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  • What Athletes Should Know About Hydration

    Your body contains muscles, bones, blood and tissue, but most of all, it contains water. Water makes up 55 to 65 percent of adult bodies. Muscles and kidneys contain 79 percent water, and bones and the brain are close behind at 73 percent. That’s why it is essential to help the body stay hydrated so it can function at peak performance.

  • Drowning Prevention: Keeping Kids Safe in and Around Water

    The long days of summer are ending, but that doesn’t mean we can be less diligent about keeping kids safe around water. From going to siblings’ swim practices and lessons to fishing and walking near a lake or just taking a bath, kids can face the danger of drowning.

  • Tips to Prevent Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

    Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition of mystery. While it is fairly common, affecting 11 percent of people globally, the cause of the disease isn’t known. It affects women twice as often as men, and affects those under the age of 50 more than those over 50.

  • Preventing Burns from Gasoline Fires

    For most people, gasoline is probably one of the few truly dangerous materials you deal with on a regular basis. Anyone who drives a car to and from work has to pull into a gas station from time to time for a fill-up. Many people also come in contact with gasoline at home when using lawn equipment, which often means storing some of it on the premises.

  • Americans Are Gaining Weight Every Decade

    Obesity already is an epidemic in the U.S., and a recent report indicates that Americans aren’t moving in the right direction when it comes to maintaining a healthy weight.

  • When Doctors and Surrogates Disagree on Time Left

    According to the Pew Research Center, 42 percent of Americans have had a friend or relative suffer from a terminal illness.

  • Drug-Resistant “Super Gonorrhea” Could Become a Bigger Risk

    Every year, thousands of people are diagnosed with gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease that can infect the genitals, rectum and throat.

  • 5 Facts About the Dangers of E-Cigarettes

    There are currently more than 250 brands of e-cigarettes sold in stores and online. Unfortunately, as cigarette use has declined, more people — especially teens — are experimenting with e-cigarettes.

  • Proton Therapy Q&A with Dr. Naren Ramakrishna

    In 2012, our team broke ground on a very special endeavor at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute. One that will surge our Cancer Center forward as providers of the latest and most effective technologies in healthcare and, more importantly, serve the community by giving our patients the best possible chance to win their fight against cancer.

  • Do You Have Back Pain? Why Yoga May Help

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