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TAVR heart procedure may not be best option for all patients
About the same time the Welsh Heart Center at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital completed its 100th trans-catheter ...
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There’s help for cancer patients facing financial strain
Gigi Garcia of Vero Beach has been battling colon cancer for four long years, but she remembers the ...
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Having problems in the bedroom? There’s an app for that
When the topic of erectile dysfunction is broached, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital urologist Dr. Carrington Mason smiles. ...
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Got gout? Don’t pout. It’s very common and curable
Gout is probably one of the most over-romanticized human ailments. Literary giants of the Victorian and Edwardian age, ...
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Rheumatologist ruminates on his 50 years in medicine
One of the newest doctors at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital is also one of its longest practicing ...
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Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery seen as big success
PHOTO: Denise Ritchie — New Vision Eye Center’s Dr. Stephen Tate is excited about the success of minimally ...
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Speech pathologists’ expertise extends far and wide
PHOTO: Denise Richie — Speech pathologists, including Jessica Fitzgerald and Mike Gaughran at the Steward Medical Group’s Sebastian ...
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Add ‘glue’ to treatment options for faulty leg veins
According to the Cleveland Clinic, an estimated 40 percent of people in the United States have a condition ...
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Bone to pick: Study doesn’t back ‘cement’ for spine fractures
A substantial portion of patient visits to doctors in this country are due to osteoporosis and compression fractures ...
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Why is skin cancer so prevalent in Indian River County?
The latest community health needs assessment survey conducted in Indian River County found alarmingly high rates of – ...
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Untreated obstructive sleep apnea threatens overall health
Mattress companies can’t seem to resist telling you how much of your life is spent sleeping – about ...
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A-Fib ablation surgeries are common but complex
Trying to understand atrial fibrillation ablation is not for the faint of heart. The procedure is used to ...