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Eye say! New Lasik techniques produce better results
by June 02 2016
Every carpenter knows the phrase “measure twice, cut once,” but Dr. David O’Brien, who works in a different ...
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FDA-OK! New treatment for prostate cancer approved
by June 02 2016
Recent research from the UK concludes that using a form of ultrasound in the treatment of prostate cancer ...
Gulp! New research on moderate drinking is sobering
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Gulp! New research on moderate drinking is sobering
by May 26 2016
If you enjoy consuming a moderate amount of alcohol, you’ve likely been happy about the numerous studies hailing ...
Therapy brings relief for those with pulmonary fibrosis
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Therapy brings relief for those with pulmonary fibrosis
by May 26 2016
78-year-old Vero resident Ruby Mitchell has a serious respiratory disease known as “idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.” There is no ...
A disease you’ve never heard of affects 2 million
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A disease you’ve never heard of affects 2 million
by May 19 2016
There aren’t many diseases that have been newly identified in recent decades, but one with a tongue-twister of ...
Look out, cancer: Here comes immunotherapy
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Look out, cancer: Here comes immunotherapy
by May 19 2016
Is there finally a cure for cancer on the horizon? If you picked up a New York Times, ...
Slim progress in fight against childhood obesity
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Slim progress in fight against childhood obesity
by May 12 2016
This is one in an occasional series about children’s health issues. We know that many of our readers ...
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High-tech cancer-zapper has docs ‘beaming’
by May 12 2016
There’s a good reason why Scully-Welsh Cancer Center radiation oncologist Dr. Stuart Byer and Dustin Boring, the manager ...
Why ‘heart failure’ doesn’t always mean the end
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Why ‘heart failure’ doesn’t always mean the end
by May 05 2016
The term “heart failure” is pretty grim. If your heart fails it’s all over, right? Game, set and ...
Restaurant portions equal heaping helping of calories
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Restaurant portions equal heaping helping of calories
by May 05 2016
A new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics verifies what many ...
Fibromyalgia sufferers benefit from acupuncture
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Fibromyalgia sufferers benefit from acupuncture
by April 28 2016
As sufferers know too well, effective treatment for fibromyalgia can be hard to come by, in part because ...
Progress on Parkinson’s: There’s help if you seek it
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Progress on Parkinson’s: There’s help if you seek it
by April 28 2016
More than a million Americans live with Parkinson's disease and nearly 60,000 new diagnoses are made each year. ...