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CardioMEMS device detects heart failure early, saving lives

“Heart failure remains the leading cause of hospitalization and deaths, affecting about 45 million people worldwide, including 5-to-6 ...

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As diabetes crisis worsens, clear ways to lower your risk

There is a diabetes crisis in America, and it is getting worse. According to the American Diabetes Association ...

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Frontotemporal most common dementia for those under 60

When the family of show business legend Bruce Willis announced that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia ...

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High-tech device treats incontinence – no surgery, no drugs

Incontinence is a widespread and vexing problem that affects half of the women in the U.S. and as ...

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Stem cell therapy gets arthritis patients back in the game

Dick McCarthy had been fit all his life but at age 82 the pain in his knees had ...

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Doula program: Invaluable resource for new mothers

A program that pairs expectant mothers with an advocate and support person called a doula has dramatically cut ...

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Surgeon joins bariatric team at Sebastian River hospital

Dr. Kevin Seeras, a board-certified general surgeon, has joined the Steward Sebastian Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program at ...

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How ‘evidence-based’ diet, lifestyle changes can reduce disease

Chronic disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the U.S., accounting for 86 percent of ...

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Good relationships paramount in seniors’ wellbeing, longevity

A multi-generational study of thousands of people begun in 1938 has determined unequivocally that the single most important ...

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Amid ‘filler fatigue,’ traditional cosmetic surgery gains favor

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says that since the pandemic, there has been an unprecedented demand for ...

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Bone density scans essential in battle against osteoporosis

Bones. Without them our bodies would just be a puddle of skin, muscle, organs and guts on the ...

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VNA offers hospice care for all, with or without insurance

Sooner or later we all have to deal the loss of a loved one and eventually our own ...