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Antibiotic Resistance Poses ‘Catastrophic Threat’ To Medicine, Says Britain’s Top Health Official
Antibiotic Resistance Poses ‘Catastrophic Threat’ To Medicine, Says Britain’s Top Health Official. In this age of wonder medicine, where we know surgical and medical miracles in treatment happen routinely, we are now facing a threat from super bacteria that keep … Continue reading
Hospital revisited
My mother had to go into the hospital unexpected this past week. She is 87 and most days gets around better than I do. She and my sister had just come back from a quick trip to Carlsbad, NM. She … Continue reading
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Tagged elder care, elderly, Health, Hernia, Intestine, Medicine, Surgery
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Page 2: After Trauma at 9, Peruvian Teen Will Undergo Genital Reconstruction Surgery – ABC News
Page 2: After Trauma at 9, Peruvian Teen Will Undergo Genital Reconstruction Surgery – ABC News. When something unexpected happens to a family member, we wonder why, with the knowledge of today’s medicine a cure can’t be found? On the … Continue reading
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Tagged Health, Medicine, Men's Health, Penis, Peru, reconstructive surgery, Surgery, United States
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Buyer Beware: Uncertified Doc Botches Surgery, Gives Woman Uniboob – ABC News
Buyer Beware: Uncertified Doc Botches Surgery, Gives Woman Uniboob – ABC News. It is legal in most states for a doctor who is NOT a board certified plastic surgeon to perform plastic surgery! That means a doctor somewhere, to supplement his … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, Cosmetic and Plastic, Health, Medicine, Physician, Plastic surgery, Surgery, United States
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Parents Outraged Over New Zealand Schools Planning ‘Secret’ Abortions – FoxNews.com
Parents Outraged Over New Zealand Schools Planning ‘Secret’ Abortions – FoxNews.com. “According to The Sunday Star-Times, statistics show that 3,950 New Zealand teens ages 11 through 19 had induced abortions in 2009. Of those, 79 were between 11 and 14 … Continue reading
My Life, Ten Years From Now
At 71, I will probably not be working full time. I hope to be spending more time with my husband and daughter. Hopefully, she will now have a good job and be more secure financially as well as emotionally. She … Continue reading
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Tagged ACE inhibitor, Health, Knee replacement, Medical school, Medicine, politics, social security, United States
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Full Face Transplant for Dallas Wiens, Texas Construction Worker, Is Most Complete in United States – ABC News
Full Face Transplant for Dallas Wiens, Texas Construction Worker, Is Most Complete in United States – ABC News. In this 21st century, we are accustomed to expecting miracles of modern medicine. We expect amazing things to be possible because of … Continue reading
The Funny thing about Pain
At 61, I’ve learned to live with a certain amount of pain. With age comes arthritis. You take some Tylenol to take the edge off and make it tolerable, and learn to accept it. I have arthritis in my hands, wrists, … Continue reading
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Tagged arthritis, Health, Knee, Medical Specialties, Medicine, Pain, Pain Management, United States
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Fighting depression today
I am partly handicapped which makes walking or standing difficult for me. To continue to work, I use a walker to walk from the kitchen into the garage to my car. When I get to work, I walk a few … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Breast cancer, Conditions and Diseases, depression, elderly, Enablex, frustration, Health, Lymph, Lymph node, Lymphedema, Medicine, National Lymphedema Network, Pain Management
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Lap Band anyone?
I recently talked about my visit to Lubbock. I was getting more information about knee-replacement surgery for the future. Since I am mostly “chair-bound” and have Lymphedema in my legs, he wanted to get all potential problems out-of-the-way before surgery, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustable gastric band, Dallas, Health, Medicine, Obesity, Surgery, United States, Weight loss
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Aging Gracefully?
Over the past 15 years, my knees have gradually deteriorated. I’ve progressed from cane to walker, to wheelchair. Since obesity ran in both sides of my family, and since my dad had knee replacement surgery, I assumed that also “ran … Continue reading
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Tagged Health, Knee, Knee replacement, Lymphedema, Medicine, Orthopedic surgery, Surgery, Tech Center
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