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Lasers provide better treatment for painful kidney stones
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Lasers provide better treatment for painful kidney stones
by May 14 2015
Kidney stones are the most common urinary tract problem in the world. According to the Urology Care Foundation, ...
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Suncoast Mental Health Center holds open house for new location May 14
by May 08 2015
VERO BEACH — After outgrowing their old space on 27th Avenue, Suncoast Mental Health Center moved into their new, ...
New angioplasty procedure a better fix for blocked arteries
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New angioplasty procedure a better fix for blocked arteries
by May 08 2015
Approximately 17 million Americans, mostly over the age of 65, suffer from peripheral artery disease. Here on the ...
Hospital pharmacist role expands to protect patients
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Hospital pharmacist role expands to protect patients
by May 07 2015
One of the fastest-changing facets of healthcare today has nothing to do with new surgical techniques, advanced robotics ...
Vero veterans better served than vets elsewhere
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Vero veterans better served than vets elsewhere
by May 07 2015
In the aftermath of the three longest wars in U.S. history (Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan), veterans’ health services ...
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Fire Girls of Indian River County hosts women’s wellness day May 2
by May 01 2015
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Getting women’s wellness check-ups is an important part of keeping healthy and helping to prevent, ...
Study shows loneliness contributes to early mortality
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Study shows loneliness contributes to early mortality
by May 01 2015
If someone asked you if loneliness and social isolation reduce the quality of a person’s life, you’d probably ...
Mideast wars yield new lifesaving tools and techniques
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Mideast wars yield new lifesaving tools and techniques
by April 30 2015
If anything good at all has come out of more than a decade of war in Iraq and ...
Urgent care or emergency care? Which is right for you?
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Urgent care or emergency care? Which is right for you?
by April 30 2015
While the words “urgent” and “emergency” may seem like synonyms in the dictionary, in today's medical world, there's ...
More than 15 million suffer some degree of incontinence
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More than 15 million suffer some degree of incontinence
by April 24 2015
It's a topic no one really likes talking about – except possibly the folks at Kimberly-Clark, the manufacturer ...
Obesity ups women’s risk for some cancers 41 percent
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Obesity ups women’s risk for some cancers 41 percent
by April 23 2015
What if you were told there was something within your control you could do to significantly reduce your ...
Modern gastric bypass surgery ‘really is life-saving’
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Modern gastric bypass surgery ‘really is life-saving’
by April 23 2015
This is not a “Do these pants make me look fat?” weight-loss story. This is about the advanced ...