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Sunday | News Press

$515,491 in IRS refunds waits to be claimed

Uncle Sam has $515,491 in tax refunds it wants to return to 344 Lee County taxpayers.

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Related Topix: Tax, Lee County, FL, Sanibel, FL, Medicine

Fri Nov 06, 2009

MediLexicon

American Association Of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Nineteen Other Surgical ...

The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons joined nineteen other surgical organizations, led by the American College of Surgeons, to send a letter to the U.S. Senate today reiterating they are prepared to oppose the Senate's health care reform bill due to its threat to patients' access to specialty care and its potential to harm quality care.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Daily Times

Too many cooks spoil the Sobhraj Maternity Home?

By Irfan Aligi KARACHI: The Sobhraj Maternity Home , which has also been declared as a historical building, is in a pitiable state due to different bodies governing its affairs at the same time and paucity of funds; however, a recent development has brought a glimmer of hope for the health facility.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine

Tue Nov 03, 2009

MELODIKA.net

'The Faces of Medical Error - From Tears to Transparency, The Story of Lewis Blackman'

Continuing its efforts to educate, inform and empower the people of Chicago, SAVE THE PATIENT, a not-for-profit patient-focused organization, is hosting its 25-minute live call-in show, "Community Health," on Chicago Access Network on Monday, November 16, at 6:00 PM, CDT, on Channel 21.

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Related Topix: Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Home - Redlands Daily Facts

Taking fear out of dental visits

James Caley might argue he can "reform" the most petrified dental patient. "We try to rehabilitate them, use less and less anesthetic, all of a sudden they've lost that fear," Caley said.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Loma Linda University, Dentistry

Fri Oct 30, 2009

KTVN Reno

Asians Seem to Suffer Less During Childbirth

Asian women experience less labor pain than other women, say U.S. researchers. "Labor progress and pain are influenced by many different factors but are difficult to study because conditions during labor are continually changing," Dr.

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Related Topix: Asian-American, Sweden, World News, Japan, Medicine

Queen's University News

Five Queen's profs nominated as best Ontario lecturer

Eleanor MacDonald , Richard Oleschuk , Kip Pegley , Dean Tripp and Virginia Walker are among a record 332 Ontario professors who have been nominated this year by students and alumni.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Nature Publishing Group

Prevention of hypoglycemia-induced neuronal death by hypothermia

E-mail: sang.suh@ucsf.edu 6 These authors equally contributed to this work. Received 14 May 2009; Revised 26 August 2009; Accepted 30 September 2009; Published online 28 October 2009.

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Related Topix: Medicine, San Francisco, CA

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Medical News Today

Surgery, Illness Do Not Increase Cognitive Decline For Older Patients

Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Pain / Anesthetics ; Mental Health Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT In new study published in the November edition of Anesthesiology , researchers examine a concern common among Seniors and their caregivers - the occurrence of long-term cognitive decline following surgery or illness.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Family, Elderly

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Newswise

Study Shows Sedative May Ease Pain in Critically Ill Patients When...

A study presented at this yeara s American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting demonstrated that the use of the sedative Dexmedetomidine was safe and reduced the amount of time for the extubation process, or the process of removing a tube from the airway of critically ill patients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Newswise

Study Finds Preoperative Biomarker Levels May be More Reliable than...

Results from a clinical study presented at the 2009 American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting suggest that elevated preoperative levels of the B-type natriuretic peptide biomarker may predict hospital length of stay and mortality after primary coronary artery bypass graft surgery better than measurements of elevated postoperative BNP levels.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Newswise

Persistent Postsurgical Pain: is it in Your Genes?

A study presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists highlights the crucial importance of investigating multiple factors when designing studies that attempt to predict the development of persistent pain in patients.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Fri Oct 23, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

ICU Stay Before Death Common in the U.S.

People who die in a U.S. hospital are nearly five times as likely as their counterparts in England to have spent part of their final hours in an intensive care unit .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Columbia University

The Horse

Wisconsin Vet School Techs Gain Anesthesia Certification

Three certified veterinary technicians at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine recently attained specialty certification in anesthesia.

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Related Topix: University of Wisconsin Madison, Lodi, WI, Madison, WI, Madison Metro, Medicine

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Fallon receives training award

Rebecca A. Zanconato has joined UMass Memorial Medical Group and the Department of Anesthesiology at UMass Memorial Medical Center .

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Related Topix: Medicine, San Diego, CA, University of Southern California, Nursing

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Dermatology Times

ASA: Studies Examine Urinary Biomarkers of Kidney Disease

The biomarker neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin may best identify acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients with normal preoperative kidney function, and undetected kidney cancer may influence urine concentrations of another biomarker, kidney injury molecule-1 , according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American ...

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Related Topix: Kidney Cancer, Health, Medicine

Physics Org

Coping Style Affects Quality of Informed Consent Prior to Anesthesia

How patients cope with anxiety before undergoing anesthesia, either by demanding information or running from it, may determine whether they are equipped to make vital health decisions, according to a study to be published in the November edition of the journal Anesthesiology.

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Related Topix: Medicine, University of Rochester, Health, Lung Cancer

Tue Oct 20, 2009

EMaxHealth

How to Become an Anesthesiologist Assistant

Anesthesiologist Assistant: Search this directory for schools that offer Anesthesiologist Assistant training, and find the perfect campus or online degree program.

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Related Topix: Medicine

HealthDay

Some People Vulnerable to Persistent Post-Op Pain

Surgery is supposed to relieve pain from injury or disease, but new research finds that between 5 percent and 10 percent of patients don't find pain relief after an operation, and they can experience chronic pain for many months afterward.

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Related Topix: Hernia, Medicine, Health

CNN

PTSD linked to higher post-surgery death rate

Post-traumatic stress disorder may be a condition of the mind, but research has implicated it in the ills of the body.

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Related Topix: Medicine, UC San Francisco

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