Support Group Helps Those Caring for a Loved One with a Medical Condition
December 7, 2015
About 43 million adults in the U.S. provide unpaid care for a loved one with a serious health condition. This labor of love can be stressful on the caregiver and result in implications to their own health; such as lack of sleep, lower physical activity and not taking good care of their own health. The concern about…
Integrated Behavioral Health Services Help Patients Achieve Best Results
December 3, 2015
At UCF Health, we take a team approach to your health by offering primary care and specialists under one roof. But did you know that behavioral health consultants are also on our team? We have teamed up with the Psychology department at UCF to offer our patients help the minute they need it. The behavioral health…
UCF Health Team Provides Six Families with Thanksgiving Meals
November 20, 2015
Team members from UCF Health helped make the Thanksgiving holiday a little brighter for Central Florida families in need. The team assembled six meal baskets that include all the traditional meal staples, along with festive plates and napkins and a gift card to help purchase a turkey. With the help of Thanksgiving Basket Brigade of Central Florida, the baskets…
Physicians Educate Colleagues At Statewide Conferences
August 31, 2015
UCF Health faculty physicians trained their colleagues on identifying and treating concussions and using electronic health records to keep their senior patients healthier at recent statewide conferences in Orlando. Dr. Leonardo Oliveira, who specializes in sports medicine and internal medicine at UCF Health, presented continuing medical education training on concussions to about 100 physicians attending the…
Dr. Christopher Smith Offers Advice on Alternative Medicine
July 8, 2015
Alternative therapies like herbs, supplements, acupuncture and meditation can help a variety of health conditions. There is growing scientific evidence on the importance of traditional/alternative therapies and their role in modern medicine, UCF Health’s new integrated medicine specialist told a community gathering June 17. Dr. Christopher Smith, a board-certified family medicine specialist who completed a…
Rheumatologist Dr. Nausheen Naz Joins UCF Health
June 18, 2015
Nausheen Naz, M.D., has joined UCF Health, the College of Medicine physician practice, to treat patients with diseases of the joints, muscles, bones and connective tissues. Dr. Naz is board certified in rheumatology and internal medicine, and is an assistant professor at the College of Medicine. “I was drawn to the College of Medicine because…
