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  • Teen Faces Hodgkin Lymphoma with Positive Attitude

    Madison was at school when she noticed an ache in her neck and a small bump. She snapped a photo, sent it to her mom and asked, “Should I be worried?’

  • Every Day, I’m Doing Something Better

    My name is Karen. I'm a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter - and a stroke survivor.

  • Knee Pain Puts a Stop to Decades of Running

    What started as a way for Walt to take a break from studying in his first year of grad school evolved into a lifelong gift that just kept giving. It was spring 1977: Jimmy Carter was president, disco was king and Walt laced up his running shoes for his first 10k. Crossing the finish line would prove a life changing moment. In that instant, distance running was no longer a hobby, it was a passion. Walt would go on to tally well over 50 miles weekly over the course of the next 39 years. But with every step on the pavement, Walt unknowingly distanced himself from ever running again. The gift that rewarded him for every mile was slipping away.

  • 6 Weeks from Due Date, 'Suddenly Things Got Scary'

    A high-risk pregnancy, an emergency cesarean section, a month-long stay in the neonatal intensive care unit, hernia surgery on our 2-month-old son — none of this was part of the plan. But Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies always was part of our plan, and we are so fortunate that it was.

  • Orlando Health Doctors & UCF Students Team Up to Invent AI Technology for Surgeries

    The project is called the AIMS system (Artificial Intelligence for Medical Surgery system). This past Spring, Dr. Alexis Sanchez, Director of Robotic Surgery at Orlando Health, and Laura Brattain, UCF biomedical engineer, put their heads together in the operating room (OR). While observing a robotic surgery, the pair came up with an idea to track surgical tools in ORs. Through the new partnership, UCF students developed the idea into reality.

  • Orlando Health Bolsters AI Technology with Expansion of Digestive Health Institute

    Orlando, FL (April 29, 2025) – On Tuesday, Orlando Health unveiled the newly expanded Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute. The state-of-the-art facility in Downtown Orlando is recognized worldwide as one of the most advanced centers for digestive health. Now, this new expansion is bolstering Orlando Health’s innovative research including AI capabilities that improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for diseases such as pancreatic cancer and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

  • Energy-Boosting Foods To Keep You Going

    If you find yourself dragging during the day, the culprit may be more than just a lack of sleep. Poor nutrition can sap your performance in sports and your energy for daily living.

  • High-Risk Pregnancy? Low-Dose Aspirin Can Help

    Weight gain, nausea and swollen feet are typical discomforts when you’re pregnant. But for up to 8 percent of pregnant women, those seemingly harmless symptoms can signal the onset of preeclampsia. This serious condition is linked to an increase in maternal and infant mortality, and affects up to 15 percent of preterm births in the U.S. 

  • Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital expands patient care with upcoming cardiac catheterization lab, ICU unit

    Orlando, FL (April 16, 2025) Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital is expanding its ability and capacity to care for patients with the addition of two state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization laboratory procedure rooms, plus a new 10-bed intensive care unit.

  • 80 Pounds Lighter, Young Mother Finds New Confidence

    Visit Tatiana Cherry at home, and you’ll see her zip up and down the stairs to her fourth-floor apartment. She was barely able to manage those steps a year ago, when she was 80 pounds heavier. “I was so tired every time I went up,” she says. “Since I lost weight, I can’t think of a time I’ve been exhausted.”