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Tom Lloyd

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Flu knew? More vaccine options this year than ever before

If you think ‘the flu’ is nothing more than an annoying cold, think again. According to the Centers ...

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New trifocal lens seen as a no-glasses game-changer

At the end of August the Food and Drug Administration announced approval of the first trifocal replacement lens ...

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Vero native returns to join the medical team at Scully-Welsh Cancer Center

For Dr. Jonathan Braue, a newly-arrived dermatologist at the Scully-Welsh Cancer Center at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, ...

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Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Bahamas relief team back in Florida

Mary Volsky’s usual work routine centers on the sparklingly clean and orderly labor and delivery rooms at Cleveland ...

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HPV vaccine now approved for those up to 45 years old

Dr. Cristina McClure, an obstetrics and gynecology physician at Vero Beach’s Partners in Women’s Health and Cleveland Clinic ...

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Tech-expert doc targets a more practical ‘patient portal’

Dr. Lori Posk, a newly arrived family practice physician and healthcare information technology expert at Cleveland Clinic Indian ...

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Don’t sneeze at today’s sophisticated allergy treatments

When Healthline.com was looking for expert advice for a February 2019 article on the early treatment of eczema ...

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Cleveland Clinic maternity ward getting major renovation

The maternal child health rooms at the Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital are getting a major and much-needed ...

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Cardiac rehab: Improving heart health and living longer

If you’ve had, or are about to have, heart surgery brought on by acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), ...

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Hep A infections surging toward epidemic levels

Florida has declared a public health emergency over the rising number of Hepatitis A cases in the state. ...

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Staphylococcus aureus: It’s sneaky, and potentially lethal

Many seemingly healthy adults you come into contact with in your daily life are carrying an unpleasant secret ...

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Robots rule in modern prostate cancer surgery

Prostate cancer, says the American College of Clinical Oncology, “is the most common cancer among men after skin ...