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Super agers’ brains: Less shrinkage, more think-age
Why do some adults in their 70s and 80s have memory and thinking skills comparable to much younger ...
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GERD grief: Heartburn may hide more serious woes
Somewhere between 40 percent and 50 percent of today’s seniors have one or more age-related digestive problems. According ...
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Sleep disorders increase stroke risk, harm recovery
A new study concludes that certain types of sleep disorders increase the risk of stroke and, if untreated, ...
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Algorithm method: ‘Calculator’ ID’s heart disease risk
What’s the best way to avoid the massive personal and emotional traumas – let alone the huge financial ...
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Melbourne gastro doc sets up shop in Sebastian
For well over a decade, gastroenterologist Dr. Stephen Fitzgerald treated patients throughout Brevard County, from Melbourne and Palm ...
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Chemo savvy: New drugs more palatable for patients
There are over 100 different types of cancer that can attack the human body and the National Cancer ...
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Oh baby! You bet IRMC handled the hurricane
As Hurricane Matthew approached the Treasure Coast, most of Vero Beach was in full shutdown mode, but Indian ...
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Take cranberries – the berries, not juice – for UTIs
Everyone knows cranberry juice is good for urinary tract infections, right? Researchers from Texas A&M Health Science Center ...
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Lawnwood becomes area’s first Comprehensive Stroke Center
Every 40 seconds someone in this country suffers a stroke and the National Institutes of Health points out ...
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Join Walk to End Alzheimer’s Oct. 1
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — More than 5.3 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease. In ...
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‘Men in Pink’ raise awareness, funds in fight against breast cancer
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — In its inaugural year in Indian River County, 16 prominent area men have taken a ...
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Knee-replacement technology can preserve ACLs
There are more than 30,000 orthopedic surgeons in the U. S., but Dr. Ken Sands is the only ...