Sleep Soundly During Surgery
It’s something no one wants to think about — waking up in an operating room while you’re undergoing surgery. Yet, according to medical studies, it happens at least 40,000 times a year. For decades,...
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Skin Cancer Clues
More than 2 million people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year. About 90 percent of melanomas are triggered by exposure to the ultraviolet radiation from the sun, as are about 65 percent of...
Hidden dangers to diet pills
For many, diet pills can be the solution to years of living with obesity. But for some people there are hidden dangers to these pills. The problem arises during surgery when and if patients...
Treatment of Chronic Pain
PAIN RELIEF WITH ANESTHESIA NERVE BLOCKS can relieve pain by stopping the impulses that travel along nerves in the body. The physician injects a local anesthetic along the course of the nerve or nerves...