Eye exams can reveal diseases
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 22:35:14 -0700 | health-news
Five ways to protect your vision Experts say these healthy habits have a protective effect on vision: An eye exam, at its most basic, determines how well these miraculous little spheres look out on the world...People need to realize that...
HPV-related throat cancers multiplying; vaccine can help prevent them
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 22:35:14 -0700 | health-news
It is well known that HPV (human papillomavirus) can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well. Throat cancers caused by HPV are showing up typically in men with little or...
Doc Talk: There are a variety of ways to manage labor pains
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 22:35:12 -0700 | health-news
It is important for a woman to discuss her concerns with her obstetrician during pregnancy. There are several different options for managing and controlling pain. These options include both nonmedical interventions as well as medications...Nonmedical ways to manage pain during...
Drs. Oz and Roizen: Exploring nonmedical pain relief for endometriosis
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 22:35:08 -0700 | health-news
Photos Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef), Susan Sarandon (The Big Wedding), Whoopi Goldberg (The View) and another 100 million women worldwide contend with endometriosis, in which endometrial cells that line the uterus grow outside the uterus, causing adhesions, scarring, severe pain...
Drs. Oz and Roizen: Pregnant? Find ways other than alcohol to de-stress
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 04:50:36 -0700 | health-news
Photos Gwyneth Paltrow was outed for drinking a Guinness while pregnant, but a brand-new study claims she may not have done anything risky. It seems British docs think two glasses of wine a week or the equivalent doesn't add up...
Doc Talk: Tips for healthy shopping at the grocery store
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 15:55:25 -0700 | health-news
Photos Like the infamous refrain of the Gilligan's Island theme song, a visit to the grocery store can sometimes feel like a three-hour tour that ends in a shipwreck. As a nutritionist and educator, I believe that most people are...
Big Sky Beat Down
Source: Drug and Device Law
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 06:12:53 -0700 | health-news
We read rulings under the Federal Tort Claim Act about as often as we read bench trial rulings or rulings from the District of Montana. Or rulings where a judge says he is retiring in two days. That...
Conference covers Affordable Care Act
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 21:11:34 -0700 | health-news
Do you think the Affordable Care Act's provisions for mandated insurance coverage will benefit or hurt your business? The Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care and the Sedgwick County Health Care Roundtable's annual conference Wednesday focused on the Affordable Care...
Be wary of taking too much acetaminophen
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 04:59:04 -0700 | health-news
Headaches, a nagging sore hip, a stiff neck after a day at the computer. These are prompts that send me to my medicine cabinet to pop a couple of Tylenol or ibuprofen. I throw these back without a whit of...
What the Oregon experiment says about Obamacare
Source: Kansas City Star
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 23:02:57 -0700 | health-news
May 7 The Kansas City Star A new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine shows that expanding Medicaid might ease financial worries for its newly covered recipients, but would not necessarily make them physically healthier. MIT's Amy...
Doc Talk: What to do when poison plants cause allergic skin reactions
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 13:03:47 -0700 | health-news
Photos It's that time of year when vegetation is growing quickly, including poison ivy, poison sumac and poison oak. These notorious plants cause more allergic skin reactions (contact dermatitis) than all other plants combined. The substance that leads to the...
Sedgwick Co. EMS develops process to avoid medication errors
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 15:29:18 -0700 | health-news
That is the Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Service's accuracy rate of giving medication to patients it transports. But who wants to be the other .121 percent that gets the wrong dosage or drug? said Paul Misasi, deployment and quality improvement...
Risks arise in purchasing prescriptions online
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 06:34:28 -0700 | health-news
There are myriad reasons why American consumers are attracted to online pharmacies...Others seek the privacy of not having to deal with a pharmacist face-to-face. Some may want to avoid the cost of visiting a doctor in order to acquire a...
Animal Health Center’s vet prepared ‘for anything’ at walk-in clinic
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 05:14:55 -0700 | health-news
Now you know Animal Health Center As a child, Dina Steineker preferred stuffed animals to dolls. When it came to the real thing, though, allergies kept her from getting a pet which made me want them so much more, she...
Woman jailed in animal vaccine, medication theft
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 18:10:13 -0700 | health-news
Authorities have arrested a 31-year-old woman in connection with the theft of nearly $20,000 in pet and livestock medication and supplies last week from Cheney Animal Clinic, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office. Amanda Dawn Shock, of Cheney, was...
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