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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 ...
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Heart failure clinic helps patients handle dire diagnosis
Pat Draper and Diane Loveday know the value of a smile. They need to. They spend their days ...
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Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors has downsides
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Prevacid, Prilosec and Nexium are among the most commonly used drugs in ...
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Cancer center launches genetic testing, counseling program
Cancer can impact lives in far more ways than most people realize. One of the most common but ...
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Summer bummer: Why kidney stones spike in hot weather
It’s summertime in Florida and that could be bad news for your kidneys. The Mayo Clinic says kidney ...
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Endo Center makes it easier to schedule procedures
Gastroenterologists Dr. James Gordon and Dr. Bruce Grossman at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital’s Scully Endoscopy Center have ...
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High-tech skin cancer imaging tool will leave no scars
If you think you know all you need to know about skin cancer, here are two words of ...
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Beat goes on: Tiny new pacemaker is a big improvement
The American College of Cardiology says approximately 200,000 American will have a pacemaker implanted in their chest this ...
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A bit of good news in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis fight
If there’s one diagnosis you never want to get, says Steward Medical Group pulmonologist Dr. Michael Layton, it ...