Health and Wellness

Living with arthritis can affect more than your joints. Pain, stiffness and fatigue can make everyday activities, including shopping, cooking and staying active, more challenging. Although medical treatment plays an important role in managing arthritis, everyday habits may also help support your health and quality of life. At the Living Well with Arthritis event hosted…

If you’ve been told you have a cataract, or you think you might, the question on your mind is probably simple: do I need surgery now, or can I wait? For most people, cataracts don’t come with a deadline. Eye doctors usually look at how much your vision is getting in the way of daily…

The Disease That Hides in Plain Sight Hyperparathyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders in adults, yet it is frequently diagnosed only after years of unexplained symptoms, or discovered purely by accident on a routine blood test. The reason it goes undetected for so long is that hyperparathyroidism symptoms are often nonspecific. Fatigue,…

Your Blood Test Came Back Abnormal. What Does It Mean? A routine blood panel showed that your calcium level is above normal. Your doctor flagged it and may have ordered a repeat test, which came back high again. Now you’re wondering: is this serious? What’s causing it? Hypercalcemia (the medical term for elevated calcium in…

Found an Adrenal Mass By Accident? Here is What to Do Next For most people, the term “incidentaloma” is completely unfamiliar, until it shows up on their imaging report. An adrenal incidentaloma is simply an adrenal mass discovered accidentally during imaging performed for a completely unrelated reason. It was not the target of the scan,…

A New Era in Cataract Surgery, Right Here in Orlando When the FDA approved the TECNIS PureSee lens (TECNIS PureSee™ IOL) on March 12, 2026, it marked the arrival of a new category of vision: one that had not existed before in U.S. cataract surgery. Within weeks, that technology was available at UCF Health in…