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Life-improving chemistry
Take one part chemistry, one part creativity and one part medical ingenuity; finely mix with a mortar and pestle and the resulting combination leaves individualized treatment that really helps the ...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Advances in laser technology in the last several years have greatly increased the effectiveness of LASIK surgery to where this machine at Innovative Ophthalmology in Paducah, can correct lenses in a range of -12 to +6.
Cutting-edge laser technology aids eye surgery
Advances in technology have made lasers a staple in minimally invasive surgeries throughout the medical community, but those same advances have vaulted precision corrective eye surgery to a new zen...
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AP Photo A young patient gets a CT scan at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. Too much radiation from medical testing is a growing concern, especially for children, because it may increase the risk of cancer later in life.
Child CT scans could raise cancer risk slightly
LONDON — Children who get several CT scans have a slightly higher chance of brain cancer and leukemia in later life, although the risk is still small and probably outweighed by the need to get the ...
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That guilt you feel? There’s a place (in your brain) for that
WASHINGTON — The father of psychiatry, Sigmund Freud, had a special affinity for discerning the guilt and self-blame in his patients’ thinking. That, he said, is one of the things that distinguishe...
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Food addiction a growing concern nationwide
With its validity as a medical ailment still disputed by many people, food addiction might go further than simply a breakdown in personal judgment as researchers point to the same psychological pat...
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Even 7-year-olds sometimes hurt themselves
CHICAGO — Even children as young as 7 sometimes cut themselves on purpose, according to a small study believed to be the first to examine self-injury at such early ages. The study was based on i...
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Associated Press Nurses walk under dimmed lighting during "quiet time" at the Newborn Family Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Anyone who's had a hospital stay knows the beeping monitors, the pagers and phones, the hallway chatter, the roommate, even the squeaky laundry carts all make for a not-so-restful place to heal.
Hospitals need Rx for quiet as patients rest
WASHINGTON — Anyone who’s had a hospital stay knows the beeping monitors, the pagers and phones, the hallway chatter, the roommate, even the squeaky laundry carts all make for a not-so-restful plac...
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Older dads linked to grandchildren’s health
NEW YORK — Finally, some good news for older dads. A new study hints that their children and even their grandchildren may get a health benefit because of their older age. It’s based on research ...
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Proactive care stressed in men’s health
It might be easier getting dad to tune up the car rather than get himself checked out. But as Father’s Day approaches, health care providers stress the importance of preventive care as the perfect ...
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Young cancer survivors may face new risks
CHICAGO — Women treated with chest radiation for cancer when they were girls have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than previously thought, doctors warn. Even lower doses of radiation t...
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