When he was a child, Robert Buck’s parents would pack the whole family into the car and head north from South Florida to Vero Beach for their family vacation each year. “We stayed at the Sea Cove Cottages where we fished and body surfed,” recalls Buck fondly. Until 1973. That’s when his father decided to buy a lot and build a ...

“We’ve made tremendous strides in treatment and diagnosis of lung cancer and, in many cases, it can be more akin to a chronic illness like hypertension, diabetes or congestive heart failure,” said Dr. Michael Layton, a pulmonologist with HCA FL St. Lucie Medical Specialists-Hillmoor. “Our ability to recognize and treat lung cancer in its early stages has increased survival rates substantially ...