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• How Delaying Care Can Increase Your Risks

  Many of us are more focused on our health now, perhaps more than we have been in a long time. We are staying at home and flattening the curve. We are wearing masks in public settings and observing social distancing guidelines.

• Salud del Corazón para las Mujeres

  Algunos tipos de enfermedades cardíacas afectan a las mujeres más que a los hombres, como la enfermedad microvascular coronaria (MVD), que daña las arterias pequeñas en el corazón, y el síndrome del corazón roto, que es una insuficiencia muscular grave pero generalmente a corto plazo, provocada por emociones extremas, entre otras.

• Don’t Panic — You Can Still Use Artificial Sweeteners

  Recent headlines about the artificial sweetener erythritol – warning it can cause a stroke or heart attack – may have you ready to give it up and go back to eating sugar.

• Why Deep Sleep Helps Your Brain

  Anyone who’s spent a long night tossing and turning understands the value of a good night’s sleep. It’s not just the number of hours you spend in that bed, it’s the quality of sleep you get while you’re there that matters. 

• Orlando Health and Magic Gaming Partner to Prevent Esport Ailments

  Like other athletes, those who play esports must take care of their physical and mental health. Recognizing this need, Orlando Health has partnered with Magic Gaming, a collaboration between Orlando Magic and the NBA 2K league, to help players on the gaming team stay in peak condition.

• Bringing Health to Esports: Orlando Health Partners with Magic Gaming

  Whether competing on the court or with a controller, athletes understand the importance of staying physically and mentally healthy so they can perform at their best. Recognizing this, Orlando Health is partnering with Magic Gaming, a collaboration between Orlando Magic and the NBA 2K league, to help players on the electronic gaming team stay in peak condition.

• Aspirin and Pancreatic Cancer: Is There a Magic Pill?

  It’s known as “the silent disease.” The symptoms are hard to recognize, and they often go unnoticed for months or even years. This year alone, 46,000 people will be diagnosed with it—and nearly 40,000 will die because of it.

• Understanding and Preventing Heart Disease in Women

  Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing more deaths than all forms of cancer combined. “But the signs of heart disease in women can differ from those in men, so many women do not recognize when their heart is in danger,” says Maria Demori, MD, a cardiologist with Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute. Although chest pain is still the main symptom, women more often than men experience atypical symptoms such as: