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Harvest Food and Outreach hosts wellness fair

VERO BEACH — Harvest Food and Outreach Center’s Health & Wellness Fair is slated for Wednesday, Dec. 17, ...

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Little-known county official has big impact on healthcare

Miranda Hawker might just be the biggest name in Indian River County healthcare that most people have never ...

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Cancer Center’s new device delivers pinpoint accuracy

While the expansion of the Indian River Medical Center’s Scully-Welsh Cancer Center continues on the outside, on the ...

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Acid-loving bacteria pegged as main cause of ulcers

If you’re over 50, the odds are pretty good you’re already carrying a bacteria in your belly that ...

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Time-saving new business draws blood at home or office

Monte Atwell, founder of Concierge Phlebotomy, LLC, is betting people in Vero Beach are willing to pay a ...

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Sight-saving glaucoma surgery now available in Vero

For people diagnosed with glaucoma, the choice is simple: Either get treatment or go blind. According to the ...

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension – rare and deadly serious

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease; in the U.S. there about a thousand new cases diagnosed ...

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211 seniors program backed by SRA, Sheriff’s Office

VERO BEACH — The Senior Resource Association and the Indian River County Sheriff’s Department have recently partnered with the ...

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County and state lag nation in infant wellbeing

November may be “Premature Birth Awareness” month but many in Indian River County are not aware that the ...

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Hepatitis C epidemic dwarfs deaths from Ebola

Move over, Ebola; there’s another lethal virus starting to grab headlines these days that is far deadlier and ...

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Many treatments can help Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Everyone knows Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and computer use go (no pun intended) hand-in-hand, right? Actually, No. Contrary to ...

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Diagnosing bladder cancer early is key to cure

Bladder cancer, which is much more common in men than in women, afflicts tens of thousands in the ...