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How hypnotherapy can help in children’s healthcare

This is one in an occasional series about children’s health issues. We know that many of our readers ...

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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 ...