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Health & Wellness

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Sleep Matters

Health

Good rest is good for you. Don’t Deprive yourself. { By Parrish Medical Center | Community Services } Did you get enough sleep over the holidays? Probably not. But no matter where you are in life — twenty-something, married with…

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The Road to Recovery

Health

  Achieving an active and healthy lifestyle after an injury, illness or other condition sometimes requires medical rehabilitation. Medical rehabilitation benefits patients with a wide variety of diagnoses including orthopedics, trauma, pediatric, neurologic impairments, arthritic conditions, work-related injuries, sports injuries,…

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Changing The Way The World Rehabs

Health

The steps we take are the most basic form of function. One foot in front of the other, we walk. For many people, walking without pain is not an option because of neurological injury, obesity, disease and overall stress on…

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Bad to the Bone

Health

Your bones are living and growing tissue. When you lose too much bone or make too little bone they become weak and may break from even a minor fall. Health First Medical Group’s Dr. Catherine Rossi explains, “Osteoporosis is a…

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A Designer Way to Treat Breast Cancer

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A Designer Way to Treat Breast Cancer Cancer Care Centers of Brevard Offers Innovative SAVI Technology for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treatment When the word “designer” comes to mind, it is often equated with the world of high-end fashion. From apparel…

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A Place All of Us Would Love to Call Home

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Locally owned assisted living facility has the features, heart and height that set it apart That was the vision of the leadership team when they designed the senior and assisted living concept for Victoria Landing, the towering, new assisted living…

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Cosmetic Surgery Innovations

Health

Technological Advancements Make Surgeries Even Safer Cosmetic surgery procedures are still gaining in popularity thanks to even more advancements in the field. Dr. Barry Kaplan of Kaplan Cosmetic Surgery has pioneered some of these advancements and incorporated developments in the…

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VNA Home Healthcare

Health

Can Prevent Hospitalization By: Melinda Millsap The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) Space Coast provides medical assistance to people in their homes, often preventing the need for hospitalization. “We make you independent in your home,” said Linda Shelby, VNA professional services…

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New Leadership for Free Community Clinic

Health

Audrey Joiner to Lead SCVIM as Executive Director After five years of work organizing, opening and running Space Coast Volunteers in Medicine (SCVIM), Executive Director and Clinic Founder Paul Ringenberger is stepping down. Replacing him will be SCVIM Medical Office…

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What? I’m a Senior Citizen

Home & Garden

By: Jim Barfield The theme of this month’s magazine is senior citizens. So have you ever wondered where the expression “senior citizen” originated? It began in the late 1930s and referred to an “elderly or aged person, especially one who…

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