Growing up in the Orlando area, Savannah Parvu navigated a merciless world overshadowed by her mother's crippling drug addiction. Savannah’s innocence was stolen at the tender age of 11 [...]

Richard “Doc” Greer finds hope amid a terminal diagnosis . . . twice.  Seven years ago, Umatilla pharmacist Richard “Doc” Greer walked out of his cardiologist's office with [...]

Finding freedom from potent combination of alcohol and anger. It wasn’t enough to get a buzz. When Jimmy Strasser drank, he drank until he passed out.  His first [...]

Overcoming a severe brain injury. I never saw it coming. The kick in the head that turned my life into “before” and “after” took me completely by surprise. I [...]

After overcoming severe burns to his body, Clermont PD’s Kris Kruse lives each day with gratitude. Looking at Clermont Police Dept. Patrol Sgt. Kris Kruse, you’d never know [...]

Operation Shoebox salutes deployed troops by sending them thoughtful care packages.  It was 2003. Five of Ronald and Mary Harper’s 10 kids and their two sons-in-law were all [...]

Kelli Stewart lives for inspiring others touched by unimaginable grief she knows all too well. Lying in a hospital bed in October 2019 after just giving birth to [...]

For this issue of Healthy Living, Candy Davidson, an experienced personal trainer and certified nutritionist, demonstrates three leg exercises on equipment at The Iron Village Gym in Oxford, where [...]

Healthy Living Magazine was last published in January 2020. The Covid tsunami hit one month later. My office was essentially closed for six weeks. Three years later, the world [...]

Find balance in the midst of chaos. Forget about being June Cleaver, just be the best mom you can be. Your mother always kept a schedule. She was dressed [...]

Social Media and Mental Health Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event. In one corner, wearing white shirt and confident smile, is the challenger, Marc Robertz-Schwartz, a [...]

From living on the street to living for the Lord, Isaac Deas’ restoration from ashes is nothing but miraculous.  Looking into his eyes, you’d never know how far [...]

UF Health Central Florida, the region’s largest and most comprehensive health care provider, has added a second da Vinci Xi Surgical System — this one to provide advanced robotic-assisted [...]

Don’t let sun get under your skin.  Let’s face it, if you vacation or live in Florida, you are going to be out in the sun. Sunshine, after [...]

Just Booking It How many leg raises can you do during a flexed bar hang with palm-toward-you grip? How about plyometric parallel bar dips? How many sumo squat [...]