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Beat goes on: Tiny new pacemaker is a big improvement
The American College of Cardiology says approximately 200,000 American will have a pacemaker implanted in their chest this ...
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A bit of good news in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis fight
If there’s one diagnosis you never want to get, says Steward Medical Group pulmonologist Dr. Michael Layton, it ...
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Spin-win scenario: Rotating device clears coronary arteries
Leave it to Sebastian interventional cardiologist Dr. Charles Croft to once again pioneer the use of a modern ...
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Here’s the skinny on a ‘fast’ and free route to weight loss
What if there was a way to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, reduce your cholesterol and blood ...
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Hospitals’ teamwork at heart of Vero mom’s transplant story
Vero Beach’s Paige Jerome had a change of heart last March. Literally. On March 15 this 47-year-old mother, ...
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Summer’s here – and so is risk of dangerous dehydration
Welcome to summer. Trips to the beach, outings on boats, tennis, golf – and dehydration. For those who ...
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can speed wound healing process
Is HBO right for everyone with a diabetic foot wound? If the HBO in question is hyperbaric oxygen ...
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New treatments lift hopes of ischemic stroke sufferers
Nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year. Eighty-seven percent of those are what’s known as “ischemic” strokes ...
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Expert favors ‘direct anterior hip replacement’ technique
Hip replacements are big business. Really big business. And getting bigger all the time. How big? The National ...
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Sebastian River hospital strikes right rehab chord
In April of this year, Sebastian River Medical Center – in collaboration with Vero Beach’s Visiting Nurse Association ...
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Cleveland Clinic good as ‘Gold’ for hip/knee replacements
After undergoing a comprehensive, onsite evaluation, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital has been awarded the Joint Commission’s “gold ...
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New ‘Veran’ system may reduce lung cancer deaths
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. and worldwide, according to the ...