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SUNDAY, March 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A procedure that delivers the anesthetic lidocaine (Xylocaine) directly to nerves in the back of the nasal cavity ...
Read More »Nerve Treatment Via Nose Shows Promise Against Migraines
Doctors Often Yield to Parents’ Requests to Delay Kids’ Vaccines
MONDAY, March 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Doctors commonly get requests from parents to delay young children’s vaccinations — and despite their better judgment, they ...
Read More »Could Coffee Lower Risk of Multiple Sclerosis?
By Amy Norton, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — People who down several cups of coffee every day may have a decreased risk of developing multiple sclerosis, a new ...
Read More »Epilepsy Surgery Gets High Marks From Patients
THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) — More than nine in 10 epilepsy patients who had brain surgery to try to control their seizures are ...
Read More »U.S. Ebola Survivor Dr. Craig Spencer Gives His Side of the Story
THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Many U.S. politicians and media outlets hyped the threat of U.S. cases of Ebola last year, according to ...
Read More »ADHD May Raise Odds for Premature Death
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than twice as likely to die prematurely as those without the common ...
Read More »Obamacare Won’t Swamp Doctors, Study Contends
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The greater number of Americans with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will lead to only a ...
Read More »Three Amputees Regain Function With ‘Bionic’ Hands
(HealthDay News) — In what scientists say is a first, a robotic hand controlled by a patient’s own muscle and nerves appears to have restored ...
Read More »Watch-and-Wait Strategy May Be Riskier for Prostate Cancer
(HealthDay News) — Choosing active surveillance over treatment for prostate cancer may decrease the odds of survival in men with intermediate-risk cancer, a new study ...
Read More »Chikungunya Virus Infection Can Mimic Rheumatoid Arthritis
MONDAY, Feb. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus causes joint pain and swelling similar to rheumatoid arthritis, which can make diagnosis difficult, ...
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