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Cause unknown: Atrial fibrillation a $6.5-billion mystery
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Cause unknown: Atrial fibrillation a $6.5-billion mystery
by January 21 2016
Atrial fibrillation, also known as AF or A-Fib, is a type of arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat – an ...
Study: Aerobic fitness keeps the brain ‘young’
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Study: Aerobic fitness keeps the brain ‘young’
by January 21 2016
It’s widely accepted there is a connection between physical and mental fitness, and neuroimaging studies – in which ...
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Department of Health to hold health and safety fair Jan. 30
by January 19 2016
SEBASTIAN — The community is invited to attend a Community Health and Safety Fair on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, ...
Memory loss doesn’t necessarily mean dementia
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Memory loss doesn’t necessarily mean dementia
by January 14 2016
What scares today's senior citizens more than cancer, stroke, diabetes, heart failure, lung, liver or kidney disease? According ...
Some healthy advice: Stick to those fitness resolutions
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Some healthy advice: Stick to those fitness resolutions
by January 14 2016
It’s probably no surprise that the most common New Year’s resolution is to get in shape, and equally ...
120 years of imaging now paying big dividends
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120 years of imaging now paying big dividends
by January 07 2016
When introduced in 1895, the X-ray was a modern marvel. For the first time in history, physicians could ...
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Navigators are steering heart re-admission rates lower
by January 07 2016
Ask Jason Nance who is most responsible for the success of the Indian River Medical Center's heart patient ...
Good news and bad news about endometrial cancer
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Good news and bad news about endometrial cancer
by December 31 2015
The good news about endometrial cancer is that it’s most often caught early and treated effectively; the bad ...
Study: The brain adapts to deal with chronic pain
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Study: The brain adapts to deal with chronic pain
by December 31 2015
About 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain; the term refers to the length of time the pain ...
New, highly effective leukemia treatment reported
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New, highly effective leukemia treatment reported
by December 24 2015
In the not-too-distant past, according to Vero Beach oncologist Dr. Raul Storey, a diagnosis of leukemia was all-to-often ...
Over-the-counter meds can be very dangerous for seniors
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Over-the-counter meds can be very dangerous for seniors
by December 24 2015
An ounce of prevention may well be worth a pound of cure but in the world of over-the-counter ...
Pap smear still best tool for cervical cancer detection
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Pap smear still best tool for cervical cancer detection
by December 17 2015
In the struggle against cancers of all kinds, some of the best news comes from the success the ...