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Fighting for air
For brief moments, Cassie Stanley can forget her precarious relationship with death.
She forgot on Christmas morning when her family opened presents. At other times, she forgets by immersing herself in watching the Bulls or Cubs on TV in her family's...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Human Body, Religious Festivals, Health, Colleges and Universities
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Treatment improves for age-related sight loss
Peter Miller was a high-powered businessman who owned several electronic security firms when he was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 1999. Like so many people who lose their central vision, Miller couldn't imagine life without the...
Tags: Psychotherapy, Chicago, Health, Science and Technology, Eyes and Vision
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Weight management The University of Maryland Center for Weight Management and Wellness offers a free weight-loss seminar at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 23. Registration required: 410-328-8940. Information: http://www.umm.edu/weightloss. Menopause...Tags: Healthy Diet, Anne Arundel County, HIV, Mental Health, Family Planning
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Hernias in women can be hard to diagnose
Hernias are a common ailment among Americans; more than 4 million people develop the painful condition. And although both men and women develop hernias, female patients may be harder to diagnose. Doctors and patients may not realize the abdominal pain a...Tags: Healthy Diet, Obesity, Music, Abdominal Pain, Johns Hopkins University
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Spinal stenosis a painful arthritic condition
Jim Calhoun should be on the sidelines of a basketball court, coaching the University of Connecticut men's team. Instead, he's been on medical leave for a painful arthritic condition.
Calhoun's pain is caused by spinal stenosis, a medical condition that...Tags: Jim Calhoun, Physical Therapy, Ibuprofen (drug), Music, Back Surgery
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Robotic technology to treat lung cancer
The da Vinci robotic technology allows doctors to perform more precise surgeries. The technique also enables patients to recover more quickly with fewer complications in many cases. The technique is used to perform many different types of surgeries. Dr....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Human Body, Health, Lungs and Airways, Saudi Arabia
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Treating menopause symptoms
Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right...Tags: Urinary System, Hospitals and Clinics, Acupuncture, Human Body, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Addiction, Heroin, Human Body, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Eyelid inflammation becoming more common
Blepharitis, usually identified by a sufferer's red, irritated eyelids, is becoming more common. And while doctors aren't sure why, it can be controlled with vigilance, according to Dr. Laura K. Green, residency program director of cornea, cataract and...Tags: Psoriasis, Skin Conditions, Rosacea, Inflammation, Health
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Understanding the new prostate cancer screening recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent advisory panel, recently recommended that healthy men not be given PSA blood tests to detect prostate cancer. But that won't mean the end of diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the most common...Tags: Radiation Therapy, Erectile Dysfunction, Prostate, Minority Groups, Chemotherapy
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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, HIV, Minority Groups, Inflammation, Health
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Life-threatening sepsis appears to be on rise
![Every year, some 750,000 Americans develop sepsis, an extreme immune system response to infection. It kills a quarter to half of them, more than the combined number of people who die of prostate and <a href="/health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a> and AIDS, according to the National Institutes of Health.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/63883094-10141523.jpg "Every year, some 750,000 Americans develop sepsis, an extreme immune system response to infection. It kills a quarter to half of them, more than the combined number of people who die of prostate and <a href="/health/breastcancer/\">breast cancer</a> and AIDS, according to the National Institutes of Health.")
Every year, some 750,000 Americans develop sepsis, an extreme immune system response to infection. It kills a quarter to half of them, more than the combined number of people who die of prostate and breast cancer and AIDS, according to the National...Tags: Urinary System, National Institutes of Health, Sepsis, Inflammation, Health
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