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OCSC Player Alex De John: How to Recover So You Can Stay In the Game
Whether you’re a professional soccer player or a neighborhood kickball enthusiast, injuries are inevitable. Athletes of all kinds can feel defeated. As Orlando City Soccer Club defender Alex De John notes, there are reasons to stay positive about recovery. After seven years as a pro soccer player, he suffered his first injury this season. Here is his advice for getting back in the game.
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On the Spiritual Care Team, No 2 Days Are the Same
To be a chaplain at Orlando Health is to have a job filled with amazing experiences almost every day. One of the most memorable experiences I've ever had as a chaplain was when I got to spend time with a Holocaust survivor during the final few weeks of her life. She told me stories about her experience in concentration camps, stories she had never shared with her family or close friends because she felt it would be a burden. As she was facing the end of her life, however, she told me she felt the need to tell someone.
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When You Should Have a C-Section… And When You Shouldn’t
With approximately 1.3 million babies in the United States delivered via caesarian section, C-sections are the second most commonly performed surgery in the country, behind only cataract removal procedures. In total, nearly one out of every three U.S. births involves a C-section. And while many of these procedures are medically necessary, it’s an operation that should not be taken lightly. In fact, it’s fair to say that a 33 percent C-section rate is unnecessarily high.
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Some Women with Breast Cancer Choose to Have an Unnecessary Mastectomy
According to one recent study, one in six women with breast cancer chooses to have a healthy breast removed even when there’s no indication that a double mastectomy will improve her odds of survival.
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How Our Air Care Team Trains and Helps Critically Injured Patients
Since 1984, Orlando Regional Medical Center's (ORMC) Air Care Team has flown more than 33,000 patients, helping them get the trauma and critical care services they need soon after an injury.
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Why Our Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval Means Better Care for You
About 7 million Americans have undergone total hip and knee replacement.
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Study: More Americans Grapple with Mental Health Issues and Lack Access to Care
More Americans have psychological distress, but they also have less access to mental health services and resources that can help them, according to one recent study.
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Nearly 1 in 4 Americans Expected to Have Hearing Loss by 2060
More Americans are expected to lose their hearing in the coming decades, according to a recent report.
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Choosing a mobility device? Check out these tips from our Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center
Many individuals who have multiple sclerosis (MS) begin to have difficulty with their mobility as the disease progresses. Changes in vision, decreased balance, increased muscle weakness and spasms, changes in sensation, all of these side effects can affect mobility. When a decline in function occurs, especially in the lower extremities, individuals may want to begin researching mobility devices.
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Do you have the flu or the common cold? How to tell the difference
We’ve all been there before. You wake up one morning with a mild fever. As the day wears on, you develop a cough and a severe headache. One minute, you’re cold, and the next minute, you feel hot. By the end of the day, you have a high fever, and it feels as if every muscle in your body aches. Sound familiar? These are classic signs that you may be getting the flu.
