By Serena Gordon HealthDay News Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may be the go-to treatment for sleep apnea, but many people struggle to use it every night. For those who cannot tolerate CPAP, new research finds that a combination of surgical techniques may bring relief.The “multilevel” treatment includes removing the tonsils, repositioning the palate (roof of the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Amy Norton, HealthDay News A growing number of Americans may be having serious reactions after taking phenibut — an unapproved anxiety drug sold in some dietary supplements. That’s the finding of a new study looking at calls to U.S. poison control centers. The numbers are not huge: Between 2009 and 2019, there were 1,320 calls […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kanako Makito, M.D. et al Anesthesiology Volume 133 Issue 4 Oct 2020 Background Previous experimental and clinical studies have shown that anesthetic agents have varying effects on cancer prognosis; however, the results were inconsistent among these studies. The authors compared overall and recurrence-free survival in patients given volatile or intravenous anesthesia for digestive tract […]
Read MoreScience Codex New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that people who suffer from migraine may benefit from green light therapy, which was shown to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches and improve patient quality of life. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, migraine is the third most prevalent illness in […]
Read MoreOut-of-hospital cardiac arrests initially treated with immediate transport and resuscitation attempts on the way to the hospital (so-called “scoop and run”) seem not to fare as well as those in which emergency personnel stay on-scene to attempt resuscitation until return of spontaneous circulation or termination of resuscitation efforts (“stay and play”). Researchers examined outcomes from […]
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