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  • Orlando Health Careers: Government Affairs and Public Policy

    Because the healthcare field is growing and evolving at a fast pace, it’s drawing a lot of interest as a career. However, while the expanding need for services, driven mainly by an aging baby-boomer population, is a key contributor to that growth, a wide range of non-clinical careers also are growing. One of the areas creating many new career opportunities is government affairs and public policy.

  • Could Hip Injury Advances Have Saved Bo Jackson’s Career?

    It’s difficult to talk about college or professional football without considering the impact that injuries have upon the lives of athletes. Over the decades, countless careers have been ended prematurely in a sport known for violent collisions.

  • Blood Cancers: Steps for Prevention

    Cancer can develop anywhere in the body, with most blood cancers developing in the bone marrow, which is the soft fatty cavity of the bone where blood cells are produced. Almost 10 percent of all new cancer cases in the United States are blood cancers.

  • Exercise May Cut Risk of Certain Cancers

    There’s a reason we constantly tell patients to remain physically active. It not only improves their quality of life, it also helps them stay healthy.

  • Lower Your Risk for These 5 Cancers

     

  • What Tiger Woods’ Injuries Mean for His Golf Career

    Legendary golfer Tiger Woods’ golfing future is in question after he suffered serious leg and ankle injuries in a single-car crash in Los Angeles. The former Central Florida resident who now lives in Jupiter, Florida, had to be removed from his vehicle by first responders after the February 23 accident and then had emergency surgery.

  • Why Brain Bleeds Like President Carter’s Are so Serious

    A series of recent falls sent former President Jimmy Carter to the hospital for surgery to relieve pressure caused by bleeding on his brain. One fall led to the president fracturing his pelvis, another caused him to hit his head (requiring 14 stitches) and a third resulted in hip replacement surgery.

  • 5 Rare Cancers: What You Need To Know

    Chances are if you have a sore throat, stuffy nose or ear pain, it’s nothing serious. But some of the rarest and little-known cancers involve the head, neck and throat, so it’s smart to be aware of the symptoms that can mean something more than a cold or allergies. 

  • The Cancers That Claimed Eddie Van Halen’s Life

    When Eddie Van Halen died, fans across the country responded in two overwhelmingly universal ways — one, with a lot of sadness and, two, with a lot of confusion. Not everyone knew that the longtime Van Halen guitarist extraordinaire had battled a litany of cancers, namely tongue, throat and ultimately lung cancer, which ended his life at the age of 65. Whether these cancers were related to each other remains unknown to the public.

  • How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Inspired a Career Change: Ronda’s Story

    In 2002, Ronda Sapache, a 35-year-old maternal homecare nurse, faced the shock of a lifetime. Despite no family history surrounding the disease, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I put off having the mammogram for a few months; I almost didn’t go through with it. But this little voice in my head told me told me to get the exam,” says Ronda of her diagnosis. “I am so glad I did it then. Any sooner and they might not have caught it; any later and I might not be here today.”