Clinical

DOH-Orange Identifies Case of Hepatitis A in Food Service Worker; Encourages Vaccination

Nov 22, 2018 at 08:12 pm by Staff

. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) has identified hepatitis A infection in a food service worker at the Morimoto Asia restaurant located at 1.... Read More

What Really is Post-Acute Rehabilitation?

Nov 22, 2018 at 07:46 pm by Staff

.   By MICHAEL SAMOGALA     In relation to health care in today's world and economy, many facets of health care go undefined and are not considered to be t.... Read More

Interview with a Marijuana Patient - A Life Changed

Nov 22, 2018 at 07:34 pm by Staff

. What made you decide to make the move to Medical Marijuana? I had a history of chronic pain, due to an auto accident, that medical doctors attempted to treat through nar.... Read More

Gun Control vs. Mental Health Care: Debate After Mass Shootings Obscures Murky Reality

Nov 19, 2018 at 10:19 pm by Staff

.   Rob Waters, Kaiser Health News After the recent mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in which 11 people were killed at a country music bar, President Donald Tru.... Read More

Fish Oil And Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer Or Serious Heart Trouble

Nov 15, 2018 at 07:11 pm by Staff

.   Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News A widely anticipated study has concluded that neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent cancer or serious heart-related prob.... Read More

What to Know about the Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths

Nov 15, 2018 at 05:27 pm by Staff

By LEENA KAMAT, MD November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and worldwide, among both men and women..... Read More

Orlando's first clinic for adults with complex heart conditions launches at Florida Hospital

Nov 14, 2018 at 10:37 am by Staff

Of the 2 million American adults and children with congenital heart defects, less than 10 percent of adults get the care they need. . Children born with even the most co.... Read More

At Death's Door, Shedding Light On How To Live

Nov 08, 2018 at 08:00 pm by Staff

.   Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News   Nothing so alters a person as learning you have a terminal illness. Ronni Bennett, who writes a popular blog about agin.... Read More

AMA Announces New $15 Million Initiative to Further Reimagine Physician Training

Nov 01, 2018 at 10:42 pm by Staff

. Expanding on AMA's efforts to address the gaps that exist in physician training, new AMA Reimagining Residency initiative is aimed at transforming residency training to.... Read More

New Study Could Lead to Therapy That Does Away with Joint Replacement Surgery

Nov 01, 2018 at 09:57 pm by Staff

.     A study released in STEM CELLS moves scientists a step closer to finding how to help the body regenerate joint cartilage ravaged by disease. Their work reve.... Read More

New Ocoee Cancer Center First in Central Florida to Offer MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy

Nov 01, 2018 at 10:51 am by Staff

. New technology helps minimize radiation exposure The newly-opened Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center - Health Central Hospital is treating cancer patients with new,.... Read More

Wear It Pink!

Oct 29, 2018 at 11:00 pm by Staff

. RADIOLOGY INSIGHTS By LEENA KAMAT, MD October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual international health campaign to help increase attention and support fo.... Read More

Keeping the Dream Alive - Fertility Preservation

Oct 23, 2018 at 01:15 am by Staff

  By COREY BURKE   Fertility preservation is a term used for protecting or preserving eggs, sperm, embryos, or reproductive tissue so that they may be used in the.... Read More

Primary Care Doctors 'Not Doing Enough' To Curb STDs?

Oct 22, 2018 at 09:35 pm by Staff

  Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Julie Lopez, 21, has been tested regularly for sexually transmitted diseases since she was a teenager. But when Lopez first asked her.... Read More

Healthcare Crisis: Overmedicating of Residents, AI to Rescue?

Oct 16, 2018 at 01:31 pm by Staff

. By PHILIP REGENIE In 1972 a friend of mine worked in a senior home located in Santa Cruz California. At the time he would horrify our young novitiate minds with stories.... Read More

As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity

Oct 15, 2018 at 12:18 pm by Staff

  Charlotte Huff, Kaiser Health News The young man held the medication in his hand -- and considered using it to end his life. But then he "put it down and said, 'No..... Read More

Hidden Drugs And Danger Lurk In Over-The-Counter Supplements, Study Finds

Oct 15, 2018 at 12:09 pm by Staff

.   Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News Everyone has seen the ads or the products on the shelves. A dietary supplement that promises to make consumers skinny, without di.... Read More

Burnout Rates Continue to Rise

Oct 15, 2018 at 07:05 am by Staff

. Physicians in Florida are more pessimistic about the future of their profession By PL JETER "It's prudent to keep in mind that the first reaction to seeing canarie.... Read More

Virtual Reality for Pain Management: An Alternative to Opioids

Oct 11, 2018 at 09:49 pm by Staff

. Miranda Felde, MHA, CPHRM, Vice President, Patient Safety and Risk Management, The Doctors Company In 2016, science teacher Bob Jester fell off a roof, broke 19 bones,.... Read More

320,000 Dead: It's Time for a New Approach

Oct 08, 2018 at 09:45 pm by Staff

. Drones: The missing link in cardiac arrest's chain of survival By GORDON FOLKES Three hundred fifty-six thousand: This is the frightening number of people in the Unit.... Read More