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  • Four Apps to Make Meal Planning Easier

    Even when it comes to menu planning, the saying “There’s an app for that” holds true. From calorie counting and grocery delivery to connecting with smart devices, a wide range of applications are available to make meal planning easier. Most app options share a common theme, but tickling out specifics like cost, ease of use and the tastiest recipes are important factors to consider. A common caveat with free apps is that each platform withholds a feature, enticing the consumer to purchase the upgraded version.

  • Why Small Changes Are Better for Your Heart than Supplements

    The allure of a quick fix is powerful. But when it comes to heart health, fast and easy seldom are the winning combination. Take supplements, for example. Even those labeled “heart healthy” may not offer much protection from heart disease and some actually can contain ingredients that are dangerous.

  • ¿Tienes un resfriado? ¿Deberías hacer ejercicio?

    Regular exercise is one of the most important things you can do to stay healthy and strengthen your immune system, so you can ward off most viral and bacterial infections.

  • How to Embrace the Snack - but Avoid the 'Fourth Meal'

     

  • Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy

    Your nervous system is a complex assembly of nerves running throughout your body, carrying messages to and from your brain. Unfortunately, there are many things that can go wrong and disrupt your body’s communication system.

  • Raising Health Literacy, Improving Health Outcomes

    Health information can overwhelm even those with advanced medical knowledge and literacy skills. Medical science is constantly evolving. Even doctors with specialties may need to expand their knowledge to best understand a condition they may be facing. It can be particularly difficult for patients to retain information when facing frightening news.

  • How a Donor Milk Bank Works

    It’s not a secret that breast milk is beneficial for newborns, particularly when they are premature or sick. Not only does breast milk provide nutrients unavailable in formula, human milk also decreases the incidence of a baby developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the most common and serious intestinal disease affecting premature babies.

  • Understanding what a Patient Care Coordinator Can Do for You

    Navigating the complex world of patient care can be a stressful and difficult experience. When you or a loved one is recovering from any medical issue, getting back to health should be the main focus. You shouldn’t be confused about what services are needed or where to go to find them. That’s where Orlando Health’s dedicated team of Patient Care Coordinators come in. Each Patient Care Coordinator is trained to help assist with any questions a patient may have – whether that’s over the phone, via email or in person. They make sure that care plans are initiated and followed, and can help patients better understand medical conditions, medications and instructions, both in the hospital and at home.

  • Caring for the Caregiver

    For people who have never had a family member need care for a chronic illness, it may be surprising how much of that care is provided by people who are not healthcare professionals. Indeed, while physicians, nurses, therapists and others in the field take care of these patients when they’re in a hospital or visiting their doctor’s office for a checkup, most of their non-clinical care is provided by a family member or close friend who makes sure the patient is taking medications on time and helping them bathe and go to the bathroom.

  • Taking Charge by Being Your Own Patient Advocate

    What Is a Patient Advocate?