When Pat Johnsen retired in November 2021, she looked forward to settling into the next stage in her life and continuing to enjoy her active lifestyle. Unfortunately, arthritis was settling into her hips causing excruciating pain. Even walking was a struggle.

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As a medical assistant in a Broward Health Physician Group pediatrician’s office, Jaimee Joseph helps keep children in our community healthy. 

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After spending his first five months of life at Broward Health Medical Center, baby Alanie Lettsome graduated from the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and is going home to the island of St. Thomas.

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Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Lissette Caro, a 53-year-old Parkland resident, visited her primary doctor for her annual physical and expressed she had been feeling anxiety. Her stress test with a cardiologist had to be canceled amid lockdowns.

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Out of the blue one night, 68-year-old heavy metal bass guitarist Sal Italiano went into cardiac arrest after going to bed in his Deerfield Beach home.

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Lagos Salami, an energetic father of two, never thought he would have heart problems – especially not at age 44. He didn’t realize that his poor sleep quality was actually the early symptoms of heart arrhythmia

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Hyvelle Ferguson-Davis had a slight headache when she was at work one day in January 2014. As the pain grew stronger, she started having blurred vision, so she decided to head home.

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When it comes to heart disease, the early signs can be hard to read.
Michael Carroll, a 60-year-old Coral Springs resident, was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in June 2022 and said his first symptoms came and went.

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Abner McDuffie found out he was suffering from untreated heart failure the hard way, after suffering a mini-stroke that caused temporary numbness on one side of his body and speech difficulties.

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In 2020, Nancy Smith found a small lump in her breast while doing a regular self-exam. While the chef and mother of five wasn’t too worried, she knew she needed to get tested.

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