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Hemofiltration during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Haemofiltration has already been shown to improve fluid balance in children treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) but now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have r ...
St. Louis hospital to study birth defect
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A top children's hospital wants to improve the survival rate of infants born with a birth defect that many families have never heard of until their child is diagnosed.
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General anesthesia for hernia surgery in children and risk of later developmental problems
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Children under the age of three who had hernia surgery showed almost twice the risk of behavioral or developmental problems later compared to children who had not undergone the surgery, according to a study by researchers ...
Family history places women at risk of pelvic organ prolapse, research finds
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Pelvic organ prolapse – a tear or weakness in a woman’s pelvic floor muscles that allows her internal organs to fall outside the body – runs in families, a new Saint Louis University study finds.
Many patients with sleep apnea also suffer from GI tract conditions
Oct 04, 2009 |
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Patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) also tend to have additional gastrointestinal (GI) tract conditions, such as gastric reflux and hiatal hernia, which form at the opening in your diaphragm where your ...
Don't Stress About De-Stressing
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Many people experience the feeling of being overwhelmed. Common sources of stress include losing a set of keys, being late to important meetings, and tackling stacks of paperwork. Many people believe the last thing they have ...
Leukemia therapy with imatinib during pregnancy may cause infant abnormalities
Mar 05, 2008 |
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While doctors already face many challenges in treating patients with cancer, treating pregnant women with the disease, in particular, can be quite difficult as studies suggest that certain therapies can harm developing fetuses. ...
How to predict post-operative enteral nutrition problems
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has become one of the most useful and established enteral nutrition techniques. However, since PEG is based on a surgical technique and is mainly performed in elderly individuals ...
Motion analysis helps soccer players get their kicks
Jul 09, 2009 |
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As soccer continues to grow in popularity, injuries to soccer players are likely to increase as well. Certain injuries fall into gender-based patterns and new research at Hospital for Special Surgery suggests some underlying ...
Wait times for surgical repair of hernias among infants and young children
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Longer wait times for surgical repair of inguinal hernias in infants and young children under the age of 2 were associated with more emergency department visits and a greater risk of incarcerated hernia, found a study published ...
What is different in reflux esophagitis between African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites?
Jun 24, 2009 |
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There is minimal data evaluating the prevalence of GERD complications in any United States general population, other than non-Hispanic whites. Presently, it is thought that such complications occur less frequently in African-Americans ...
Papworth breathing technique cuts asthma symptoms by a third
Jul 02, 2007 |
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A sequence of breathing and relaxation exercises known as the Papworth method has been shown to reduce asthma symptoms by a third by the first randomised controlled trial to investigate the technique, which is published online ...
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