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  • New High-Tech Treatment Extending Lives of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

    By Diana Lomont, Editorial Contributor

  • Holiday Health: Choose Wisely

    For Americans, November is a month of contrasts. On one hand, we celebrate the abundance of Thanksgiving with a huge meal, and on the other, we are cautioned against the health risks of eating too much with November’s designation as National Diabetes Month.              

  • 7 Healthy Ways to Diffuse Stress

    The last two months of the year are crammed with holidays that can stress out even the most mellow among us. Aside from the emotional toll stress takes, it also affects our health.

  • 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.

  • 4 Things to Know about the New Food Labels

    After 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is changing the nutrition labels you see on packaged foods to reflect how Americans actually eat.

  • Lisa Cooper: My Breast Cancer Survival Story

    Most of us have been touched by cancer, either directly or indirectly. Pink October is a reminder to remember those lost to breast cancer, to encourage those still fighting, to celebrate the survivors and to prevent future cases. A year ago, I had my own battle with breast cancer. As a health care practitioner working in prevention and wellness, I felt almost immune to the possibility of developing cancer. I was healthy, I ate right, and I thought I knew the risk factors. In hindsight, I had more risks than I wanted to admit. With 1 in 8 women developing breast cancer, the likelihood that many of us will be touched personally is high.

  • CMS: Orlando Health Is Highest-Rated Hospital in Central Florida

    U.S. News & World Report has named Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals for eight years in a row and Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) as a best regional hospital that achieved top ratings in all nine common procedures such as hip replacement and heart failure.

  • New Treatments for Lung Cancer

    Harnessing the body’s immune system to help destroy lung cancer cells is the goal of new therapies being developed at Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among both men and women, causing more deaths every year than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, according to the Cancer Research Institute. Cigarette smoking is responsible for nearly 80 percent of lung cancers.

  • Redefining herself – and her lifestyle

    For years, no decades, Michelle Milliner walked through department stores and dress shops admiring the designer labels and their elegant styling. She looked but never for very long. She knew her size 30 body was not going to fit into any of those clothes.

  • 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.