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• Warming Up: How To Get Ready To Work Out

  We all know exercise is good for us — that is, unless we overdo it and end up with a sprained ankle, pulled muscle or other injury. Warming up is the best way to get your body ready for exercise. Understanding how and when to warm up can help you get the most out of your workout while minimizing injuries. 

• Concerned About Bone Health? Here Are Essential Nutrients To Keep You Going Strong

  Healthy bones and dairy go together like, well, cookies and milk. But if you’re over the age of about 12, that simple equation is unlikely to sustain your skeletal health. Happily, a familiar range of foods — along with vitamins, minerals and weight-bearing exercise — can combine to keep your bones strong.

• Study: One Minute a Day of Weight-Bearing Exercise May Improve Bone Health

  It turns out that even one minute of exercise can be beneficial for the body, according to one recent study.

• New Study Says Hot Flashes Can Last Up to 14 Years

  About 75 percent of women approaching menopause experience hot flashes, according to the North American Menopause Society.

• No Matter Your Age, Here's Why You Should Begin Balance Exercises

  Integrating balance exercises into your fitness routine is important at any age. Although we tend to focus a lot on aerobic exercise and strength training, practicing your balance will help align your muscular system. This is great for stability and will help prevent future injuries. Whether you need to work on going up and down the stairs or want to improve your balance for all that mountain climbing you do, there’s no better time to start than now.

• On the Spiritual Care Team, No 2 Days Are the Same

  To be a chaplain at Orlando Health is to have a job filled with amazing experiences almost every day. One of the most memorable experiences I've ever had as a chaplain was when I got to spend time with a Holocaust survivor during the final few weeks of her life. She told me stories about her experience in concentration camps, stories she had never shared with her family or close friends because she felt it would be a burden. As she was facing the end of her life, however, she told me she felt the need to tell someone.

• New Study: Some Americans are No Longer Trying to Lose Weight

  Fact: It’s hard to lose weight.

• Success Story: Follow-up to the first vascularized lymph node transfer surgery in Florida

  When Jean Hutchinson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she took it in stride and moved forward with the necessary treatment to beat the disease. After undergoing surgery and radiation, she breathed a sigh of relief and was ready to put cancer behind her. Then one day she looked in the mirror and noticed her right arm looked a little puffy.

• Why Am I Waking Up Tired After 8 Hours of Sleep?

  The easiest way to explain sleep apnea is that a person’s breathing repeatedly stops or pauses while they are asleep. When this happens, the throat muscles relax and you may snore, then your body often wakes you up to resume breathing again. It can make you tired, even after a full night’s rest. Multiple sleep interruptions prevent you from sleeping soundly and can leave you feeling extremely tired during the day.

• Do You Ride an E-Bike or E-Scooter? Here’s How To Stay Out of the ER

  Electronic bikes and scooters have soared in popularity, helping people zip up and down city streets and cycling paths. Unfortunately, this surge has also resulted in skyrocketing numbers of cyclists ending up in emergency rooms.