More than a year and a half ago, Mike Seif, left, poses with his wife and their son before beginning his diet and exercise overhaul. It was just over 18 months ago that I stood outside the fitness room at the Avalon Park YMCA staring through the large glass wall, mesmerized by about a dozen people on single wheeled bicycles frantically pedaling yet seemingly going nowhere. Little did I know I was about to join them, and embark on a journey of my own. The previous 14 years of my life, there was never any time to go to exercise and most of the food I consumed was what was easy and available. Ultimately,... Read more

Imagine a place so calm, so comforting, that your apprehensions simply melt away. Imagine a place where images of babbling brooks flowing softly in the background gently wash your fears away. A place where natural light and lush foliage work hand in hand to relax and inspire. Now imagine that in the same place, surrounded by friends and family, you can receive the latest, most compassionate and state-of-the-art outpatient surgery care available in East Orlando. The lobby area of the Florida Hospital Surgery Center at Florida Hospital East Orlando is designed to put patients and their families at... Read more

The completed Nemours Children’s Hospital is expected to open their doors in 2012 and create an estimated economic impact of $414 million dollars upon completion. The Nemours Children’s Hospital in Lake Nona’s Medical City is one step closer to completion. The 620,000-square-foot, 60-acre pediatric health campus began pouring the concrete slab on their elevated first floor on December 3, 2009 with work scheduled to be completed on the slab in late January. This is an important step in the construction process as the groundwork, literally, is laid for the $400 million hospital to open... Read more

Throughout the past 20 years cosmetic surgery has become much safer and much more effective in giving patients the results they desire. A large factor in these increased levels of safety and results has been the improvement of technology. But what does the future hold for the cosmetic surgery industry as a whole? Dr. Roger Bassin, founder of The Bassin Center for Plastic Surgery, uses the latest technology available to push the cosmetic surgery industry into the future. As cosmetic surgery has become increasingly socially acceptable throughout the years, patient’s attitudes have changed as... Read more

Centra Care – Florida Hospital Urgent Care has 18 Central Florida locations, including one in Waterford Lakes. They are seemingly on every corner of every other intersection in Central Florida, promising to help you in your time of need. Yes, urgent care clinics have seen a rapid boom in popularity, becoming the fastest growing specialty in medicine right now, according to the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine. But, what is it that has made them so popular and what’s next for urgent care as an industry? The main reason that urgent care and retail clinics have become so popular is... Read more