Summertime Precautions
Hydration is important any time of the year but becomes more critical during the summer months. You become at risk for dehydration once the body loses water content and essential…
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Annual Meetings of the Medical Center and Foundation
by Gail Wheeler The Medical Center and Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation (ORMCF) held their joint Annual Meetings and Board of Director elections on April 18. Retiring Directors of the…
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Don’t Toss that Medication!
by Gail Wheeler Bring your standard medications to the Medical Center for proper and safe disposal. Any controlled medications such as pain medications, opioids or others should be brought to…
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April is Rosacea Awareness Month
by Gail Wheeler April is the National Rosacea Society’s Rosacea Awareness Month. What is Rosacea? In simple terms, Rosacea is a skin condition that causes redness to form across the…
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The Mind-Body Connection of Walking
Walking: The simple, healthy activity we sometimes forget to make a priority! Walking isn’t just for weight loss or heart health and, though that’s a great reason for those daily…
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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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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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