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Orlando Kidney Walk
May 22, 2016
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Music Therapy
Music is a universal language that can offer healing effects. In fact, music therapy is a research-based profession that benefits the emotional, social, psychological and physical needs of hospitalized patients. Music can help kids manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory and improve communication while promoting general wellness and healing.
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Pediatric Specialties
We offer a full range of services and specialties to meet the needs of children, from infancy through adulthood.
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Does Your Baby Have Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy?
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Going back to school and back to the pediatrician
Since the start of school is right around the corner for families in central Florida, many of us will be taking our children to the pediatrician for an annual visit. Even if your child is completely healthy and hasn’t been sick in a very long time, it is still important to call and make that appointment with the pediatrician every year. I would recommend calling earlier in the summer to schedule an appointment with your pediatrician, since there are usually fewer sick children that come in over the summer, and more appointment times may be available. You will also avoid the big rush of patients trying to see the doctor for annual check-ups right before school starts in the fall.
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Crohn's & Colitis Pediatric Education Day
The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition invite
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Orlando Health Opens ORMC’s New North Patient Tower
The 245-bed, 10-story, 345,000-square-foot tower delivers a new patient experience.
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Orlando Health Brings Life-Changing Heart Procedure Straight to Premature Patients’ Rooms
Orlando, FL (August 15, 2023) – Orlando Health has introduced an innovative and more efficient way to perform a minimally invasive procedure for babies with a specific congenital heart defect. Traditionally, the procedure to close the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been done at the cardiac catheterization lab at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, however the clinical team is now performing the operation directly in patients’ rooms in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
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Orlando Health Treats First Pediatric Patient using Proton Therapy
ORLANDO, FL. (May 26, 2016) – When Zayne Burton’s parents, Lori and Chaz, heard the diagnosis that their 12-year-old son had a medullablastoma, a tumor of the brain and spine, they were in shock. Quickly, however, their focus turned to treating the curable cancer so their son could go on to live a healthy life. Their journey brought them to The Marjorie and Leonard Williams Center for Proton Therapy at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health, which had just opened, becoming the first proton center in Central Florida to treat patients us-ing proton beams, a type of radiation therapy, to shrink tumors. Just weeks after his diagnosis and surgery to remove the tumor, Zayne, a 7th grader from Orlando, began proton therapy treatment at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health, becoming the first pediatric patient treated in Central Florida with this revolutionary treatment option.
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One year later... how to help your children
As caregivers, we do our best to help and protect our children. When a tragedy like the pulse shooting happens, it is difficult for us as adults to make sense of it, much less to help our children do so. Usually, anniversaries of a tragedy bring back emotions and thoughts that may have already settled. Therefore, it is a good idea to have some tips handy in case you notice the following characteristics in your children that were not there before: