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• Orlando Health's academic chairman named Master of Critical Care Medicine

  ORLANDO, Fla. (March 3, 2016) --- The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) recently awarded Orlando Health’s Jay L. Falk, MD, the title of Master of Critical Care Medicine. This honor was presented at the SCCM 45th Critical Care Congress held in Orlando. Dr. Falk joins only 73 practitioners to receive this distinction.

• Want to Know If You’ve Gained Weight? All You Need is a Piece of String

  Many of us have smartphones laden with fitness apps, many of which now count your calories and your steps, track your water intake, and tell you your BMI with the click of a button. We even have special synchronizing $200 scales that detail your heart rate and body fat percentage.

• 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. 

• Orlando Health’s Lake County Freestanding Emergency Departments receive 2025 Press Ganey Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award®

  Clermont, FL (Jan. 7, 2026) – Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Emergency Room – Blue Cedar and Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Joe H. and Loretta Scott Emergency Room – Four Corners have been named 2025 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award^® winners by Press Ganey, the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services.

• Couple Discover Surprise Benefits of Having Weight-loss Surgeries

  Betsy and Gary Appelsies had an easy cure for a bad day: Load the dogs into the car and head to a nearby ice cream shop. A vanilla cone with rainbow sprinkles for her, a cup of chocolate ice cream with hot fudge and peanut butter cups for him, and they both felt better.

• Losing Weight Could Be a Matter of Life and Death

  While being thin may be an unhealthy obsession in Western culture, the opposite is an unhealthy reality today around the world.

• Wait! There’s a Different Type of Weight-Loss Drug?

  If your doctor says your high body mass index (BMI) and blood sugar levels are risks to your health, you’ll probably think of two options beyond a dieting-exercise combo: Bariatric surgery or the newly popular weight-loss drugs in the GLP-1 agonists  family, including the most recent shining star, tirzepatide.

• How To Keep the Weight Off After Bariatric Surgery

  It’s exciting to see the numbers on the scale drop after bariatric surgery. But you might have a nagging worry: Will the weight stay off? This is a common concern, and understandably so. Bariatric surgery is a life-changing decision.

• Study: One Minute a Day of Weight-Bearing Exercise May Improve Bone Health

  It turns out that even one minute of exercise can be beneficial for the body, according to one recent study.

• Pediatric Neurosurgery

  The Neurosurgery Program at Arnold Palmer Hospital provides highly specialized care to children with neurological problems.