Medical Lecture Series 2023: The Brain-Gut Interface
The Medical Center kicks off the 2023 Lecture Series with Dr. Alok Madan’s presentation, “The Brain-Gut Interface: How the Gut Microbiome Affects and is Affected by Psychiatric Illness,” at 5…
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Allergic Reactions: Do You Know What to Do?
A food allergy is an abnormal reaction by your body’s immune system to certain foods. Foods such as milk, eggs, nuts, shellfish and soy are the most common triggers for…
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High Blood Pressure? Watch Those OTC Cold Medications
It’s cold and flu season! If you have high blood pressure, be sure to check the ingredients and warning labels on over-the-counter (OTC) remedies. Decongestants cause the most concern for…
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Manage Your Arthritis
An estimated 58.5 million American adults have some type of arthritis. Arthritis is a general term for conditions that affect the joints, the tissues around the joint, and other connective…
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Stay Healthy Checklist
Stay on the road to healthy habits by starting these steps and keeping them as a reminder when you stray. Health is a daily practice. “I totally regret eating healthy…
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MCOR and ORMCF Hold Annual Meetings
On April 16, 2024, the Medical Center and Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation (ORMCF) held their joint Annual Meetings and Board of Director elections. Medical Center Chairman Michael Berman was…
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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
The Discovery of Parkinson’s According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), in 1817, a 62-year-old British physician, Dr. James Parkinson, wrote a case series about six individuals who had…
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Dry Eye Syndrome
The Medical Center’s Visiting Specialists Program offers ophthalmology and optometry services with several excellent providers such as Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; Retinal specialist Zachery Segal, M.D., of MedEye Associates; and…
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Lecture Series: Optimizing Your Health Without Medications
Please join us at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at the Cultural Center with Yuliya Linhares, M.D., for her fascinating lecture, “Optimizing Your Health Without Medications: Gain Control of Your…
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Medicare Coverage for Vaccines
The Medical Center administers most vaccines including Influenza vaccines, Pneumonia vaccines, Comirnaty (COVID vaccine), Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis vaccine), Td (tetanus, diphtheria vaccine), Hepatitis A, B, and A+B, Shingrix (shingles…
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