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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

Treating Leaky Heart Valves Minimally Invasively with MitraClip®

September 16, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

Treatment for mitral regurgitation used to require open-heart surgery. Today, AdventHealth Daytona Beach is the first in Volusia, Flagler and Lake Counties to perform the MitraClip® procedure, which...

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Exercise and Wellness

Emergency Prep 101: Communication is Key

August 28, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

Take time before disaster strikes to establish an Emergency Communication Plan for your family to save you future stress and confusion — and could even save your life.

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Debunking 7 Pregnancy and Delivery Myths

August 14, 2019
Estimated read time: 4 minutes

Pregnancy and labor are the source of many of our most well-known medical myths. One of our doctors tells women what they can truly expect.

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How Are Spider and Varicose Veins Treated?

August 13, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

Spider and varicose veins may be painful and unsightly, but treatment can help you love your legs and feel confident. Read about surgical procedures for these veins.

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How Healthy Choices Could Decrease Your Dementia Risk

August 08, 2019
Estimated read time: 4 minutes

Research suggests the lifestyle choices we make now could help us avoid Alzheimer’s and keep our minds sharp for years to come. Learn how to form smart habits that benefit your whole health.

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Millions of Daily Aspirin Users Could Be In Danger

July 31, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

A daily dose of aspirin can be protective in some people with a history of heart disease, attack or stroke, but for healthy individuals, the recommendation to take preventive aspirin has changed...

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Health Care

Why It Matters to Have the Right End-of-Life Conversations

July 30, 2019
Estimated read time: 4 minutes

Difficult news about our health — and our loved ones’ health — is hard to hear. But it matters to have meaningful conversations about your end of life wishes.

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Lifestyle

Air Travel Tips for Older Adults

July 10, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

Traveling as an older adult can bring some challenges. AdventHealth offers some tips and strategies to travel via plane safely and with less stress.

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Health Care

Back Safety: How to Set Healthy Limits

July 10, 2019
Estimated read time: 3 minutes

Keeping your back healthy and strong takes a lot of hard work. And part of that is knowing what not to do. AdventHealth offers some back safety tips.

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