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  • Building Bridges Between EMS and ER Team Helps Patients

    When someone has a medical emergency and can’t get to the hospital on their own, an ambulance with a paramedic accompanies them, providing medical treatment until the person is under the care of the emergency room staff. But what happens when that ambulance rolls up to the ER entrance?

  • Do You Have Back Pain? Why Yoga May Help

    If you have back problems, should you only do physical therapy? 

  • What can I do to catch ovarian cancer early?

    The number one question women ask regarding ovarian cancer is what can I do to protect myself? I tell them to make sure they see your gynecologist every year.

    But what else can women do?

    They can educate themselves about the symptoms most commonly associated with ovarian cancer. These symptoms include: bloating, increase in waist size, feeling full quickly after a meal, heart burn or reflux, pressure in the lower abdomen, having to urinate often, significant weight loss. Because these symptoms can be caused by so many other conditions, women often dismiss them or seek evaluation by all sorts of specialist without ever seeing a gynecologist. When and if they finally see a gynecologist, the cancer is found in a late stage.

  • Do Other Types of Smoking Hurt Your Heart?

    At this point, most of us understand the hazards of smoking cigarettes and cigars. It’s been well proven that these products increase your risk for heart disease, hypertension and heart attack. But what about other types of smoking?

  • Heart Palpitations or Atrial Fibrillation? How to Tell the Difference

    We’ve all been there before. You may be working out, and your heart skips a beat or two or starts racing. Sometimes arrhythmia and palpitations are normal, but they can also indicate more serious issues. Here’s what you should know.

  • Don’t Skip Your Monthly Self-Breast Exam. Here’s What To Do

    It’s tempting to think that if breast cancer doesn’t run in your family, you can skip a monthly self-breast exam. The truth is: In four out of five cases, women with breast cancer have no family history with the diagnosis.

  • James Van Der Beek’s Colon Cancer Death: A Warning for Young Adults

    Actor James Van Der Beek’s death following a battle with colon cancer offers a stark reminder about a rising threat to young adults. While incidence rates for many cancers have been on the decline for several decades, the opposite is true for colon cancer – particularly among adults under the age of 50.

  • OCSC Player Alex De John: How to Recover So You Can Stay In the Game

    Whether you’re a professional soccer player or a neighborhood kickball enthusiast, injuries are inevitable. Athletes of all kinds can feel defeated. As Orlando City Soccer Club defender Alex De John notes, there are reasons to stay positive about recovery. After seven years as a pro soccer player, he suffered his first injury this season. Here is his advice for getting back in the game.

  • Why Am I Coughing? It Could Be the Flu — or Vaping

    The outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries shows no sign of decreasing across the United States and, with the onset of flu season, it would be very easy to confuse the two. The symptoms are very much the same.

  • Is It a Typical Headache or Something More Serious? These Tests Can Help You Find Out

    If you have frequent headaches, dizziness, seizures or pain or weakness in your hand, your doctor may arrange for you to have neurodiagnostic testing. These outpatient tests can help diagnose a variety of disorders of the brain and nervous system.