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  • How the Watchman Device Can Benefit AFib Patients

    Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. It affects as many as 6 million Americans, and that number is expected to increase as people age.

  • Reconstruction Advances Help Restore Sensation in Breast Cancer Patients

    Breast cancer is unlike other cancers: Successful treatment isn’t the end of the story. For most patients, some sort of breast reconstruction will follow, and the outcome of that often plays a big role in how a woman sees herself going forward. The good news for patients is that breast reconstruction techniques and alternatives have changed a great deal in the last 15 years. Before that, plastic surgeons often were just trying to fashion something that would “look right” in clothing and more or less fit into a bra.

  • A Breakthrough Procedure Can Help Emphysema Patients Breathe Easier

    If you have emphysema, severe shortness of breath makes it difficult to complete everyday activities like going for a walk or even taking a shower. This progressive lung disease is a severe form of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD). It occurs when the air sacs at the end of the smallest air passages become damaged, usually because of smoking. Air becomes trapped in those damaged pockets, putting pressure on the healthy parts of the lung and diaphragm.

  • What Necessary Surgeries Mean to Patients and Physicians

    In early March, McKaylee Prochazka of Lake Nona had emergency surgery for kidney stones and a stent was inserted to drain any pieces that remained. Soon after surgery, the Orange County school teacher developed a urinary tract infection.

  • TAVR Heart Valve Replacement Benefits Younger, Healthier Patients Too

    Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been used since 2011 for patients with a narrowing of the aortic valve opening (aortic stenosis), whose age or poor health made it unlikely they could survive traditional open-heart surgery. But two new clinical trials indicate that TAVR also can be used in younger, healthier patients.  These results will significantly change how doctors treat patients who have failing aortic valves. 

  • Why Pancreatic Cancer Challenges Patients Like Alex Trebek

    UPDATE: Alex Trebek died November 8, 2020, more than a year after he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. He was 80.

  • New Monarch Technology Brings Benefits for Lung Cancer Patients

    Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for men and women. In its early stages, the disease shows few symptoms, making it difficult to detect. Once symptoms appear, the disease is often in an advanced stage and has spread beyond the initial site. For that reason, upwards of 90 percent of those diagnosed with advanced or metastatic lung cancer do not survive.

  • Innovative HIPEC Therapy Provides Another Option for Cancer Patients

    For a patient with cancer, standard treatments include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or some combination of the three. Some cancers have historically been very resistant to these treatments. One such situation is when cancer involves the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity and its organs. This is caused by the spread of cancer cells from preexisting cancers such as colorectal, appendix, ovarian and stomach cancer. It also can  be caused by peritoneal mesothelioma.

  • 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?

  • New Minimally Invasive Procedure Gives Heart Patients More Options

    Previously, patients with mitral valve regurgitation (MR) had very few options if they weren’t candidates for surgery. The condition, in which one of the heart valves does not close tightly, allowing blood to flow backward into the heart’s left chamber, can lead palpitations, difficulty breathing and fluid build-up in the lungs in patients who have a severe form of this heart disorder.