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Health News

The Claim: Antibiotics Will Beat a Sinus Infection
2008-01-09 04:53 - Antibiotics and steroids may be the standard medications for a sinus infection, but are they effective?

Pain Relief for Some, With an Odd Tradeoff
2008-01-09 04:53 - Implantable stimulators can blunt pain with electrical impulses, but they may come with negative side effects.

Preserving a Fundamental Sense: Balance
2008-01-09 04:52 - Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.

P. K. Sethi, Inventor of the Low-Tech Limb, Is Dead at 80
2008-01-09 04:52 - Dr. P. K. Sethi invented the affordable prosthesis called the Jaipur foot, which has helped millions of amputees in developing countries to lead normal lives.

Lax Catheter Policies Seen at Many Hospitals
2008-01-09 04:52 - Despite the well-established danger from urinary catheters, a new study finds that hospitals are doing very little to reduce the risks of infection.

Whites More Often Given Opioid Drugs, Study Finds
2008-01-09 04:52 - Opioid medications are increasingly being given in emergency rooms ? but white patients are more likely to get them than minorities, a new study finds.

Aging: Mental Health Overlooked in Care of Elderly Patients
2008-01-09 04:51 - A new study suggests that doctors may devote too little time to talking with elderly patients about mental illnesses.

Niacin to the Rescue
2008-01-09 04:51 - I am taking niacin for high cholesterol. How does it work?

Fever May Ease Effects of Autism Disorders
2008-01-09 04:51 - Children with disorders in what is known as the autism spectrum tend to be less irritable and hyperactive after a period of high temperature, a new study suggests.

Health Spending Exceeded Record $2 Trillion in 2006
2008-01-09 04:51 - National health spending soared above $2 trillion for the first time in 2006 and has nearly doubled in the last decade.


 
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