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Girl Scouts provide balm for pediatric patients at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center
American News, Aberdeen, S.D.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...Tags: Youth Organizations, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Organizations, Cinnamon
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UC to pay $1.2 million to settle suit targeting UCI Medical Center
The University of California has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal whistle-blower lawsuit charging falsification of records and poor supervision of patients by UC Irvine anesthesiologists. The suit said anesthesiologists at the university's...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Anesthesiology
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Patient awareness during surgery is rare, physicians report
It’s hard to imagine anything much scarier than waking up during surgery and realizing what’s going on. The bad news: It happens. The good news: Not very often — at least, in Britain — according to initial survey results...
Tags: General Practitioners, United Kingdom
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San Diego man dies after wisdom teeth surgery, family says
A San Diego area man died after what was supposed to be a routine procedure to remove two wisdom teeth, his family said. Marek Lapinski, 25, began coughing during the March 21 surgery in Temecula, according to medical records his family provided Fox 5...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Television Industry, Television Stations, Google+, Propofol (drug)
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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: AIDS, Hepatitis B , Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics, Hepatitis
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Northwestern students design penguin bootie
The Shedd Aquarium had a problem: From time to time, its penguins did not have happy feet. The birds, particularly the older ones, developed bumblefoot — uncomfortable lesions that can be caused by standing too long on a rough surface. The Shedd...
Tags: Shedd Aquarium, Teachers, Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Education
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UCI Medical Center suit settled for $1.2 million
The University of California has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal whistle-blower lawsuit charging falsification of records and poor supervision of patients by UC Irvine anesthesiologists. The suit said anesthesiologists at the university&...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Anesthesiology
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Dehorning calf with local anesthesia
When it comes to raising replacement heifers on a dairy farm, there are some duties that just can’t be avoided. Dehorning calves is one of these duties. Okay, I guess technically you could raise a cow with horns, but we all know what a bad idea that...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines
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Wait a minute: Is that patient really unconscious?
For most of the 60,000 or so people who go under general anesthesia each day for surgeries and other medical procedures, the drugs work well — rendering a patient unconscious, immobile and unable to feel pain, as well as ensuring that he or she...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Surgery, Fainting, Propofol (drug), Boston
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Doctor gets 6 months in jail for fondling unconscious patients
L.A. NOWYashwant Balgiri Giri, 60, pleaded guilty to a court offer to multiple felony counts related to the sexual battery of the patients, including a 16-year-old, according to a statement from the Orange County district attorney's office. Giri will have to... -
Special precautions should be taken when operating on the elderly
Surgery on older people can be riskier than other generations. But it can be safely done if doctors take certain precautions. Dr. Mark Katlic, chief of surgery at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and an expert on surgical care of patients 80 and older, talks...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Surgery, Agriculture, Pneumonia
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Ask the pet expert: anesthesia
When my Chihuahua had her teeth cleaned last week, the vet said her heart rate went down into the high 60s and that an episode of second-degree heart block occurred, but they reversed it with meds. Does this mean she is at risk of it happening again under...
Tags: Heart Problems, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Dentistry and Dental Health, Pets
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