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Department of Health offers Community Health, Safety Fair July 30
by July 28 2016
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The community is invited to attend a Community Health and Safety Fair on Saturday, July ...
A cut above: Surgical director runs smooth operation
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A cut above: Surgical director runs smooth operation
by July 28 2016
Todd Bibens isn’t a doctor. He doesn’t wield a scalpel and he doesn’t sew surgical sutures. Still, over ...
He’ll work wonders on wounds that won’t heal
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He’ll work wonders on wounds that won’t heal
by July 28 2016
Dr. Tim Adkins, medical director for Sebastian River Medical Center’s wound care and hyperbaric medicine program, might have ...
Yoga and meditation may reduce dementia risk
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Yoga and meditation may reduce dementia risk
by July 28 2016
A study led by researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles concludes that completing a three-month yoga and ...
Are custom-built replacement knees the next thing?
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Are custom-built replacement knees the next thing?
by July 21 2016
Knee replacement surgery – or knee arthroplasty – has become incredibly commonplace in this country in recent years. ...
Fit bit: Only 2.7 (!) percent of U.S. adults are truly healthy
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Fit bit: Only 2.7 (!) percent of U.S. adults are truly healthy
by July 21 2016
Quick quiz: If you were asked to name four behaviors that health experts say define a “healthy lifestyle,” ...
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HarborChase of Vero Beach hosts Heart Health seminar
by July 15 2016
VERO BEACH — HarborChase of Vero Beach, a local assisted living and memory care community, is hosting a Heart ...
Avoiding radiation overdoses in diagnostic scans
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Avoiding radiation overdoses in diagnostic scans
by July 14 2016
Strict new training requirements for those who perform computerized tomography (CT) scans have just been issued by the ...
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Don’t be shaken, but too little salt also harmful
by July 14 2016
The less salt in our diets the better, right? Everyone knows that a high intake of salt is ...
New scanner an ‘essential tool’ in battling cancer
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New scanner an ‘essential tool’ in battling cancer
by July 07 2016
A positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT) scanner might not be everybody’s idea of the perfect present, but don’t ...
ER ‘reservations’ available at Sebastian hospital
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ER ‘reservations’ available at Sebastian hospital
by July 07 2016
According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 136 million people show up at their local emergency rooms ...
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How technology from Thermacell creates a mosquito “force field”
by July 05 2016
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — July Fourth signifies the start of summer and the season for pesky, biting insects that ...