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Listening to patient key to proper bad-back diagnosis
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Listening to patient key to proper bad-back diagnosis
by April 10 2018
Dr. Craig Popp, a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with Vero Orthopaedics & Neurology, isn’t likely run out ...
IRMC at heart of program to cut hospital readmissions
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IRMC at heart of program to cut hospital readmissions
by April 04 2018
Indian River Medical Center and its Welsh Heart Center are once again moving into some elite territory, thanks ...
Venomous fish pose greater danger than sharks
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Venomous fish pose greater danger than sharks
by April 04 2018
With the return of warm weather, Vero beaches are about to get crowded – and, sometimes, downright dangerous, ...
New research may tilt debate over PSA screening
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New research may tilt debate over PSA screening
by March 27 2018
The debate going on in the medical community about whether prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening reduces the risk of ...
Team Chavez consumed with chronic care management
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Team Chavez consumed with chronic care management
by March 27 2018
According to the New York Times, a mere 5 percent of this country’s population accounts for nearly half ...
Mind-body therapies may be prescription for pain relief
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Mind-body therapies may be prescription for pain relief
by March 21 2018
Research conducted at the University of Utah Hospital concluded that mind-body therapies can be as effective in alleviating ...
Sebastian hospital ‘desperately’ short of volunteers
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Sebastian hospital ‘desperately’ short of volunteers
by March 21 2018
Tennessee, not Florida, is known as “the Volunteer State,” but at the Sebastian River Medical Center, Anthony Gabriel, ...
Need a hand surgery specialist? Elementary … it’s Dr. Watson
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Need a hand surgery specialist? Elementary … it’s Dr. Watson
by March 14 2018
When orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Watson was recruited by the Steward Medical Group to move his practice here ...
Dentists become first line of defense against sleep apnea
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Dentists become first line of defense against sleep apnea
by March 14 2018
Everybody knows – or thinks they know – what to expect from a trip to the dentist. But ...
Doc sounds the alarm on risk of over-medication for seniors
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Doc sounds the alarm on risk of over-medication for seniors
by March 06 2018
Dr. Raman Ashta is hardly the first person to move south to Vero Beach in order to spend ...
In treating heart failure, hard to beat ‘team’ approach
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In treating heart failure, hard to beat ‘team’ approach
by March 06 2018
If you had taken a snapshot of heart failure in America just a couple of years ago, it ...
Just think: Study eyes mental method to lower anxiety
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Just think: Study eyes mental method to lower anxiety
by February 27 2018
New research from Duke University suggests that improving activity in the brain’s “executive control center” may protect against ...