Florida Hospital Diabetes Press Releases

February 11, 2010

Carl Smith, a 70 year-old contractor, suffered a silent heart attack as a result of his diabetes and that experience helped Carl realize he needed to make a drastic life change to become a healthier individual.

November 13, 2009

Florida Hospital Orlando "topped out" a seven-story, 156,000-square-foot medical office building on Nov. 13. The new facility will be a part of the area being developed around the hospital known as Health Village. Florida Hospital Diabetes...

November 2, 2009

Ed Schneider now weighs 225 pounds, 91 pounds less than what he weighed in January, thanks to a gastric lap band procedure performed by Dr. Keith Kim at Florida Hospital Celebration Health. Following his surgery, Ed's life changed dramatically...

October 20, 2009

Local golfers hit the golf course for the Florida Hospital Diabetes Institute Golf Invitational at Shingle Creek Golf Club on Oct. 9. Teams of four players played a round of golf "scramble" to raise awareness and money to help those affected...

October 13, 2009

Florida Hospital and Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona researcher, Dr. Steven R. Smith, was recently elected to a three-year position as Councilor for The Obesity Society, a leading scientific society dedicated to the study of...

September 10, 2009

Florida Hospital and Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona have taken another giant step in advancing Orlando as a hub for medical research. Today, officials from Florida Hospital and Burnham Institute came together to announce the...

June 29, 2009

In 2007, Americans spent $174 billion dollars on living with diabetes. That is more than the federal government spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in that same year.

March 18, 2009

Five leaders who have helped shape the country's public health are coming together for the first time in more than a decade to talk about the health of children in the United States.

October 9, 2008

Local amateur and professional golfers will soon be teeing off for the 11th annual Florida Hospital Diabetes Center Pro/Am Golf Tournament at Shingle Creek Golf Club.

September 18, 2008

Professional cyclist, Joe Eldridge, is taking a break from his Tour de France training to visit young patients at the Florida Children's Center for Endocrinology at Florida Hospital.