotic Question

by Dr. Stanley Sack  Here in the Keys, we may not have easy access to a Wal-Mart. But one thing we do have available to...