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HarborChase of Vero Beach hosts Heart Health seminar
by July 15 2016
VERO BEACH — HarborChase of Vero Beach, a local assisted living and memory care community, is hosting a Heart ...
Avoiding radiation overdoses in diagnostic scans
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Avoiding radiation overdoses in diagnostic scans
by July 14 2016
Strict new training requirements for those who perform computerized tomography (CT) scans have just been issued by the ...
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Don’t be shaken, but too little salt also harmful
by July 14 2016
The less salt in our diets the better, right? Everyone knows that a high intake of salt is ...
New scanner an ‘essential tool’ in battling cancer
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New scanner an ‘essential tool’ in battling cancer
by July 07 2016
A positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT) scanner might not be everybody’s idea of the perfect present, but don’t ...
ER ‘reservations’ available at Sebastian hospital
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ER ‘reservations’ available at Sebastian hospital
by July 07 2016
According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 136 million people show up at their local emergency rooms ...
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How technology from Thermacell creates a mosquito “force field”
by July 05 2016
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — July Fourth signifies the start of summer and the season for pesky, biting insects that ...
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Take heart: New tests better at seeing danger signs
by June 30 2016
Dr. Jeffrey Gottfried is a man on a mission. That mission is to help his patients better detect ...
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Superbugs and supermarkets are closely linked
by June 30 2016
It happens now with surprising regularity. Your television flashes images of Petrie dishes packed with squirming microbes. Your ...
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Urologist Dr. Hugo Davila joins Florida Healthcare Specialists
by June 27 2016
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Florida Healthcare Specialists (FHS), an affiliated practice of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS) ...
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Kids with Type 1 diabetes have low levels of vitamin D
by June 23 2016
This is one in an occasional series about children’s health issues. We know that many of our readers ...
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Why UTIs are 10 times more common in women
by June 23 2016
Have you have ever wondered why women are much more prone to urinary tract infections than men? Urologist ...
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Small wonder: Tiny SpyGlass finds, removes gallstones
by June 16 2016
Here’s an axiom you almost never hear in today’s medical world. “What you don't know probably won't hurt ...