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Do You Have To Stay on Weight-Loss Drugs Forever? Maybe Not

Building Health Literacy: How to Empower Patients with Health Information

With all the health information available online, in doctor’s offices and during doctor-patient interactions, it can be difficult for patients to make sense of it all.

Learn the Difference Between Painful Periods, Endometriosis and IBS

If you have pain in your pelvic area, it may be difficult to know what’s causing your discomfort. Maybe you feel nauseous or constipated, or have diarrhea. You may have mild to severe cramping during your period. Or perhaps you have pain during intercourse or during a bowel movement. These symptoms can range from inconvenient to incapacitating, and the causes can vary as well.

Orlando Health Offers New Weight Loss Surgery

Every year, many Americans who are overweight or obese try to lose weight through diet and exercise. However, sometimes it’s not possible to lose a significant amount of weight through these methods alone. 

How Too Much Stress Can Cause Weight Gain (and What to Do About It)

The question of whether excess amounts of cortisol can lead to weight gain is essentially the same as asking if too much stress can cause you to put on unwanted pounds. The answer in both cases is yes.

How Do I Decide Between a Urologist or Gynecologist?

For women experiencing health issues in the pelvic region, it may seem natural to seek help from an OB-GYN. But sometimes, a urologist is the better option for “down there” care. 

Not Feeling Well? Don’t Rely on Dr. Google To Diagnose Your Condition

You’ve had a pounding headache for hours, and you start to worry. So you go online and look up your symptoms. That’s when the panic sets in: You have brain cancer.

Do you have the flu or the common cold? How to tell the difference

We’ve all been there before. You wake up one morning with a mild fever. As the day wears on, you develop a cough and a severe headache. One minute, you’re cold, and the next minute, you feel hot. By the end of the day, you have a high fever, and it feels as if every muscle in your body aches. Sound familiar? These are classic signs that you may be getting the flu.

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.

How We Say “Thank You” to Team Members Who Deliver Exceptional Patient Experience

As I discussed in a post about The Orlando Health PROMISE last year, our mission is to make every patient’s experience at Orlando Health an outstanding one. After all, patient experiences directly affect our reputation both within the community and within the healthcare field. It’s why we created the 4343 Line, which anyone who works at the Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) and Orlando Health Cancer Institute can dial to reach one of our patient experience specialists, if they know of a patient who is having a difficult time at our hospital.