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Mayo researchers find anesthesia not harmful for babies during birth process

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life than children not delivered by C-section. These findings are ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Probing question: What is 'Talk and Die' Syndrome?

Ah, summer! Season of baseball, bike rides, barbecues -- and head injuries. There’s nothing like warm weather to get people outside and active, and nothing like activity to fill up an emergency room.

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created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Brain injury victims can seem OK, symptoms delayed

(AP) -- At first, Natasha Richardson said she felt fine after she took a spill on a Canadian ski slope. But that's not unusual for people who suffer traumatic head injuries like the one that killed the actress.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds women used 30 percent less analgesia during labor when self-administered

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that when women administer their own ...

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created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taking NOTES: abdominal surgery without general anesthesia

A recent review in Faculty of 1000 Medicine Reports, a publication in which clinicians highlight advances in medical practice, suggests regional pain relief could be used during abdominal surgery. In this review, Michael ...

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Medical study shows epidurals and spinal anesthetics are safer than previously reported

The largest ever prospective study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anaesthetics published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia today concludes that previous studies have over-estimated the risks of sev ...

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0