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VNA offers free blood pressure, blood sugar screenings select days in August

VERO BEACH — The VNA of the Treasure Coast is offering the following no-cost blood pressure and blood sugar ...

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New vaccine needed to halt resurgent whooping cough

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

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Hospitals partner to provide faster, better care for kids

A child is injured. Seriously injured. Or possibly sick. Really, really sick. Panic starts to set in. Parents ...

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Kids with appetite for competition invited to 2015 student chef cook-off

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Students going into 4th through 12th grade who like to cook should enter the Florida ...

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New treatment helps ‘vast majority’ of migraine sufferers

There is encouraging news for migraine sufferers—a new study shows a minimally invasive treatment lowers the subsequent use ...

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Life or death battle with hospital infections goes on 24/7

People who are afraid of going into the hospital have some legitimate reasons for their fears. In addition ...

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New medications provide better COPD management

Breathe deeply, if you can. If you can't – and you're over the age of 45 – you ...

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Link between brain and immune system ‘very exciting’

Until very recently, conventional wisdom held that the human body has been completely mapped, with no unknown structures ...

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Gifford ‘Unity in the Community’ event planned for Aug. 1

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The public is invited to attend “Unity in the Community” on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, ...

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Exploring the nitty-gritty details of joint replacement

It's virtually impossible to spend any time in Vero Beach without meeting someone who has had knee replacement ...

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Genetic research for MS: ‘Hoping for a breakthrough’

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

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Controversial new treatment urged for Lyme disease

Lyme disease, a bacterial in infection caused by a bite from an infected tick, is notoriously difficult to ...