Otolaryngology News

Lee Memorial Health System has announced that the following physicians joined our medical staff during the month of June.

Race fans at this year's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard can get a free oral, head and neck cancer screening.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Ear, Nose and Throat Article Date: 09 Jul 2009 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have shown that endoscopic surgery is a valid treatment option for treating esthesioneuroblastoma , in addition to traditional open surgery and nonsurgical treatments.

Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults. One in three people older than 60 and half of those older than 85 have hearing loss, but the old age is not only reason behind hearing loss, as there are also other causes of this ailment including living in surroundings having very loud voices, or ignoring ear infections.

Dr. Reid Lachman and his wife, Lisa, bought a two-bedroom, two-bath condo at 100 S. Point Dr.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the long term effects of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media in young children.

Seeing Mount Everest fulfilled a lifelong dream for Greg Mathew. But that majestic pinnacle was one of the last things the Bloomington man saw before falling ill there with a fatal case of altitude sickness.

Health care in East London has ground to a standstill on Thursday morning as hundreds of doctors downed stethoscopes - leaving many patients in long queues as they waited for treatement, reported Ntando Makhubu and Sino Majangaza .

I don't normally vent in this forum against another within my specialty field of medicine in the Fox Valley.

A NEW business that supplies specialist medical equipment to the healthcare sector has launched in Blackburn.

My blog last week about musician Peter Tork's taking his current battle with a rare form of cancer to the pages of Facebook drew passionate responses from readers, many of whom thought I'd been unfair to Mr.

An otherwise effective treatment for cystic fibrosis places patients at a high risk of sensorineural hearing loss, according to new research published in the July edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery .

One thing patients might not know about their doctors is the medical malpractice insurance premiums - some reaching into six figures - they must purchase every year.

A hospital surgeon accused of accidentally making a hole in a man's skull failed to investigate why the patient was severely disabled after the operation, a hearing was told.

Main Category: Ear, Nose and Throat Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 26 Jun 2009 Medtronic announced that results of a study published in the February issue of the Laryngoscope were favorable toward the use of Medtronic's Straightshot M4 Microdebrider for powered inferior turbinoplasty.

A "careless" surgeon faces being struck off after a patient was left permanently brain damaged by a botched operation to cure a runny nose.

ISLAMABAD: Toxic shock syndrome in children, a sometimes fatal condition, could be a result of a chronic sinus infection.

Interruptions can disturb sleep patterns, reduce memory functions and lead to more dangerous conditions Valerie Strauss Washington Post A mask attached to an air pump can help alleviate sleep apnea, which affects millions.

MANY hospital consultants who received massive salary increases may be in breach of the terms of lucrative contracts, the Irish Independent has learned.

As baby boomers approach 65 years of age, we are going to see all sorts of changes in our health care needs and there is going to be a specific focus on geriatric medicine.