January 25, 2017

Pearl Williams Deslandes, 63, has been struggling with her weight for decades.  Standing at 5’6’’, her heaviest weight ballooned to 270 pounds while in her 30s.

December 28, 2016

University of Miami Health System surgeons have successfully completed a rare double lung and heart transplant at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

November 23, 2016

On Thanksgiving Day in 1986, Mark Frye became the first heart transplant recipient in South Florida’s history.

November 16, 2016

At 25 weeks pregnant, Mabel De Beunza returned from a business trip and noticed she was swollen and her blood pressure was unusually high. Doctors discovered her kidneys were failing.

October 15, 2016

“I also received the same news as my mother and grandmother did around the same age,” said McPhee. “I also had breast cancer.” 

October 5, 2016

For Felipe Finale, 78, gardening in his Hialeah backyard and tending to his guanabana trees has always been one of his greatest pleasures. But earlier this year, doing any physical task – even walking a few steps – became increasingly difficult.

October 1, 2016

While on a quest for purpose in life, Andrea Ivory received a breast cancer diagnosis. She soon realized that her experience was a vehicle to serve other women.

September 29, 2016

Javier Mondragon, 57, a certified anesthesia technologist at Jackson Memorial Hospital, has been in the operating room many times assisting patients as they undergo medical procedures – never thinking he’d one day be in their shoes.

September 21, 2016

At 14 years old, Emmanuel Cooper is facing the biggest battle of his life – a fight against cancer. But his positive attitude, his faith, and his loving bond with his family are keeping him strong.