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Vitrectomy: Vacuuming up ‘floaters’ for better eyesight

Floaters, in everyday parlance, are those hard-to-define shapes (often called specks, strings, amoeba-like illusions or cobwebs), that sometimes ...

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Behind-the-scenes docs essential to hospital operation

Dr. Kali (pronounced Kay-lee) Freeman, hematopathologist and medical director at the Indian River Medical Center’s pathology department, doesn’t ...

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Parkinson’s patients have co-pilot in IRMC neurologist

Over a million people in the U.S. are now living with Parkinson’s disease and every year another 60,000 ...

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Trauma Drama: No shortage at Lawnwood trauma center

Early on a recent Tuesday morning in March, five trauma cases arrived at the Lawnwood Trauma Center in ...

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It’s time for smart watches to detect and predict illness

Research from Stanford University in California suggests that data collected from smart watches may be able to detect ...

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Nobel laureate’s protégé signs on at Scully-Welsh

Dr. Suzanne Kirby, a medical hematologist and oncologist, joined the Scully-Welsh Cancer Center staff this month. A protégé ...

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Why legal meds can be a prescription for disaster

In September 2016, U.S. News and World Report dropped a prescription-drug bombshell on unsuspecting consumers. Quoting professor Donald ...

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Look into new, advanced glaucoma/cataract procedures

Most Americans regard the loss of their eyesight as the worst medical calamity they could experience, according to ...

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Touting new prostate treatment, despite naysayers

The American Cancer Society’s prostate cancer estimates for 2017 are in and they’re not exactly brimming with good ...

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Lawnwood’s pediatric ER serves entire Treasure Coast

An extremely ill or injured child – as parents and grandparents already know – constitutes a bona fide ...

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Doctor is laser focused on removing unwanted tattoos

We all make mistakes. And for many of the 45 million Americans who have tattoos, getting “inked” in ...

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Diverticulitis study more bad news for red-meat lovers

Red meat has been linked to health problems since the 1950s, when American physiologist Ancel Keys put forth ...