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Local Anesthesia
Local Anesthesia
Local Anesthesia
Local Anesthesia
Local Anesthesia

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Local Anesthesia Defined

A method of preventing pain by inducing the loss of sensation in a certain area of the body while the patient remains awake

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Heart and Sole Fun Run is for everyone

Published October 10, 2008, 10:11 pm, The San Angelo Standard-Times

The Healthy Woman program at San Angelo Community Medical Center started a mere six months ago, but it only seemed fitting to coordinators that the group include a breast cancer awareness event.

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Loma Linda hospital may open in December

Published October 10, 2008, 9:03 pm, San Bernardino Sun

LOMA LINDA - Loma Linda University Medical Center officials hope to open a long-awaited speciality hospital on Barton Road by the end of the year.

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Hospital Report Cards are Growing on the Web, But Can You Use Them to Make a Choice

Published October 10, 2008, 12:37 pm, Senior Journal

Oct. 10, 2008 - Consumers are awash in information they can use to find the best deals on everything from dishwashers to car insurance. But is it possible to comparison shop for a hospital?

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"¢ Pre-Surgery Days an Opportune Time to Quit Smoking "¢ New Treatments Help Men Fight Prostate Cancer "¢ Try Almonds for ...

Published October 9, 2008, 1:56 pm, The Inter-Mountain

Pre-Surgery Days an Opportune Time to Quit Smoking (NewsUSA) - Anyone who has had surgery or has a relative who has had surgery knows many of the pre-op drills by heart: no aspirin a week or more before surgery to prevent unnecessary bleeding, no food or drink the night before to prevent adverse reaction to anesthetics, and no jewelry in the operating room to eliminate risks of unintentional ...

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Health & Fitness

Published October 9, 2008, 11:38 am, The Inter-Mountain

Online medical stories.

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GLENN'S STRATEGIES FOR WELL-BEING: Breast Cancer Awareness

Published October 9, 2008, 12:25 am, Eurweb

*About 178,480 women were found to have invasive breast cancer in 2007. More than 40,000 died. However, it doesn't just strike women. More than 1,700 cases of breast cancer in men were diagnosed in 2007. The disease killed about 460 men.

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Family Affected by Fatal Accident Fights to Save Another Life

Published October 8, 2008, 11:24 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

DEERFIELD, Ill.----Jon Simon, 67, hopes to receive life-saving help. He has been fighting non-Hodgkin Lymphoma for more than a year and needs a bone marrow transplant.

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Ear Tubes Reduce Infections, Review Concludes

Published October 7, 2008, 4:22 pm, Newswise

Ear ventilation tubes reduce or eliminate ear infections for up to six months after insertion, according to a new review of studies.But some consumer health advocates and parents question whether the tubes are worth the risks of surgery.

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Virtual colonoscopy a less invasive cancer screener

Published October 7, 2008, 12:37 pm, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Jiggering a computer mouse up, down and sideways like a teenager playing a video game, Dr. Tim Hanes guides his cursor through the curves and dips of a brown wrinkly tunnel that looks like it's out of Alice in Wonderland, searching for lurking monsters. "Hey, there's one," said Hanes, a radiologist at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, pointing with his cursor to a glob on his computer screen ...

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Bone marrow testing

Published October 7, 2008, 8:43 am, Lake County News-Sun

Recently, I saw a 50-year-old white male patient who was found to have mild anemia (low red blood cells) by his primary care physician. When I reviewed his blood tests, it became apparent that not only was he mildly anemic, but he also had a low white blood count. In our blood, we basically have three types of cells that we check on a test called " CBC" which stands for a complete blood count -- ...

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