Procedures
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ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, is one of the more controversial treatments in all of medicine. Clinicians, administrators, psychiatrists, proponents, detractors, and…
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HEARING LOSS: MORE DISABLING THAN YOU THINK
Being hard of hearing is far more disabling than people think. Folks who are deaf from birth live in a…
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HEMORRHOIDS
Four years ago, I wrote a blog on common anorectal problems. Among those, the most common was hemorrhoids. In one…
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WHAT IS AN ANEURYSM?
Surely you’ve heard someone talk about having an aneurysm or you knew someone who did. When you heard that word,…
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MASSAGE THERAPY: A SIMPLE PLEASURE
Who doesn’t like a massage? I certainly do! But there are a lot of people who don’t. They say it…
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WHITE TEETH
Many people today have a significant focus on personal appearance. You might not think so from the way segments of…
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TESTS FOR DEMENTIA
In most cases, the family physician or internist is the first medical professional seen by a patient suspected of having…
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ANTI-ARRHYTHMIC DRUGS AFTER ABLATION: DO THEY HELP?
If you’re one of the ever-increasing number of folks who have undergone ablation for atrial fibrillation, you may be wondering,…
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TRANSPLANTS: STEM CELL vs. BONE MARROW
My general knowledge about stem cell transplants was challenged recently when I was asked questions about the procedure. I was…
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EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION
Capital punishment is the state-sanctioned deliberate taking of another person’s life as retribution for criminal acts performed by that individual.…
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