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Life-Changing Decision Helps Local Mother Lose 100 Pounds and Keep It Off

DAVENPORT, Fla. — Tuesday, March 4, is World Obesity Day and according to the Centers for Disease Control, more than two in five adults in the United States are obese and millions of people in the U.S. are frustrated over the struggle to lose weight.   Marquilia Martin Hymes was in a similar spot, trying to lose weight […]

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Innovative use of Da Vinci SP robot for HPB surgeries set to revolutionize patient care 

TAMPA, Fla. (February 26, 2025) — AdventHealth Tampa has begun a groundbreaking clinical trial using the Da Vinci SP robot to remove cancer, as well as non-cancerous masses, from the pancreas, stomach, gallbladder and more, an innovative effort to provide a better, more efficient method for surgeons.  This is the first surgeon-led IDE Pilot Study, overseen by

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AdventHealth Bringing ‘Hospital of the Future’ to Lake Nona Community

provided by ADVENTHEALTH LAKE NONA, Fla., May 22, 2024 — A state-of-the-art hospital that will offer leading-edge treatments to patients from Central Florida and around the globe is coming to Lake Nona. AdventHealth has begun work on a 10-story hospital located at 10999 Narcoossee Road. To date, thousands of tons of soil have been removed from the

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Confident & In Control

Bariatric Surgery Helps Poinciana Educator Start a New Chapter  by Ryan Milejczak A new year means a new opportunity to become a better you. And if you ask a room full of people what changes they’d like to make in their lives, the most common answer will almost certainly be some version of “lose weight.”

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AdventHealth Breaks Ground on New ER in Winter Haven

VO: Groundbreaking Ceremony,SOT: Tim Clark, AdventHealth Polk Market President & CEO, Mayor Brad Dantzler, City of Winter Haven* No Courtesy Needed * WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (Wednesday, June 7, 2023) – Hospital leaders, local government officials, and members of the business community helped turn the first shovel of dirt today at the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new 42-acre AdventHealth Winter

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Florida Poly Researchers Developing 3D Simulator to Enhance Surgery Training

LAKELAND, Fla. – Bariatric surgeries have become more and more necessary for thousands of people across the country each year who need medical assistance to combat obesity. Two Florida Polytechnic University professors are working on a highly realistic 3D bariatric procedure simulator to help ensure doctors have the best training possible to perform the surgery.

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The Battle Within the Battle

Cancer Drugs Caused Weight Gain, but Bariatric Surgery Restored Her Health by TERESA SCHIFFER Rhonda Smith is feeling great these days. She’s in great health, eating right, getting regular exercise, and savoring life in a new way after an arduous battle.  In 2005, at the age of 27, Smith visited her doctor because she was

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