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Coronary artery disease can kill without warning

What you don’t know really can hurt you. Especially when it comes to your heart’s health. Ernst Furnsinn, ...

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New robotic surgery coming for mouth and throat tumors

Imagine that you’ve been told you have a tumor located deep in your throat, and that it can ...

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Day of Hope Conference provides education for caregivers

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Center for Memory and Motion managed by the Alzheimer and Parkinson Association of Indian ...

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Angel Flights carry patients to needed treatments

Angels, as just about any child will tell you, have wings. If you ask Vero Beach residents Mary ...

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New technique may end open-heart surgery for valve replacement

Two Vero Beach cardiovascular surgeons have been busily “pushing the envelope” in heart surgery for the past five ...

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Allergies often a year-round problem in Florida

What, exactly, is otolaryngology (pronounced oh-toe-lair-in-goll-oh-jee)? For approximately 60 million Americans suffering from allergies, it may be the ...

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Mental Health Association brings actor, advocate to Vero March 21

VERO BEACH — The Mental Health Association invites the public to join in for Pathos, Pasta and Pantoliano, on ...

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A Helathier Me holds 5K race against diabetes March 21

VERO BEACH — With a mission to "inspire others to eat real food and to move their body," A ...

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Lack of sleep short circuits memory and learning

Dr. John Suen, MD, is the Medical Director of Sleep Disorders Center Florida, an accredited medical treatment center ...

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Hearing loss treatment important for mental health

Almost 20 percent of all American adults – or about 36 million people - suffer from some form ...

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New much-improved medical alert devices now available

Anyone watching television in the late 1980s probably remembers one of the most famous commercials of all time. ...

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How to protect yourself from ‘superbug’ infections

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are the cause of 700,000 deaths worldwide each year, including 23,000 in the U.S. That ...