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  • How Pregnancy Affects a Mother’s Heart

    When pregnant, a woman’s body undergoes dramatic changes. Some, like swollen feet and protruding stomachs, are obvious. But changes to the heart and blood vessels? You can’t see them, but they’re happening too.

  • Taking Your Heart Pills. New Bedtime Routine?

    If you are among the 75 million Americans who routinely take blood pressure medicine every morning, it’s time to consider switching it up. Taking your pills before bedtime may actually be better for you, according to new research published in the European Heart Journal.

  • Heart Problems Don’t Stop 75-Year-Old from Full Life

    Dennis Floyd has had a rich and rewarding life, filled with family, a 20-year stint in the Marines and taking care of his five-acre farm in Lake County.

  • How Gender Affects the Way You Experience a Heart Attack

    Heart disease is often thought of as a man’s disease, but it is the leading cause of death in American women too, with about one in five dying from the illness.

  • "I Couldn’t Believe I Healed So Rapidly” After Years of Knee Pain

    Now a Central Florida resident, Ellis called Cleveland, Ohio home as a child. Because he was raised in the Forest City’s white winters and 80-degree summers, he enjoyed a variety of sports growing up such as skiing, baseball, hockey and football to name a few. But overtime, Ellis’ extremely active lifestyle began to take a toll on his body even in his young age, as he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease. Osgood-Schlatter causes knee pain in growing children who are very active and results in a painful lump below the kneecap. Though this condition can be resolved and usually doesn’t lead to additional issues, he would find himself experiencing similar problems well into adulthood.

  • 61-Year-Old Woman Misses Signs of Heart Attack and Almost Dies

    Cynthia Jones thought she was having a bad dream. Lying by the side of the highway, she was surrounded by strangers, confused and in pain. And so very, very cold.

  • Walk to Save Lives! Join the 2022 Greater Orlando Heart Walk

    On your mark, get set, go! The 2022 Greater Orlando Heart Walk will be taking place November 12 at UCF. Sign up now to help Orlando Health have the most registered participants in Orlando!

  • Going Pink to Support a Cure

    Throughout the year, but especially in the month of October, Women Playing For T.I.M.E. hosts events across Central Florida including: golf tournaments, bridge tournaments, tennis tournaments and more. Visit WomenPlayingForTime.org for more information.

  • We’ve Got a Gold Seal from GuideStar!

    Donors explore charities and issues they want to support. Nonprofit leaders benchmark their organizations against their peers. Funders research grantees.

  • 5 Signs You’re Overwhelmed (and How to Fix It)

    By Wendy Bacigalupi-Bednarz, Editorial Contributor