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Physical therapy helps older golfers keep golfing
You’ve done well. You left the rat race behind. You have the time and the means to play ...
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Treatment outcomes much improved for MS patients
Renie Calkin, now a Vero Beach resident, vividly remembers the day in 2000 that marked a turning point ...
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Horseback riding helps physically challenged children
Sometimes the best medicine doesn’t come in a bottle or a pill: Sometimes it comes on four hooves. ...
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Atrial fibrillation: hard to diagnose, easy to control
Arrhythmia is a medical condition characterized by a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. The ...
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New Vision installs state-of-art cataract equipment
Sitting down to talk with Dr. Paul Minotty, who heads the New Vision Eye Center in Vero Beach, ...
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Hospital feud with District spins over into election
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY —Voters will get a chance in two weeks to weigh in on the ongoing dispute ...
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New hope for elderly patients with hip fractures
Hip fractures are serious injuries which typically result in severe pain, major surgical procedures and lengthy recovery periods; ...
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Study: Some prescription sleep aids up Alzheimer’s risk
Insomnia. It seems everybody talks about it these days and a lot of people are trying to do ...
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Macular degeneration is frightening but treatable
Vision loss is a huge healthcare problem for America’s aging population, with approximately one person in three being ...
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Local hospitals say they are prepared for Ebola
How prepared are Indian River County hospitals for the threat of Ebola? According to both Indian River Medical ...
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Safe sleep practices for infants from the Healthy Start Coalition
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Over the last 75 years, it has become a custom in Finland to give expecting ...
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Home healthcare: Getting patients back to ‘their normal’
Home health care is widely recognized as a vital aspect of general medical care. As technology and resources ...