All Search Results
-
New Study Says Hot Flashes Can Last Up to 14 Years
About 75 percent of women approaching menopause experience hot flashes, according to the North American Menopause Society.
-
Understanding Binge Eating Disorders
Research shows between 2 percent to nearly 4 percent of adults have binge eating disorders.
-
A Day in the Life of an Athletic Trainer for the Orlando Ballet
As children, many little girls dream about being a ballerina. I’m fortunate enough to be a part of it with them.
-
Does Your Child Have a Mental Health Disorder? Preventing Parental Burnout
If your child is suffering with depression, anxiety or another mental health disorder, it affects your life, too. From advocating for your child to managing how it impacts their home and social life, it can be overwhelming and lead to parental burnout.
-
Changing Medicine May Not Help With Depression
Sixteen million Americans deal with major depression according to government data, but a recent study finds that the best way to help these patients deal with depressive symptoms may be to avoid switching their medication.
-
Wound Care at Orlando Health
An estimated 6.7 million patients will suffer from non-healing advanced wounds this year, according to Wound Care Awareness. Seniors, diabetic patients, cancer survivors, veterans, cardiac and surgical patients, are among those who will be affected by a non-healing wound.
-
Exploring Options to Treat Advanced Shoulder Arthritis
About 50 million Americans have been diagnosed with arthritis, a disease that causes pain and inflammation in the joints. Many of these patients have pain in the shoulder. I recommend gentle stretches, physical therapy and oral medications as first-line treatment. For some patients, shoulder replacement surgery may be an effective way to relieve pain when medicine and other treatments do not work.
-
Fight Chronic Inflammation by Watching What You Eat
What is chronic inflammation? Usually, when your immune system detects a foreign invader — pollen, viruses or bacteria and chemicals — your body’s defenses send antibodies and increased blood flow to the trouble spots to assist with healing. But for some people, that defensive response gets stuck in high gear, even after the threat is gone. This leaves the body in a perpetual, stressed out “fight” mode, which can lead to serious illness.
-
Endometriosis Seminar
Life shouldn’t stop when you get your period… but what if it does?
-
Preparation for Birth E-Class
This E-class is an eight-chapter, interactive, web-based class that uses videos, personal birth stories, animations, activities, and games to teach all the essential information parents need to know to prepare for their birth. Understand pregnancy, learn about labor, discover comfort techniques and more.
