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