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Teen Xpress 20th Anniversary
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Teen Xpress program offered through The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, Eileen Navarro, MSN, ARNP, Family Nurse Practitioner for Teen Xpress offered her thoughts on the team, their success and how they should celebrate 20-years.
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Creating the Softer Side of Medicine in the Midst of the Coronavirus
Since March, we in Florida have all seen our lives change in many ways. We have had to adapt to a ‘new normal’ in the ways that we work, care for our children and even how we receive medical care when it is not related to COVID-19. Many departments at Orlando Health are adapting to new ways of treating and caring for our patients outside of the walls of our hospitals. One such area is the Cancer Support Community (CSC).
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Meet Nora
“Mommy, there’s a bump on the back of my head that hurts and I don’t feel well.” This simple
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Art Meets Medicine - Finding Gratitude!
A cancer diagnosis and treatment process are often accompanied by a tremendous amount of stress. To combat this, Orlando Health Cancer Institute offers various Integrative Medicine programs that provide healing services to compliment patients’ medical treatments – focused on their physical, emotional and social health.
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Westgate Resorts Foundation Supports Central Florida Families
The Westgate Resorts Foundation has been a tremendous partner of the Children’s Advocacy Center at The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, a part of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, through grant funding, in-kind donations and emergency assistance for families in crisis. Since 2016, Westgate Resorts Foundation has given $90,000 in grant funding in support of the Children’s Advocacy Center.
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Wawa's Heartwarming Holiday Support
Wawa continued their invaluable support for children and families at Orlando Health by serving as Presenting Sponsor of this year’s Holiday Party at The Howard Phillips Center for Children and Families, part of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
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Planting a Garden that Continues to Grow
Built on a dream to become a healthcare leader throughout the southeast region, Orlando Health’s vision has become a reality through the investment of individuals’ time and resources. Two such individuals were Bob and Mary Stonerock.
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2022 Champion Family
Every year, 170 local Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals identify a “Champion” in each of their local communities to serve as the face for children treated at their local children’s hospital. These ambassadors spend their year advocating for the charitable needs of children’s hospitals across North America.
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Frank's Road to Recovery
Frank’s story begins one evening while umpiring a softball game. He was doing his usual activity of running from behind home plate, back and forth, repeatedly. But on this occasion, by the end of the night his knee was in extreme pain. Just walking back to his car was almost unbearable. He went home and pushed through the pain and went on to umpire the following night, and then the next weeks and months. Frank managed to fight through the pain for four months before finally deciding to get his knee looked at. After an MRI, it was determined that he had a torn meniscus.
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Healing Through Art
The Integrative Medicine Department at Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center engages patients and their families to become active participants in
