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  • Primary Care Physician: First Step Toward Mental Healthcare

    It’s easy to understand why you might want to skip your primary care physician and head straight to a specialist when faced with a specific health problem. If the problem involves mental health, you may even be unaware of the care your general practitioner can provide.

  • First-Year Benchmarks in Baby Land

    Babies don’t come with a manual. But there is a list of monthly developmental milestones to help new parents navigate their child’s first year of growth.

  • Level One Trauma Care Saved My Life

    In June of 2014, I was trimming trees at a local church, which just happened to be across the street from a hospital. While I was working, a power line arched over to the metal bucket I was standing in and shot 14,000 volts of electricity through my body. (For perspective, a Taser delivers about 1,200 volts to the body.)

  • Caregivers: Take Care of Yourselves, Too

    In today’s busy world, we’re all stretched thin by work, family, appointments and obligations. Add in the stress and responsibilities of caring for an aging parent or critically ill family member, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed. That’s why it’s essential for caregivers to take the time to care for themselves, too.

  • Getting Ready for Baby: Prenatal Care and Education

    Whether it’s your first baby or your fourth, expectant moms can prepare for a healthy delivery and a healthy baby through prenatal care and education. 

  • Barbara Bush’s Final Decision Highlights Comfort and Palliative Care Options

    At 92, Former First Lady Barbara Bush had been in failing health for several years, challenged by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure. This past Sunday, a spokesman announced that Mrs. Bush had decided she had received enough medical interventions to extend her life. Instead, she wanted to focus her last days on spending time with family and receiving comfort care. Mrs. Bush died April 17, at her home in Houston, with her family around her.

  • Choosing a mobility device? Check out these tips from our Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center

    Many individuals who have multiple sclerosis (MS) begin to have difficulty with their mobility as the disease progresses. Changes in vision, decreased balance, increased muscle weakness and spasms, changes in sensation, all of these side effects can affect mobility. When a decline in function occurs, especially in the lower extremities, individuals may want to begin researching mobility devices.

  • Wound Care at Orlando Health

    An estimated 6.7 million patients will suffer from non-healing advanced wounds this year, according to Wound Care Awareness. Seniors, diabetic patients, cancer survivors, veterans, cardiac and surgical patients, are among those who will be affected by a non-healing wound.

  • Yes, You Still Need Your Primary Care Doctor

    A cough that won’t go away. A strange rash on your back or an ache in your stomach. When you don’t feel well, it’s increasingly common and understandable that you turn to digital health or urgent care clinics to find out what’s causing your illness, rather than going to your primary care provider (PCP). Maybe you think it’s not worth it to make a doctor’s appointment to diagnose a minor illness, or it’s the middle of the night and you want answers immediately. But there are several reasons why going to your PCP can provide you with the best overall care.

  • A Day in The Life of an Air Care EMT

    It’s only natural that I would end up choosing a career as an EMT, especially considering my dad was a firefighter. I guess it runs in the family. I can honestly say, though, that there is nothing else I’d rather do than what I get to do every day as an EMT for the Orlando Health Air Care Team and the Orlando Fire Department. Like most people who work at Orlando Health, a big part of what I love about my job is helping patients heal. In my case though, I also thrive on the “emergency” part of it. Being the first to arrive on scene when someone’s been hurt or suddenly gotten sick, you have to think fast and act fast. And to do that, you have to remain calm when the stress level is at its highest. Throughout the course of my career, I’m grateful that I’ve been able to do this consistently.