Health and Wellness

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…

There’s a myth that follows Black patients into almost every dermatology visit: darker skin doesn’t get skin cancer. It’s not true, and believing it can cost lives. Add a second myth: That sunscreen isn’t necessary for darker skin tones, and you start to see how one of the enormous gaps in dermatology takes hold: Black…

Here’s something that surprises a lot of my patients: high blood pressure is called ‘the silent killer’ for a reason. Most people assume they’ll notice obvious high blood pressure symptoms, but the reality is that most people feel completely normal. No headaches, no dizziness, no warning signs at all. That’s what makes it one of…

A mother’s perspective on parenting a teenager with lupus, and watching her daughter thrive. “She Has Lupus, But We Don’t Want Lupus to Have Her” When Lakeya’s daughter Danielle was diagnosed with lupus at just 13 years old, the family’s world shifted overnight. Friends cried. Family members feared the worst. And Lakeya, a therapist and…