The Brevard Heart Foundation 2024 Heart of a Hero Awards Gala is set for April 6 at the Crowne Plaza Oceanfront Melbourne, and will be presented by Health First. […]
For years, the medical community, along with everyone else, believed obesity was the predictable result of bad diet and poor decision making. The solution then was healthy choices and austerity. But this ignored two critical facts, says Health First General Surgeon Nathan Allison, MD, founder of the NewFit Surgical Weight Loss Program. […]
Brevard County’s Health First celebrates National Doctors’ Day each year – a tradition dating back to 1933 when Charles B. Almond, MD, initiated the first celebration in Winder, Georgia. Since then, it has grown into a national event recognized and celebrated by health care organizations and institutions across the country. On October 30, 1990, President George H.W. Bush designated March 30 as “National Doctors’ Day.” […]
The words a friend or acquaintance would use to describe Cathy Schmitt might include warm, happy, full of zest, larger than life. She needs all of those, because one thing a cancer diagnosis introduces is dread.
Schmitt’s diagnosis came in September. Ductal carcinoma in situ. […]
Donning traditional hard hats and ceremonial shovels, Health First officials today officially broke ground on the new Cape Canaveral Hospital and Medical Office Building in Merritt Island. o add a celebratory flair to the event, Health First chose March 21, also known as ‘321 Day’ in Brevard County – a special nod to the region’s 3-2-1 area code and heavy aerospace/technology industry concentration. […]
In February, 2023, a few months after his 98th birthday, news broke that former President Jimmy Carter, whose cancer had spread to his brain years earlier, was ending treatment for it and entering home hospice care. Nine months later, in November, his wife Rosalynn also entered hospice. […]
Heart surgeons at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center March 1 successfully implanted its 700th WATCHMAN™ device and became the first on the East Coast between Jacksonville and south Florida to use the WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro. […]
For the fourth straight year, Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital been named to Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2024. Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider, present this prestigious award. The award was announced on Feb. 28th, 2024, and can be viewed on Newsweek’s website. […]
Katrina Francis of Suntree performs a set of squats with Health First Personal Trainer Kathleen Jaromin. Francis says that a personal trainer ensures accountability. Without one, a person may not stick with tough exercises, opting for routines they’re comfortable with and good at. […]
Teri Jones’ Medical Education Technology and Career Academy is helping address a critical staffing shortage. […]
Health First Health Plans members enjoyed an intimate and important presentation from two esteemed Health First Cardiologists on Valentine’s Day, and the mostly female audience was well-served by the messengers. […]
Big surgeries have moved from “open” to laparoscopic (minimally invasive), and even robotic. The result is better outcomes and shorter recoveries, but some discomfort and pain from a major operation is inevitable. […]
