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Hotels galore: Can downtown take all the love?
The Bottom Line - Beth Kassab on Business - Orlando SentinelOrlando Mayor Buddy Dyer preached the merits of loving our city and helping it to flourish in his State of Downtown speech this morning. I'm with the mayor on this one. There is lots to love about Orlando. Beautiful lakes, parks, museums, vibrant local... -
Angelina Jolie's breast surgery sparks cancer discussion
Angelina Jolie's news that she elected to have both breasts removed to reduce her chances of developing breast cancer has put a celebrity spotlight on a decision more women are facing. Advances in genetic testing and a better understanding of the BRCA...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Celebration, Breast Cancer, Reconstruction, Breast Surgery
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Orlando Regional Medical Center gets new president
Effective June 1, Orlando Regional Medical Center will be under new leadership. Mark Jones, current president of Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, will take over as ORMC president. Jones succeeds current hospital president Shannon Elswick, who is retiring at...
Tags: United Way , Orlando, Hospitals and Clinics, Corporate Officers, International Drive
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Leapfrog health analysts hand out hospital grades
Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics, Orlando, Celebration, Longwood (Seminole, Florida)
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UCF Medical School graduated its first class Friday
And they're doctors. The first class of medical students to come out of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine graduated Friday morning during a ceremony on the UCF campus. The charter class of 36 graduates also was the first class of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Students, Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, Graduation
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Hospital charges vary widely across region, nation
Making hospital charges more transparent, the federal government this week released data showing what medical centers across the country charge for treating 100 of the most common reasons patients get admitted. The charges vary dramatically —...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Orlando, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, COPD
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Got milk? Local effort launched for human milk bank
Orlando Sentinel ColumnistEvery year thousands of babies are born prematurely in Florida and sometimes mothers are unable to provide milk for their babies. Mothers may be too sick to breastfeed. Some moms are too stressed to breastfeed when they have a sick infant in the NICU....Tags: Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals
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Children's hospitals come together, finally
Memo to the skeptics: Orlando appears to be supporting three children's hospitals just fine, thank you very much. Ask Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas. Or Ashley Greene of "Twilight" fame. Jameer Nelson or Johnny Damon could tell you. Shaq even made a...
Tags: Mark NeJame, Hospitals and Clinics, Ashley Greene, Jameer Nelson, Social Issues
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Longwood woman has collection of 150 hats for Kentucky Derby
Jean Waters has so many hats, she's loaning them to her friends on the one day of the year that wearing an elaborate hat is very much in style: Kentucky Derby day. Waters, who owns more than 150 hats, will provide the head fashions for the ladies at...
Tags: Walmart, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian
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A salute to millions of unpaid heroes
This is officially National Volunteer Week – a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary work simply out of the goodness of their spirit. In fact, if we had to pay all the selfless people who volunteer in our nation, by one estimate we’d...
Tags: Seminole County, Nursing Homes, Microsoft Corporation, Xbox, Family
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Nonprofit hospitals: Do they give back enough?
Although Orlando is a medium-sized metro, its two main hospital systems rank in the big leagues of top-grossing nonprofit hospitals in the nation, according to a recent report. With annual gross charges of $8 billion, Florida Hospital came in fourth out...
Tags: Orlando, Corporate Officers, Parkland, Government Health Care, Health Insurance
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NFL players tackle weight, heart, joint problems in team program
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelProfessional football players are harder on themselves than average Americans are. That is, their bodies take more knocks and often carry more pounds. To help retired NFL players deal with the health issues that commonly arise in the aftermath of their...
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