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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Canker Sores, Dermatology, Cesarean Section, Health and Safety at School, Medical Research
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About pelvic organ prolapse
What is pelvic organ prolapse? A condition that occurs when muscles and other supports in a woman's pelvis weaken, allowing her bladder, rectum, uterus, urethra, small bowel or vagina to slip out of place. What causes it? Prolapse can develop after...Tags: Mayo Clinic, Physical Conditions, Surgery, Human Body, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Mesh used in pelvic surgeries under scrutiny
The pain began almost immediately after Cheryl Sorrels had pelvic surgery to correct a bulging bladder three years ago. There was also a lot more bleeding than she expected.
Sorrels chalked that up to a difficult recovery. It wasn't until the 58-year-old...Tags: Munster, Physical Conditions, Economy, Business and Finance, University of Chicago, Surgery
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Gluten-free diet is good for your health
Dear Pharmacist: My brother is on a gluten-free diet now and lost a lot of weight. He's razzing me to join him in his gluten-free diet, but I don't see the point unless you have irritable bowel syndrome (that's why he did it). I really like my pizza and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Brain, Headaches, Diets and Dieting, Health
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From Canyon To Cove: Facing the big 'C'
Editor's note: Cindy Frazier returned last week from a two-month medical leave. This is her story. * It all started with an itch. It was mid-February. I was sitting in a staff meeting with our veteran reporter Barbara Diamond when suddenly I couldn't...Tags: Physical Conditions, Skin, Surgery, Jaundice, Health and Medical Professionals
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Adding exercise to your lifestyle could help prevent cancer
Fox59When it comes to cancer, two-thirds of all deaths can be prevented by making lifestyle choices. One big lifestyle choice many can easily make is adding exercise. Phyllis Pigford-Mason changed her life through exercise, after going through extensive...Tags: Women's Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Breast
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Colonoscopies not the gold standard?
Special to the Los Angeles TimesColorectal cancer kills more Americans than any other cancer except lung cancer. But the death toll doesn't have to be as high as it is. Screening works. The American Cancer Society estimates that such tests saved 70,000 lives in the last 20 years. "Just...Tags: Physical Conditions, Health Organizations, Surgery, Medical Research, Colonoscopy
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A sleeve for the intestine: As effective as bariatric surgery, without the surgery part?
For patients who are obese and have Type 2 diabetes, gastric bypass can be a remarkable cure: After such surgery, more than three-quarters of such patients can significantly reduce or discontinue their diabetes drugs within a year, studies show. With that...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Surgery, Science, Health Treatments
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Fascinating facts: Inside the human body
There was a certain ignorance I had about the body before dissecting it. Some of what I've learned was surprising, disconcerting and fascinating:
• In one day, our kidneys filter 150 to 180 liters of blood. One kidney is only about the size of a...Tags: Human Body, Bladder, Urinary System
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FDA Warns Against Milk Thickener After Infant Deaths
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. (KTLA) -- The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Monday against using thickener when feeding premature infants after two deaths were reported. The FDA has discovered that SimplyThick may be causing life-threatening damage to...Tags: NPR, KTLA, Physical Conditions, Premature Birth, Food and Drug Administration
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Prairie Fare: Gluten-free foods not necessary for everyone
FARGO, N.D. - As I perused the menu in the Italian restaurant, I noticed "available gluten- free" by several of the menu options. I had just read an article about the increasing popularity of gluten-free foods, and I had noticed several new baking mixes...Tags: Baking Powder, Physical Conditions, Diets and Dieting, Recipes, Iron (dietary supplement)
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Mr. Middle Age: My Colonoscopy
myRegence.com ContributorRecently I turned 50. What I got for my birthday was ... a colonoscopy. Fifty is the recommended age for this important preventive procedure. But everything about it was new and anxiety-provoking. On my pre-visit, the doctor broke it down for me: "We'...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Health, Colonoscopy, Hospitals and Clinics, Minnesota
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