It starts with a burning sensation in your chest. Maybe it happened after dinner, or perhaps you woke up in the middle of the night feeling uncomfortable. You reach for an antacid, assuming it’s just heartburn. […]
As torrential rains pass and Brevard County and Central Florida begin to recover from flooding, a Health First emergency medicine expert is warning the community about the dangers of standing flood waters. […]
Several Health First locations and outpatient services will remain closed until no earlier than 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, the health system announced. […]
Sometimes, learning about health conditions in a relaxed setting, hearing directly from a specialist and picking up a few tips to try at home can be easier to absorb and prove to be valuable. […]
Eastern Florida State College will host two Open Houses for its Radiography Program on its Melbourne Campus, located at 3865 N. Wickham Road in Bldg. 15, Room 122. […]
For Tabetha Walker, a brain aneurysm was never simply an abstract medical condition. It was a medical emergency that had already profoundly affected her family decades before she experienced one herself. […]
For Andrea Pearson, just being around other breast cancer survivors was a source of comfort – and hope. […]
WATCH: Victoria Timberlake, the Executive Director of the Down Syndrome Association of Brevard, talks with Steve Wilson at the Erdman Automotive Studio in Cocoa. […]
Brevard County residents came together Saturday at The Avenue Viera for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Brevard Walk, honoring survivors, remembering loved ones and supporting people affected by the disease. […]
‘I Did What I Loved’: Health First Associate Madine ‘Mary’ McCurry Retires After 63 Years of Caregiving […]
One in 10 Florida births involves high blood pressure during pregnancy, a condition that can put mothers and babies at risk of serious complications. In 2025, nearly 2,500 delivery hospitalizations in Florida involved severe maternal complications. Yet a national survey released this year found that just 8 percent of expectant and new mothers could identify all the major warning signs of preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening condition that can develop during pregnancy or after childbirth. Awareness was even lower among first-time expectant mothers with lower incomes. […]
Carlos Williams, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, and Paulette Swanson, PT, a physical therapist, will lead the presentation. […]
