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Lose Weight – Your Liver Will Love You!

Diet and exercise aren’t just good for your heart and lungs—they also lower your risk of developing a variety of cancers. More specifically, maintaining your weight and avoiding becoming overweight or obese are particularly important for the health of your liver and for reducing the risk of developing liver cancer.

Fatty Liver Disease: Symptoms and Treatments

Fatty liver disease is a common medical condition that occurs when excess fat accumulates in and around the liver. Almost 20% of Americans have fatty liver disease, and many may not even know it.

How Sugar Can Harm Your Liver

Sugar is everywhere. You’ll find it in packaged goods and desserts, in candy and soda. It’s even hidden in pasta sauce and other foods you wouldn’t expect.

The Wonders and Benefits of Robotic Surgery

Imagine a wrist that rotates in a circle while bent at a 90-degree angle. Or fingers that can flex as far backward as forward. Add in a third and fourth arm. No, this isn’t something from the set of a science-fiction movie. It’s a surgical robot that assists doctors in performing intricate surgery with a level of accuracy and precision difficult to attain with the human hand.

Orlando Health Facilities Earn Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery Accreditation

Accreditation distinguishes Orlando Health hospitals from many other facilities by providing the highest quality of care to its patients as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation.

Mom Fights Cancer – Twice. ‘I Was Absolutely Terrified’

As a busy working mom of three kids, Barbara Kramer didn’t have time to worry about herself. So, when she noticed a grape-sized lump in her breast, she didn’t get it checked out right away.

Ovarian Cancer: How History Predicts the Future

By Wendy Bacigalupi-Bednarz, Editorial Contributor

Novera Shahid, DO

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship

Orlando Health offers three Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkships.

I have IBD. Does That Mean I’ll Get Liver Disease?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) sufferers know what it’s like to have to deal with diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fatigue. Even worse: IBD also can cause liver disease.