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Women make up bulk of weight-loss surgery patients
More than one-third of Americans are obese and 5 percent or more are morbidly obese, meaning they have ...
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Human hand: Complex, and often taken for granted
Your hands – especially as you age – are subject to the modern-day equivalent of all “the slings ...
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Reverse shoulder replacements hailed as game-changer
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons calls the shoulder joint “the most flexible joint in your body. Its ...
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Scully-Welsh specialist buoyed by surge of new cancer drugs
Dr. Alan Grosset, who joined the staff at the Scully-Welsh Cancer Center in September, has a pair of ...
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New diabetes treatment guidelines get to heart of matter
The American Diabetes Association has released its new “2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.” Printed copies are ...
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Irritable bowels? There’s often a simple, inexpensive cure
Problems with the lower gastrointestinal tract – or lower GI tract – are not the sort of things ...
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‘Spin’ class: Physical therapy can quickly cure vertigo
Vertigo is the perception of motion when no movement is present or the abnormal perception of motion in ...
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Probiotics increasingly popular, but many questions remain
Probiotics are everywhere these days. You can find them in drugstores, health food stores, grocery stores, convenience stores ...
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Scully-Welsh doc: ‘Very exciting time’ to be an oncologist
Dr. Alice Cintra, one of the newest physicians at Vero Beach’s Scully-Welsh Cancer Center, is a medical oncologist ...
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Studies rebut aspirin-a-day heart-health strategy
Are you one of the millions of people taking a baby aspirin a day because you believe it ...
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Malnutrition means peril for head/neck cancer patients
Scully-Welsh Cancer Center radiation oncologist Dr. John Petersen has a passion for nutrition. For a very good reason. ...
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Holy cow! Bovine patch may help fix torn rotator cuff
Rotator cuff tears are so common, says the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, “that each year almost 2 ...