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Call to ‘arms’: Doc adamant about flu shots for kids
The “flu season” is here again and local pediatrician Dr. Marza Penny makes no bones about her top ...
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Java ’nother! Study links coffee to longer life
Various health benefits of coffee drinking have been widely reported in recent years, including coffee’s association with a ...
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Breathe easier – there’s new hope for asthma patients
If you suffer from asthma you are far from alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ...
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‘See’ change: Eye surgery benefits from high-tech advances
Dr. Paul Minotty, dean of the New Vision Eye Center team, was struck by a quote from a ...
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All ‘write’! MasSpec Pen detects cancerous tissue
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin believe their newly-created device, called the MasSpec Pen, may transform ...
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B-3’s a charm: Vitamin may prevent miscarriages
In a 12-year study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Australia report that ...
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IRMC staffers step up during Irma blood emergency
It won’t fit on a bumper sticker, but “right anterior thoracotomies” happen. So, too, do “peripheral cannulations in ...
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‘Rock Steady’ method helps sufferers fight Parkinson’s
If you were asked to make a connection between Parkinson’s disease and boxing, you’d likely think of the ...
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IRMC’s ‘navigators’ are the GPS for cancer care
If you are curious, you could go to the National Institutes of Health’s website and look up the ...
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Whirlwind of activity at county hospitals during Irma
Indian River County’s two hospitals kept their heads above water during Hurricane Irma, continuing to admit and treat ...
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Take heart from benefits of moderate drinking
Here’s a little something you won’t find in the history books. When the 21st amendment repealed 14 years ...
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Vero-raised doc eagerly joins Florida Cancer Specialists
Florida Cancer Specialists, which has offices in Vero Beach, Sebastian and many other locations across the state, participated ...