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21 hrs ago | Medical News Today

A Young Brain For An Old Bee

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Seniors / Aging ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 03 Jul 2009 - 1:00 PDT We are all familiar with the fact that cognitive function declines as we get older.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Neurology, Biology, Science, Apiculture, Health

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Hindu

SK Hospital

SK Hospital situated at Edappanzhanji is facilitating effective treatment for Hernia through Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeries.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Burlington Times News

Painless lump may be a repeat hernia

Seven years ago, I had bilateral inguinal-hernia repair done by laparoscopy. Before the surgery, I had some pain on the right side of my groin, but there was no visible hernia.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Wickliffe, OH, Senna, Stimulant Laxatives (generic), Medication, Arthritis

Freerepublic.com

Is this the world's youngest smoker? Chinese two-year-old is on a pack a day

A two-year-old Chinese boy is thought to be the world's youngest smoker. Tong Liangliang was taught how to light up by his father, who believed the habit would alleviate pain caused by a hernia.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Smoking, San Jose, CA, Lung Cancer

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Baby Center

"Need Medical Help!!!! (warning pictures may be TMI)"

Meet with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints here to discuss parenting and lifestyle issues.

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Related Topix: Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Meditative, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Medicine, Health

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Medical News Today

Brain Plasticity: Changes And Resets In Homeostasis

In an article published in the June 25th edition of the journal Neuron , researchers at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, have found that synaptic plasticity, long implicated as a device for 'change' in the brain, may also be essential for stability.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

EMaxHealth

New Hernia Repair Products At 2009 Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Conference

Covidien , a leading global provider of healthcare products, will exhibit a number of innovative devices for state-of-the-art hernia repair at Georgetown University Hospitala TMs Abdominal Wall Reconstruction conference in Washington, DC on June 25-27, 2009.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Covidien, Healthcare Industry, Georgetown University

Wed Jun 24, 2009

MSNBC

Adventures in Cancerland, Part 1: The diagnosis

A A Famous breast cancer survivors Movie stars, athletes and a former First Lady who've all beaten the disease share what inspired them to keep fighting.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Today, Entertainment, Television, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Lymphoma, Oncology

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Daily Mail

Why are men being refused surgery for their hernias?

End to surgery? Some doctors are waiting to see if their patients develop a life-threatening complication When Shamus Burns found a lump in his groin on holiday last year, he was naturally alarmed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, West Yorkshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

Daily Times

Surgical Weight Loss Lecture set for Thursday at BMH

If 2009 was the year you decided to lose weight and thus far your weight loss goals aren't being achieved as you'd hoped, you may be considering surgical options for losing the extra pounds -- and some of your other obesity-related health conditions.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Blount County, TN, Alcoa, TN, Health

Sat Jun 20, 2009

The Star Online

Ageless surgeries

Can anyone be ever too old for 'key-hole' surgery? MORE and more surgical operations are being performed using minimally-invasive methods.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Appendicitis, Health

Fri Jun 19, 2009

New England Journal of Medicine

Spontaneous Evisceration

A 68-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis, portal hypertension, ascites, and an umbilical hernia presented to the emergency department after an episode of coughing that was followed by a rush of fluid and fat from the umbilicus.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Wed Jun 17, 2009

New England Journal of Medicine

Images in Clinical Medicine: Perforated Umbilical Hernia

A 68-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis, portal hypertension, ascites, and an umbilical hernia presented to the emergency department after an episode of coughing that was followed by a rush of fluid and fat from the umbilicus.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Tue Jun 16, 2009

GastroHep.com News

Laparoscopic vs open incisional hernia repair

A trial in the latest issue of Surgical Endoscopy compares laparoscopic versus open incisional hernia repair.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Archives General Psychiatry

EDITORIAL: Should We Not Strive for a Balance Between Procedure Fee and Overall Cost?

The subtle and not-so-subtle influence of industry on physicians has lately become a front-burner issue.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Health, Opinion

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Hindustan Times

Couples adopt healthy attitude

Shailaja Menon can never forget the day in March when her daughter Trisha, then seven months old, called her "amma" for the first time.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Thu Jun 11, 2009

The Sun Online

Lump is small but still scary

I'VE just noticed a small lump in my groin. Is it anything to worry about? MRS WILSON by email That depends on what's causing it.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Human Sexuality

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Nursing Center

Pentalogy of Cantrell: Reviewing the Syndrome With a Case Report and Nursing Implications

Pentalogy of Cantrell: Reviewing the Syndrome With a Case Report and Nursing Implications Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare syndrome characterized by 5 distinctive anomalies: epigastric omphalocele, sternal cleft, diaphragmatic defect, diaphragmatic pericardial defect, and intracardiac defect.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Jun 07, 2009

CiteULike

Sonography of Inguinal Region Hernias

The purpose of this article is to describe the anatomy of the inguinal region in a way that is useful for sonographic diagnosis of inguinal region hernias, and to illustrate the sonographic appearance of this anatomy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Wed May 27, 2009

Lawyers Weekly USA

Hernia patch litigation moves forward

Lawsuits over the Kugel mesh hernia patch are moving forward, with the first suits in the multi-district litigation set for trial this fall.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Birmingham Metro, Surgery

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