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Waking up to anesthesia: What happens when you go under?
Premium Health News Servicehttp://www.whatdoctorsknow.com When you face surgery, you may have many concerns. One common worry is about going under anesthesia. Will you lose consciousness? How will you feel afterward? Is it safe? Every day, about 60,000 people nationwide have...Tags: Science, St. Louis, High Blood Pressure, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations
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Coast Guard, PETA continue to spar over "goat camp"
The Virginian-PilotNo one disputes that "goat camp" is ugly. Ugly for the military trainees learning battlefield first aid. For the goats that serve as wounded patients. For the public who watched an undercover video released last spring of a Coast Guard session held in...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Values, First Aid, U.S. Army, Religion and Belief
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LVH honors 34 at its Friends of Nursing celebration
HealthThirty four clinicians and seven care teams recently received awards at Lehigh Valley Health Network's Friends of Nursing Celebration. The program was attended by more than 725 colleagues and community members at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. The awards are... -
After death, Maryland to limit where cosmetic surgeries are performed
Maryland is moving to toughen regulations on the fast-growing medspa industry — a move designed to narrow a "loophole" and prevent deaths such as one last year following a liposuction treatment at a Timonium facility. Regulations being discussed...
Tags: Government, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Botox (drug), Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Medical Professionals
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Values, Hospitals and Clinics, Services and Shopping, Asthma, B Vitamins
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Health officials consider increasing plastic surgery center oversight
Maryland health officials may ask state lawmakers for permission to oversee plastic surgery centers, a move inspired in part by the death of a Lochearn woman after liposuction.
The state health department had already been considering whether to ask...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Staphylococcal Infection , Towson, Medical Procedures and Tests, Plastic Surgery Centers
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Pain doctors on board with crackdown
Kokomo Tribune, Ind.Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is unleashing a major crackdown on the state's medical community, and a spokesman for Indiana's pain management doctors says it's about time. "It basically just got out of control, to where we're prescribing six...Tags: Prosecution, Methadone (drug), Chemical Industry, Prescription Drugs, Pain
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Too many pills
Kokomo Tribune, Ind.Medical experts agree the doctors implicated in the Wagoner Medical Center investigation were prescribing too many narcotic pills. An expert witness for the prosecution found numerous cases where four doctors -- all now facing felony drug dealing...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Trials
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Norfolk hospital criticized for stopping water births
The Virginian-PilotErrica Swartwood first heard the news on a Facebook page frequented by fans of natural childbirth: Water births at the Midwifery Center at DePaul were being discontinued. The news traveled quickly. The idea of sitting in a tub of warm water to help...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pediatrics, Literature, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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Otoplasty a simple solution for malformed or protruding ears
Premium Health News Servicehttp://www.whatdoctorsknow.com Children and teens with ears that are overly large or protruding are often ridiculed by their peers. Boys grow tired of having to grow long hair to cover their ears, while girls affected by the problem are reluctant to even...Tags: Otoplasty, Minority Groups, Boston, Personal Service
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Girl Scouts provide balm for pediatric patients at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center
Scents of cinnamon, strawberry and bubble gum will be the norm for pediatric patients at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center after Girl Scouts from Troop 40172 donated more than 730 tubes of scented lip balm. Pediatric patients can use lip balm to mask the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cinnamon, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations
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Patients of Oklahoma doctor line up for tests
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of unsanitary practices showed up at a health clinic Saturday, looking to find out whether they were exposed to hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS. Letters began...
Tags: Hepatitis B , Hospitals and Clinics, Plastic Surgeons, AIDS, Viral Diseases and Infections
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