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Orlando Health hosts GIGANTIC Garage Sale to raise money for the Greater Orlando Start! Heart Walk 2010 Shopping adds up to fight heart disease, stroke.
Orlando Health Board of Directors selects the organization's next president/CEO Orlando Health executive Sherrie Sitarik gets the nod
ORMC electrophysiologists use new device to support the heart while performing life-saving procedures Impella Ventricular Assist Device helps strengthen hearts to make treatment safer
Wolverine Anesthesia Consultants pledge $600,000 for Orlando Regional Medical Center Wolverine Anesthesia Consultants has made a $600,000 philanthropic pledge to the Orlando Health Foundation to support the future expansion of ORMC
Orlando Health collects 24 pallets of supplies for Haiti Partners with Harvest Time International to deliver supplies
Orlando Health Takes the Art of Parking to New Heights New parking garage advances campus and community’s beautification and redevelopment efforts with 61’ tall palm tree murals
Orlando Health Rehabilitation Institute earns distinguished accreditation National organization awards the institute high marks in its 13 programs
Orlando Health's 4th Annual ONE NIGHTSM Raises Awareness and Support for Central Florida's Only Level One Trauma Center Despite a challenging economy, ONE NIGHT's guest list grew for the fourth consecutive year
Dr. P. Phillips Hospital Receives Chest Pain Center Accreditation Chest Pain Center helps provide more efficient and effective treatment
ORMC Receives Chest Pain Center Accreditation Chest Pain Center helps provide more efficient and effective treatment
ORMC opens state-of-the-art Endovascular Surgery Suite Advanced OR offers new options in treating vascular disease, other conditions
Heart Surgeon encourages community members to take care of their hearts In observance of National Heart Failure Awareness Week (February 8-14) and Heart Month, Javier A. Lafuente, MD, penned the following message to raise awareness of heart failure and encourage our community to live more heart healthy. Dr. Lafuente, a heart transplant surgeon, is director of the Heart Transplant Program and academic chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Orlando Health and UCF College of Medicine firm up affiliation for teaching tomorrow’s doctors Core rotations for students identified
Orlando Health helps break the silence of heart failure Currently there are five million people with heart failure and 500,000 to 700,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
Orlando Health awarded certificate of need to establish a heart transplant program Orlando Health was awarded a certificate of need to establish a heart transplantation program at ORMC


Health News


1 in 3 U.S. Docs Wouldn't Report Impaired, Incompetent Colleague Many think their action wouldn't yield results -- except recrimination, study finds
1 in 4 Americans Under 65 Lacks Dental Insurance Latest stats, from 2008, show employment, education and race all affect access to care
1 in 4 Chronically Ill Elderly Lives Alone Relatives must be encouraged to step in to help with care, researchers say
1 in 4 Patients Undergoes Revolving-Door Hospitalizations Improving outpatient care could cut down on multiple readmissions, study authors suggest
1 in 4 U.S. Teen Girls Involved in Violent Behavior 6 percent say they intended to cause harm, survey finds
1 in 5 At-Risk U.S. Babies Doesn't Get Hepatitis B Vaccine Researchers urge hospitals to vaccinate all children
1 in 5 College Students Admitted to Drunk Driving, Study Found And more than 40 percent of 20-year-olds rode in a car with an intoxicated driver, researchers say
1 in 5 Parents Missed Work for H1N1 School Closings: Survey But many students visited places other than home, finds CDC report
1 in 5 U.S. Kids Has High Cholesterol Obese, overweight at greatest risk for heart disease as adults, CDC report notes
1 in 5 U.S. Teens Has Developed Hearing Loss Overuse of MP3 players is the likely cause, a leading expert suggests
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