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Scully-Welsh Center seeks special kind of volunteers

Lori McCormick and Scott Duncan are looking for a very special group of volunteers to help out at ...

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Stop diabetes in its tracks? Give ’em 60 minutes

The landscape of diabetes treatment changed dramatically in April when the Cleveland Clinic released study results showing that, ...

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Medical errors blamed for 9.5 percent of U.S. deaths

A recent study from Johns Hopkins Medicine received a flurry of media attention, and rightly so: It concluded ...

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Environmental Regulation Commission approves Florida-specific human health criteria

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Environmental Regulation Commission approved rules for health-based water-quality standards to ensure Floridians can continue ...

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Department of Health offers Community Health, Safety Fair July 30

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The community is invited to attend a Community Health and Safety Fair on Saturday, July ...

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A cut above: Surgical director runs smooth operation

Todd Bibens isn’t a doctor. He doesn’t wield a scalpel and he doesn’t sew surgical sutures. Still, over ...

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He’ll work wonders on wounds that won’t heal

Dr. Tim Adkins, medical director for Sebastian River Medical Center’s wound care and hyperbaric medicine program, might have ...

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Yoga and meditation may reduce dementia risk

A study led by researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles concludes that completing a three-month yoga and ...

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Are custom-built replacement knees the next thing?

Knee replacement surgery – or knee arthroplasty – has become incredibly commonplace in this country in recent years. ...

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Fit bit: Only 2.7 (!) percent of U.S. adults are truly healthy

Quick quiz: If you were asked to name four behaviors that health experts say define a “healthy lifestyle,” ...

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HarborChase of Vero Beach hosts Heart Health seminar

VERO BEACH — HarborChase of Vero Beach, a local assisted living and memory care community, is hosting a Heart ...

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Avoiding radiation overdoses in diagnostic scans

Strict new training requirements for those who perform computerized tomography (CT) scans have just been issued by the ...