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Hearing loss treatment important for mental health
Almost 20 percent of all American adults – or about 36 million people - suffer from some form ...
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New much-improved medical alert devices now available
Anyone watching television in the late 1980s probably remembers one of the most famous commercials of all time. ...
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How to protect yourself from ‘superbug’ infections
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are the cause of 700,000 deaths worldwide each year, including 23,000 in the U.S. That ...
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How hospital program helped uninsured cancer patient
When Terry Sartain, 57, was diagnosed with cancer, he did not have health insurance, but according to his ...
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Flu shots do protect you: the right way to get them
You’ve decided to get a flu shot. Maybe it’s the first time; maybe it’s something you’ve been diligent ...
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Electronic record systems create ‘new Tower of Babel’
Consumers in Vero Beach and the rest of Florida are currently caught between two powerful groups in a ...
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The endocrine system is mysterious and powerful
Everybody knows the body has multiple systems – the circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems, for starters. But almost ...
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Neurosurgeons are expert at treating lower back pain
About 70 to 80 percent of the U.S. adult population suffers from some form of low back pain ...
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Hyperbaric oxygen chambers speed up healing process
What is designed to put you under more than twice the pressure you’re used to, deprives you of ...
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Epilepsy: Most patients respond well to medication
Most people have a picture in their heads of what an epileptic seizure looks like – a person ...
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Diet changes said to reduce chronic inflammation
Inflammation has a bad rap, and rightly so, but there is such a thing as good inflammation. Let’s ...
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Hospital’s ‘Navigator’ program good for heart patients
This week, Vero Beach’s Indian River Medical Center will officially become one of only 35 hospitals in the ...