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  • Four Orlando Health hospitals earn Top Hospital designations

    Orlando, FL (December 7, 2017) – Orlando Health’s Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies have been designated as Top Hospitals in the country by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization. Hospitals recognized as Top performers have better systems in place to prevent medication errors, higher quality on maternity care and high-risk procedures, and lower readmission rates than other hospitals.

  • Orlando Health, West Orange Healthcare District Break Ground On New Ocoee Cancer Center

    Orlando, Florida (June 28, 2017) – Leaders with Orlando Health and the West Orange Healthcare District (WOHD) gathered today to break ground on a new cancer center on the campus of Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Florida.

  • From Cancer Patient to Pet Therapy Volunteer

    By Wendy Bacigalupi-Bednarz, Editorial Contributor

  • Pulling Together: Orlando Health Copes with Pulse Tragedy

    Just after 2:00 am on June 12, the Orlando Regional Medical Center Level One Trauma Center and Emergency Room began receiving dozens of seriously injured patients who were victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. ER doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists and respiratory therapists were quickly joined by off-duty surgeons and other team members to respond to the largest mass casualty they had ever faced.

  • Survival Swimming Can Protect Your Child From Drowning

    By Wendy Bacigalupi-Bednarz, Editorial Contributor

  • Understanding and Preventing Heart Disease in Women

    Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing more deaths than all forms of cancer combined. “But the signs of heart disease in women can differ from those in men, so many women do not recognize when their heart is in danger,” says Maria Demori, MD, a cardiologist with Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute. Although chest pain is still the main symptom, women more often than men experience atypical symptoms such as:

  • Reducing Stress and Improving Health

    For many of us, stress is an everyday part of our lives. While some stress can be motivating, chronic stress can have very real effects on our health. Inflammation, depression, heart disease and a weakened immune system have all been associated with long-term stress.

  • From IVF to Surgery: Mom’s Journey To Save Her Babies

    Kristi Jacobsen knew all about multiples. Her first pregnancy was fraternal twins, then she and her husband, Keith, had two more girls, all four “IVF miracles,” Kristi says.

  • ‘I Am Not Dying on the Couch.’ Orlando Man Loses 800 Pounds

    Ted Dombrowski spent his 50th birthday on the sofa, nearly immobile. Although down to 800 pounds from a peak of 1,060, he was still so heavy that his stomach drooped to his knees. One of those knees was so painful, even while seated, that 800 milligrams of ibuprofen every six hours barely helped.

  • Girl with Feeding Tube Asks for a Miracle

    Halloween candy. Thanksgiving pies. Holiday cookies. These are the things a kid waits for all year. But for Aubrey Harris, there was none of that — not even a slice of birthday cake.