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Diagnostic Imaging Use During Pregnancy
Imaging studies are important tools for diagnosing and monitoring certain medical conditions. This holds true also during pregnancy when acute conditions arise and chronic medical issues are exacerbated or monitored.
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Need Help Making a Patient’s Experience Better? Just Dial 4343!
When Shannon’s patient in the Emergency Department commented that his upcoming birthday was usually a “not-so-fun day,” it got her attention. After all, this patient was about to be admitted for surgery and would still be in the hospital on a day that should be special and fun. Once again, the patient was headed for a “not-so-fun” birthday.
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Are Patients More Compliant with Talk Therapy than Medicine?
Patients were more likely to reject mental health treatment involving drugs than treatment that involved talk therapy, according to a recent analysis of 186 studies involving patients who sought help for mental health issues.
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Why Some Women Aren’t Taking a Key Breast Cancer Prevention Drug
About 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, but according to one recent study, women who are high risk for breast cancer may not be taking medication that could reduce their risk for the disease.
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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.
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Treating Athletes with Lower Back Pain
This blog was written in conjunction with Harrison Youmans, MD.
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Study Finds Cancer Rates Differ Within Certain Racial Groups
People of African descent make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, totaling more than 42 million people.
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Bad Habits = Consequences: Type II Diabetes & Cancer in Women
Postmenopausal women are at risk for various cancers, but that predisposition may be augmented by diabetes. The Women’s Health Initiative Study demonstrated that the presence of type 2 diabetes in women age 50-79 increases the risk of gastrointestinal cancers specifically, including liver cancer, pancreatic cancer and colorectal cancer. The study involved over 145,000 women in this age group who were enrolled in the study in the 1990s. The data was collected through 2009 and compared between diabetic women and non-diabetic women.
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First patient at Orlando Health undergoes transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Catheter used during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. The transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure is designed for high-risk patients living with severe chest pain, congestive heart failure or symptoms of aortic stenosis — an age-related heart disease that develops when calcium deposits cause the aortic valve to narrow, forcing the heart to work harder to pump enough blood through a smaller opening.
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Anti-gravity treadmill helps Orlando Health Rehab patients recover faster
“This system is cutting edge and is usually reserved for professional sports teams,” said Matthew Hixon, PT, CSCS, physical therapist, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, Orlando Health Rehabilitation Institute. “Having the anti-gravity treadmill provides more treatment options for our patients.”
