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Hair’s some very cool news for breast-cancer patients

Adding insult to injury, some of the very chemotherapy drugs used to eradicate breast cancer cells also cause ...

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Buzz building for deep brain stimulation to treat anorexia

New research from Canada suggests that “deep brain stimulation” – a relatively simple surgical technique – may be ...

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Ace of hearts gives Welsh Center a winning hand

The Welsh Heart Center at the Indian River Medical Center just dealt itself another ace of hearts. Cardio-thoracic ...

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Fracture fallout: Medications need to be reviewed

Fractured bones due to falls and other incidents are common in the older population: About a third of ...

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Vitrectomy: Vacuuming up ‘floaters’ for better eyesight

Floaters, in everyday parlance, are those hard-to-define shapes (often called specks, strings, amoeba-like illusions or cobwebs), that sometimes ...

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Behind-the-scenes docs essential to hospital operation

Dr. Kali (pronounced Kay-lee) Freeman, hematopathologist and medical director at the Indian River Medical Center’s pathology department, doesn’t ...

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Parkinson’s patients have co-pilot in IRMC neurologist

Over a million people in the U.S. are now living with Parkinson’s disease and every year another 60,000 ...

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Trauma Drama: No shortage at Lawnwood trauma center

Early on a recent Tuesday morning in March, five trauma cases arrived at the Lawnwood Trauma Center in ...

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It’s time for smart watches to detect and predict illness

Research from Stanford University in California suggests that data collected from smart watches may be able to detect ...

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Nobel laureate’s protégé signs on at Scully-Welsh

Dr. Suzanne Kirby, a medical hematologist and oncologist, joined the Scully-Welsh Cancer Center staff this month. A protégé ...

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Why legal meds can be a prescription for disaster

In September 2016, U.S. News and World Report dropped a prescription-drug bombshell on unsuspecting consumers. Quoting professor Donald ...

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Look into new, advanced glaucoma/cataract procedures

Most Americans regard the loss of their eyesight as the worst medical calamity they could experience, according to ...