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New diabetes treatment guidelines get to heart of matter
The American Diabetes Association has released its new “2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.” Printed copies are ...
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Irritable bowels? There’s often a simple, inexpensive cure
Problems with the lower gastrointestinal tract – or lower GI tract – are not the sort of things ...
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‘Spin’ class: Physical therapy can quickly cure vertigo
Vertigo is the perception of motion when no movement is present or the abnormal perception of motion in ...
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Probiotics increasingly popular, but many questions remain
Probiotics are everywhere these days. You can find them in drugstores, health food stores, grocery stores, convenience stores ...
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Scully-Welsh doc: ‘Very exciting time’ to be an oncologist
Dr. Alice Cintra, one of the newest physicians at Vero Beach’s Scully-Welsh Cancer Center, is a medical oncologist ...
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Studies rebut aspirin-a-day heart-health strategy
Are you one of the millions of people taking a baby aspirin a day because you believe it ...
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Malnutrition means peril for head/neck cancer patients
Scully-Welsh Cancer Center radiation oncologist Dr. John Petersen has a passion for nutrition. For a very good reason. ...
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Holy cow! Bovine patch may help fix torn rotator cuff
Rotator cuff tears are so common, says the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, “that each year almost 2 ...
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Psoriatic arthritis incurable, but symptoms manageable
Everyone with a television probably knows a little something about psoriasis, the skin condition with the raised red ...
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Fish oil tales: Two major studies yield ‘complex’ results
Do omega-3 fish oil pills really help your cardiovascular health? In the wake of two huge, in-depth studies ...
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Scully Endoscopy Center has powerful new diagnostic ability
When the $6.1 million Scully Endoscopy Center at Indian River Medical Center opened its doors for the first ...
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Team steers IRMC toward elite stroke-center status
About 75 percent of strokes in this country occur in people 65 or older. That makes Vero Beach ...