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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A Grand Turnout for the 42nd-Annual Fun-Raiser
The 42nd-Annual Fun-Raiser truly had something for everyone this year: golf, tennis, pickleball, croquet, and a 5k run/walk event held on Sunday, March 10. And the Winners Are: 18-Hole Golf…
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Lecture Series: AI and the Future of Medicine
Please join us at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the Cultural Center, as Tom Nguyen, M.D., offers the latest lecture in the 2024 Medical Center Lecture Series: “Brave New…
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Pediatric Care Collaboration at Ocean Reef
Recently the Medical Center, Public Safety, ORCA and the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Executive team met at Ocean Reef to discuss future developments for pediatric care at Ocean Reef. (See group…
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Medical Lecture Series: What’s New in Urology?
Please join us on Tuesday, February 27th, at 5:00 p.m. at the Cultural Center with Dr. Mohammad Allaf for an informative lecture on prostrate health and the advances in surgical…
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Lecture Series: Longevity and Healthy Aging
Please join us at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, for “Human Longevity & Healthy Aging,” a presentation by Baljash Cheema, M.D., Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at Chicago’s Northwestern…
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Lifestyle Changes and Blood Pressure
There are several lifestyle changes that can help in lowering blood pressure and also be beneficial to other aspects of your physical and mental health well-being. “Normalizing blood pressure is…
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Seasonal Allergies, Blepharitis & Dry Eyes
Together, seasonal allergies, blepharitis and dryness can make for some very unhappy eyes. Blepharitis (pronounced blef-uh-RYE-tis) is a chronic condition that causes the eyelids to become swollen, irritated and sometimes…
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What is “Tech Neck?”
The human head weighs around 10-12 pounds, gracefully balanced on our cervical spine. A tremendous amount of strain is put on this region, especially looking at computers, mobile phones and…
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Flu and Measles Update
Measles has been mentioned frequently in the news media this season. There are 933 cases in the South Carolina measles outbreak, that state’s Department of Public Health reported on Feb.…
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