Anesthesia

Honor your physician on National Doctors' Day Despite the frenzy of publicity surrounding the rare doctor who does not honor their Hippocratic Oath, a recent survey shows that most physicians are very much appreciated by their patients...

Relaxation Helps Ease Root Canal Therapy A candle scented with aromatic lavender. A massaging pillow. A face mask of warm gel. Soothing music. These are the way to help a patient through fears and anxieties surrounding an endodontic procedure -- a tooth root canal...

Can Hypertension Be Delayed Or Prevented? Ground-breaking Trophy Study To Examine Whether Medication Can Prevent High Blood Pressure In an innovative approach to investigating the feasibility of preventing the development of high blood pressure, researchers have commenced an unprecedented study known as the Trial of Preventing Hypertension...

Delirium In Hospitalization Finally Gets Attention When Dr. Sharon K. Inouye`s 73-year-old father underwent surgery last year, she found herself helpless to stop doctors and nurses from inadvertently doing what she knew were the wrong things...

Liposuction Safety Debated A study suggesting that liposuction may be fatal has sparked a debate on the safety of the procedure in a series of letters published in Thursday`s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine...

Obese Pregnant Women Have Higher Risk For C-section Delivery The more obese a pregnant woman is, the higher her risk of delivery by Cesarean section...

Methadone Eases Pain After Prostate Surgery Men who have undergone prostatectomy to treat early prostate cancer are usually in the hospital for 3 to 5 days...

Varicose Veins: The Cause and Treatment of this all too Common Problem Those blue bulging veins which protrude from the skin, usually on the legs and thighs are called varicose veins. Spider veins are smaller, but also appear on...

Emergency Delivery May Lead To Fear Of Childbirth Healthcare professionals should be sensitive to the fact that if an emergency procedure is necessary during a woman's first childbirth experience, she is much more likely to be fearful of vaginal delivery during her second pregnancy...