Health Equity Matters
In the U.S., Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, and their breast cancer mortality rate is 40% higher.
Sadly, these startling statistics...
AdventHealth Recent News
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Genetic Testing at AdventHealth Alerts Woman, Doctors to Aggressive Cancer Before it Develops
A genetic test, originally conducted to help better understand her daughter's diagnosis, revealed Samantha Arceneaux carries a genetic variant that virtually guarantees she will develop an aggressive...
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AdventHealth Clinical Research Unit Recruiting Patients with Solid Tumors Harboring MTAP Deletion for Phase I Clinical Trial
Under the leadership of investigator Guru Sonpavde, MD, AdventHealth’s Clinical Research Unit (CRU), a collaborative between the AdventHealth Cancer Institute and AdventHealth Research Institute, is...
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AdventHealth Research Institute conducting two studies on the impact of shift work on healthcare workers’ health
The AdventHealth Research Institute recently launched two new clinical studies to better understand and address the needs of healthcare employees who work night shifts.
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AdventHealth Celebration Successfully Performs First Robotics-assisted Cochlear Implant Procedure in Florida with the iotaSOFT® Insertion System.
In January 2024, AdventHealth Celebration neurotologist Michael Seidman, MD, FACS, became the first in Florida and the Southeast to complete a robotics-assisted cochlear implant procedure using the...
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New Implantable Heart Attack Detection and Warning System Advances Care for High-risk Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
Avertix’s Guardian™ System, the first and only implantable device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients who have had prior acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events...
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Embrace the Power of Storytelling to Advance Science and Medicine
Karen Corbin, PhD, RD shares her experience teaching other scientist how to effectively communicate their findings to health care professionals.
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New England Journal of Medicine highlights Guru Sonpavde, MD’s work in new immunotherapy-chemotherapy combination improving survival for patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma
The CheckMate 901 Phase III clinical trial results, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that combining the programmed death 1 (PD1) inhibitor immunotherapy nivolumab with...
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AdventHealth Celebration Team Performs First-in-World Procedure Targeting Kidney Tumor with Sound Beams
Kidney-tumor patients have an innovative new treatment option, first performed recently by a surgical team at AdventHealth Celebration.
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Creed Guitarist Mark Tremonti and AdventHealth for Children Pediatrician Discuss the Southeast’s First Lifespan Down Syndrome Clinic
The new SMILE with Stella Tremonti Down Syndrome Clinic is the only lifespan program of its kind in the Southeast.
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AdventHealth Winter Garden Earns Certification as Center of Excellence in Hernia Surgery
The accreditation recognizes the hospital’s commitment to excellence in patient care and safety.
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Woman Can Eat Normally Again After Life-Changing, First-in-the-World Procedure at AdventHealth
After over a decade of not being able to keep food down because of her condition, Rene Galloway has a new lease on life thanks to an AdventHealth interventional endoscopist who saw a chance to help...
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A Day in the Life of Osceola County’s Only ER Specifically for Kids
A visit to the emergency room is stressful at any age. For children, an ER visit can be especially frightening. AdventHealth Celebration’s pediatric emergency room combines a child-friendly ambiance...