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Explaining Your Weight-Loss Options: Bariatric Surgery vs. GLP-1s

March 24, 2025

Christian Birkedal, MD, Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at AdventHealth Daytona Beach, explains the differences between medical and surgical weight loss to help you achieve your health...

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When Is Your Stomach Pain Something More?

March 09, 2025

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Test Your Knowledge of Essential Health Screenings for Men

March 06, 2025

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Recent Blogs at AdventHealth Daytona Beach

Katie Couric and Husband Get Couples Colonoscopies

December 05, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

Former TV host Katie Couric and her husband recently went shared about their colonoscopy experiences. Learn more about why colonoscopies are so important and what to expect before, during and after a...

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Prevent and Heal Stress Fractures with Expert Care

December 04, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

A stress fracture is a small crack in a bone that develops from repeated stresses, such as training too hard for a marathon. Find out ways to heal from AdventHealth.

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Exercise and Wellness

Four Easy Exercises to Strengthen Your Spine

December 02, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

Simple, no-impact exercises can help minimize back pain by strengthening your spine, increasing flexibility and reducing the chance of re-injury.

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Colonoscopies Can Save Lives: A Lesson Learned by Actor Will Smith

November 12, 2019
Estimated read time: 4 minutes

Actor Will Smith recently went public about his colonoscopy experience, which found and removed a precancerous polyp. Learn more about why colonoscopies are so important and what to expect before...

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Your Back Pain Might Be Coming From Your SI Joint

November 11, 2019
Estimated read time: 5 minutes

Your lower back pain might not be coming from the back at all. Learn the differences when it starts at your SI joint, or the joint between your hip and lower spine.

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Coronavirus Resources

AdventHealth App Makes it Easy to Access Virtual Care

November 04, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

The AdventHealth App is a centralized app designed to help manage your family's journey to wholeness. See all the amazing things it can to today.

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Health Care

What to Expect During Your MRI

October 11, 2019
Estimated read time: 2 minutes

Here are some things to expect before, during, and after the test if your physician recommends a MRI along your health journey.

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Yes — Men Can Get Breast Cancer and Should Be Included in Clinical Trials

September 17, 2019
Estimated read time: 4 minutes

Breast cancer in men is much less common than in women, but research of the disease and its treatments could be improved by adding more male participants to clinical trials.

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Health Care

8 Tips to Reduce Holiday Stress

September 16, 2019
Estimated read time: 6 minutes

Although holiday stress is common, it's also preventable. Here are eight tips to help you manage it this season.

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