Health
TAVR heart procedure may be ‘Greatest Cardiac Show on Earth’
Eileen Barnum is pretty, petite and downright perky. She’s also 94 years old and she just had the ...
Author Archives
Tom Lloyd
Health
Doctors see increase in throat cancer caused by HPV
Say the word “cancer” and the first medical specialties most people think about are “oncology” or “radiology” or ...
Health
Lymphedema can be a long – but manageable – fight
Upwards of 10 million Americans suffer from lymphedema, according to Lymphatic Education & Research Network. That’s more than ...
Health
Call to ‘arms’: Doc adamant about flu shots for kids
The “flu season” is here again and local pediatrician Dr. Marza Penny makes no bones about her top ...
Health
Breathe easier – there’s new hope for asthma patients
If you suffer from asthma you are far from alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ...
Health
‘See’ change: Eye surgery benefits from high-tech advances
Dr. Paul Minotty, dean of the New Vision Eye Center team, was struck by a quote from a ...
Health
IRMC staffers step up during Irma blood emergency
It won’t fit on a bumper sticker, but “right anterior thoracotomies” happen. So, too, do “peripheral cannulations in ...
Health
IRMC’s ‘navigators’ are the GPS for cancer care
If you are curious, you could go to the National Institutes of Health’s website and look up the ...
Health
Whirlwind of activity at county hospitals during Irma
Indian River County’s two hospitals kept their heads above water during Hurricane Irma, continuing to admit and treat ...
Health
Take heart from benefits of moderate drinking
Here’s a little something you won’t find in the history books. When the 21st amendment repealed 14 years ...
Health
Vero-raised doc eagerly joins Florida Cancer Specialists
Florida Cancer Specialists, which has offices in Vero Beach, Sebastian and many other locations across the state, participated ...
Health
Today’s primary care includes healthy dose of acronyms
Primary care physicians – or PCPs – are, simply put, the keystone that holds the ever-widening arch of ...