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Study: Sleep hygiene even more critical post-stroke
It’s long been known that sleep can be elusive for people who’ve had a stroke. According to the ...
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Long and winding road leads ‘family’ doc to Vero
Dr. David Hurst, a family practice physician, is now with the Indian River Medical Center’s Primary Care South ...
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Bliss is best: Spats with spouse worsen chronic pain
Most people don’t like to argue with their spouse for general reasons of happiness and harmony at home. ...
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Heart disease: How to survive America’s No. 1 killer
Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer in the U.S. The National Center for Health Statistics reports ...
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IRMC unveils its latest hi-tech imaging equipment
According to Dan Cameron and Dr. Heather Nagel, “the Force” is now officially with the Indian River Medical ...
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Transitional care critical to patients’ lasting well-being
“Transitional care,” says registered nurse Virginia (Ginny) Currier, director of nursing at Sebastian River Medical Center’s transitional care ...
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Root-ing interest: Beet pigment may slow Alzheimer’s
Researchers from the University of South Florida in Tampa say changes in the brain that are characteristic of ...
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Shoulder surgery may not mean joint replacement
The human shoulder is something of a paradox. It provides a far greater range of motion than any ...
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‘Tick’ tock: Lyme disease grows as threat here
You can’t hide from Lyme disease in Florida anymore. While most people think of the disease in connection ...
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Clinical trial yields positive result on bladder cancer
Depending on which source you look to, bladder cancer ranks as the fifth, seventh or eighth most commonly ...
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Study raises alarm over antibiotic use by older women
A study out of Tulane University in New Orleans concludes that women 60 and older who take antibiotics ...
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New ‘Cobra’ stent trial is underway at SRMC
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Charles Croft of Melbourne and nurse practitioner Jennifer Konowitz of the Sebastian River Medical Center’s ...