Many people are downloading mental health apps for support, but Consumer Reports warns, sharing deeply personal, sensitive information on some virtual platforms might not be as private as you think.
The lead nonprofit agency overseeing foster care, adoption, and child welfare services is asking families to consider opening up their homes to foster teens.
Brevard County lung cancer survivor says she’s never smoked a day in her life
Elementary school teacher’s pain in her hip was cancer
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Debra Smith (center) was first diagnosed with lung cancer after feeling a pain in her hip (Copyright 2021 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – “If you have lungs, you can get lung cancer, it’s as simple as that,” Debra Smith said.
Three years after her own diagnosis, Smith said the first sign that she had cancer was not what one would expect.
“I had a pain in the hip a discomfort in the hip which I thought was a pulled muscle from Pilates,” Smith said.
Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes urging people to donate blood to fight sickle cell disease
Holmes’ son was born with sickle cell disease
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Former wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Most Valuable Player Santonio Holmes is urging people to help save the lives of African Americans battling sickle cell disease.
Holmes is most known for the “perfect catch” in Super Bowl 43, the last-minute touchdown helped the Steelers defeat the Arizona Cardinals. Holmes was named the MVP of Super Bowl 43 due to his game-winning touchdown.
Now he wants more people to join his campaign with OneBlood, be the MVP of Your Community, and make a life-saving blood donation.
Doctors warn of cardiac issues in COVID-19 patients
Patients can experience heart attacks and inflammation of the heart muscles, doctors say
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Heart specialists are warning about long-term health problems associated with the novel coronavirus.
“It definitely is something that cardiologists are now dealing with as we see the long-term effects of this very treacherous virus,” said Dr. Sayed Hussain, an interventional cardiologist at Osceola Regional Medical Center.
During the pandemic, Hussain said patients suffering from COVID-19 have experienced heart attacks and inflammation of the heart muscles.
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“The other thing that we’ve noticed is that we’ve gone in to take care of COVID patients for heart attacks that they’ve had, it’s very difficult to take out the clots from their arteries, they’re extremely thick clots that don’t respond to our therapies,” Hussain said.