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Mom Fights Cancer – Twice. ‘I Was Absolutely Terrified’
As a busy working mom of three kids, Barbara Kramer didn’t have time to worry about herself. So, when she noticed a grape-sized lump in her breast, she didn’t get it checked out right away.
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Lessons from a Father’s Unexpected Death
When it comes to prioritizing his health, Zach Hoover is an outlier. At a time when more than half the men in America find excuses to avoid the doctor’s office, the Central Florida father religiously schedules his annual physicals and routine screenings – then actually shows up.
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Two Orlando Health Hospitals Named Best Places to Work
Orlando, FL (July 20, 2020) – Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital have been named by Modern Healthcare to the 2020 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The complete list of this year’s winners, in alphabetical order, is available at ModernHealthcare.com/bestplaceslist. Modern Healthcare will publish a special supplement featuring a ranked list of all the winners along with the October 12 issue.
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The Best Way to Stay Healthy? Wash Those Hands
We’ve all done it—leaned in to hold hands with our child, then thought twice. Kids’ hands are breeding grounds for germs, simply because they pick up and touch nearly everything they come in contact with. Then, if they immediately rub their nose or eyes, illness can spread.
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Getting Back on His Feet Again
For more than 40 years, Jim Mathis has made his living walking the stage and working the room.
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Orlando Health Launches Preferred Education Program
Orlando, FL (November 12, 2020) – Orlando Health team members who want to pursue an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or certificate at Valencia College, can do so without incurring any out-of-pocket costs. Effective December 1, 2020, the healthcare system will launch its Preferred Education Program which allows team members to attend Valencia College and pay nothing upfront. Orlando Health will pay 100 percent of the cost of tuition and books directly to the college, up to the annual cap limit for full-time and part-time team members.
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Veterans Share their Talent at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, FL (November 11, 2020) – Bayfront Health St. Petersburg employs dozens of veterans, team members who earned their status as “Frontline Heroes” years before combating COVID-19.
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Caregiver’s Health Issues Threaten To Keep Her from Ailing Husband
Ellen Boogher has taken care of others for most of her life. She was a preschool teacher, raised six children and took in foster kids.
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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.
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Groundbreaking Cancer Treatment Gives Grandmother New Chance at Life
A woman of strong religious faith, Toni English is not a worrier by nature. After getting a severe nosebleed, she was concerned but not alarmed. It was probably a reaction to some nasal sprays she was taking for allergies, she told herself.