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• Stop Throwing Away Leftovers -- Do This Instead

  What food did you throw away this week? Perhaps you tossed wilted spinach, a few apples sporting brown spots, and the stir-fry leftovers you never got around to eating. If you’re like most Americans, you probably didn’t think twice about it.

• Stress Management May Reduce Risk of A Second Heart Attack

  About 610,000 Americans will die of heart disease every year. Coronary heart disease, which causes plaque buildup that can lead to a heart attack, is responsible for 370,000 of these deaths each year.

• 8 Common Myths About Heart Disease — and the Real Facts

  Millions of people have heart disease. It is the number one cause of mortality in the U.S., and more Americans will die of heart disease this year than cancer, obesity or diabetes.

• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): The Tip of the Iceberg

  PAD, or peripheral arterial disease, is a fairly common medical condition that is caused by reduced blood flow to the legs and feet. This reduced blood flow is a result of partial or complete blockages of the arteries that act as "pipes" carrying oxygen and other nutrients to the legs and feet. The legs and feet need this oxygen to stay alive and to function (for ex: walking). Because these blocked "pipes" cannot carry oxygen efficiently, the legs don’t function as well, which causes pain while walking. If the blockages are severe and numerous enough, this reduction of blood flow may result in tissue death (gangrene).

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Is It Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's?

  An estimated 3 million Americans live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and as many as 70,000 people are newly diagnosed in the United States each year.  Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are the most common types of IBD — both conditions cause chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. What sets these two conditions apart?

• 5 Changes That Can Reduce the Risk of a Heart Attack

  The statistics on heart disease and heart attacks are staggering. Every year about 785,000 Americans have their first coronary attack, and it remains the leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. Another 470,000 Americans will have a recurrence or another attack. Some of the most important risk factors for heart disease are age, gender, ethnicity and a history of diabetes, cholesterol abnormalities or smoking.

• Robotic Heart Surgery at the Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute

  We live in an exciting new era where medical treatment is rapidly changing and improving. With incredible advancements in technology over the last decade, we are treating illnesses that were fatal less than a century ago. A heart attack, for example, was nearly insurmountable thirty years ago—but today, the outcomes are far better for thousands of patients.

• Staying Healthy in Your 20s: The Best Way to Protect Your Brain As You Age

  If you’re in your twenties, there’s no shortage of good advice telling you what you should be doing now, when you’re young, so you can be happier when you’re older. Start saving money now, preferably in a 401(K), and you’ll be rich when you retire. Protect yourself with sunscreen when you go out in the sun and reduce the chances of skin cancer. And stop worrying what other people think about you. (It truly doesn’t matter!)

• 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.

• Not Getting Enough Sleep? It Could Affect Your Heart

  Think you can go without a good night’s rest? Recent research indicates that sleep problems may compromise your heart health.