Off-Season Medication Reminders
Here are a few important reminders for members who may be preparing to leave Ocean Reef for the season. Medication Disposal Standard medications can be brought to the Medical Center…
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Spotlight on Chiropractic Services
The Medical Center’s Visiting Specialist program has a well-rounded list of specialty physicians. Along with the 20-plus traditional M.D. specialists, there are chiropractic services including practitioners David F. Coppola, DC;…
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The Importance of Foot Care
With every step, your feet take a pounding equivalent of up to 2.5 times your body weight. After decades of wear and tear, it’s no wonder foot woes start to…
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Lecture Series: Insights in Cancer Treatment
Please join us at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at the Cultural Center Theatre with speaker Minesh P. Mehta, M.D., FASTRO*, for a presentation on advances in cancer treatment titled,…
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Fall Prevention Strategies
Falls are the leading cause of injury among adults 65 and older. However, many falls are preventable with the right strategies and interventions. In the past few weeks The Medical…
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Sportsman’s Donor Club Challenge Blood Drive: March 27 and 28!
The seventh-annual Sportsman’s Donor Club Challenge Blood Drive will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, March 27-28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the Medical Center. The Challenge is a…
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Let’s Have a Drink or Two!
Once you begin to feel thirsty, you have already waited too long. Thirst is a signal that you’ve already lost about 1 percent of your body’s water content; however, thirst…
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Lecture Series Explores “Marijuana: Is it Medicine Yet?”
The 2018 Medical Center Lecture Series continues Tuesday, March 13, with “Marijuana: Is it Medicine Yet?” presented by Donald L. Abrams, M.D., chief of the Hematology-Oncology Division at San Francisco General Hospital.…
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Doggone It: It’s Pre-hab Time!
Most of us think of physical therapy as re-habilitation, but there is a growing trend in medicine and physical therapy to pre-habilitate patients prior to surgery. Prehabilitation, or pre-hab for short, is an exercise…
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Private Medicine Plus+: Personalized Medicine Par Excellence
The Medical Center at Ocean Reef was one of the early providers of concierge medicine, a popular program with more than 200 members in the Private Medicine program. Continuing our trend of…
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