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Better roadmap emerges for treating prostate cancer
Medicine is such a fast-changing field, with so many important advances happening all the time, that it is ...
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Versatile surgeon has appetite for weight-loss surgery
As a general surgeon with Indian River Medical Center, Dr. Theodore (Ted) Perry’s catalogue raisonné includes appendectomies, bladder ...
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Home healthcare firm Trilogy planning Vero office
Kim Weir may be a self-professed “small-town girl from Michigan,” but as the executive vice president for Trilogy ...
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Scully-Welsh confronts rare case of acute myeloid leukemia
Delivering bad news is something no doctor enjoys, but it is part of the job for Scully-Welsh medical ...
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IRMC’s new Scully Endoscopy Center opens for business
After roughly seven months of construction, IRMC’s new $6.1 million Scully Endoscopy Center opened for business last week, ...
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Medical pot can be ‘godsend’ for chronic pain sufferers
Dr. Alita Sikora practices integrative medicine, which Duke Medicine defines as “an approach to care that puts the ...
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Hurtin’ for certain? Doc specializes in treating chronic pain
While it is certain chronic pain is one of the most common problems facing Americans, the number of ...
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Weight-loss surgery can have wide-ranging benefits
Medical definitions can be a very tricky thing. Take, for example, one seemingly clear-cut word: cure. The Massachusetts ...
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‘Lessen’ plan: Reducing stress key to good mental health
The new administrative director of Vero Beach’s Behavioral Health Center has only been on the job a couple ...
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Scully Welsh ‘cancer stalker’ finds funds to help patients
Most people work for a living. Jalicia Gachelin works to help cancer patients keep living … and to ...
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Healthy Start aims to reduce infant mortality locally
Florida has a problem. It has disturbingly high rate of infant deaths, consistently ranking above the national average ...
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Flu vaccine imperfect, but you should still give it a shot
This year’s flu vaccine leaves a lot to be desired, according to Sebastian infectious disease specialist Dr. Aisha ...