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  • Sleep and Weight Loss

    Looking to lose weight?  Sleep may be your answer.  We all know that if you don’t get enough sleep, you will get sick. But what if it affects your weight as well? Research indicates that lack of sleep not only affects our immune system but can also increase the risk of infections, heart disease and obesity.

    How can are sleep and weight loss linked?  

    Researchers are looking into that question. It seems that people who don’t get enough sleep experience weight gain compared to those getting a full 7-8 hours.  There are several theories and factors that come into play.  Lack of sleep may be altering appetite hormones ghrelin and leptin.  Firstly, the sleep-deprived may have higher levels of ghrelin, the hunger-inducing hormone, and less of leptin, the hormone that tells us we are full.  Sheer will power will not keep you away from those cheese puffs at 10 pm if your hormones are working against you!

  • Why Losing Weight is Harder Than You Think

    An estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet every year. Yolanda Sanchez was one of them.

  • Staying Healthy After Fatherhood

    I love my 3 daughters. Everything I do revolves around their happiness. But does being a father adversely affect my overall health? According to recent studies, the answer may be yes.

  • Telemedicine at Orlando Health: Oncology

    When you are battling cancer, the amount of required doctor appointments and follow-up visits can feel overwhelming.

  • The Health Benefits of Aquatherapy

    Our typical notions of therapy involve working on movements at a gym or rehabilitation center.

  • How an Organ Is Deemed Recoverable for Donation

    Across the country doctors performed more than 29,500 organ transplants last year.

  • Why We Need to Pay More Attention to Concussions in Female Athletes

    Believe it or not, female athletes in many sports have a higher risk for concussions than their male counterparts. Several recent studies have shown that in both high school and collegiate sports women have significantly higher rates of concussions than men who play the same sport (meaning they have a higher likelihood of injury per unit of playing time).

  • Frequent Travelers: Know the Warning Signs of Deep Vein Thrombosis

    Every day, millions of Americans travel by car, plane or train for work, vacation, or just to visit family and friends. For some of us, however, travel can come with certain risks, such as the development of a dangerous condition called deep vein thrombosis.

  • I Wake Up at Night to Urinate—Is That Normal?

    We’ve all been there before. You are comfortably in bed and then you get that pressure sensation in your bladder. You get up and use the bathroom, but very little comes out. Before you know it, you’ve woken up three more times just to urinate.

  • New At-Home Screening Option for Colon Cancer

    About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer each year. Sadly, many of these diagnoses are made after a person begins exhibiting to have symptoms. Thus, 60 percent of colon cancers are diagnosed in advanced stages, too late for surgical cure.  In fact, colon cancer is referred to as the most preventable, yet least-prevented cancer in the United States. It also is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the nation. The key to saving lives is for patients to be screened on a regular basis, before cancer has a chance to develop or progress, and well before there are any symptoms.