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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Flu Vaccine, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Medical Research, Kidney Disease
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New Technique in Roanoke Used to Detect Pancreatic Cancer
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterIt is a type of cancer that doesn't have many symptoms and like most cancers early diagnosis is key to treating it. Now pancreatic cancer is being detected using a technique that's new to Roanoke. Edith McLaughlin never felt sick. "I never felt any...Tags: Pancreas, Pancreatic Cancer, Symptoms, Abdominal Pain, General Practitioners
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Supreme Court hands Verdugo Hills Hospital a setback
The California Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a legal rule that had shielded Verdugo Hills Hospital from having to pay millions of dollars to the family of a boy who suffered brain damage shortly after his birth in 2003. The ruling could force the...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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Newborn boy tips the scales
South Bend TribuneOther than a slight bit of jaundice, Lindsey Horn's new bundle of joy arrived healthy. And big. Very big. Very, very big. Newborn Connor Bridge weighed in at a whopping 13 pounds, 1 ounce, when he came into the world Dec. 2 at 11:07 a.m. at Saint...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Cesarean Section, Football, Symptoms
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Nothing to Sneeze At
Last week we squeezed in a client who wanted a second opinion on their new kitten, “Goobers.” Mrs. Panicking had found out the day before that her newly adopted kitten from the shelter had a “very serious” condition and she needed...Tags: Health, Common Cold, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Science
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From Canyon To Cove: Facing the big 'C'
Editor's note: Cindy Frazier returned last week from a two-month medical leave. This is her story. * It all started with an itch. It was mid-February. I was sitting in a staff meeting with our veteran reporter Barbara Diamond when suddenly I couldn't...Tags: Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Intestine, Liver
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Pancreatic cancer: Symptoms and treatment
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelBecause several newspapers are reporting that Aretha Franklin has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, we at Vital Signs decided to take a closer look at this deadly disease. First, let's start with the bad news: This is one of the deadliest of cancers.... -
Jaundice in newborns is common; chronic condition isn't. So what to do?
Booster ShotsTo reduce the number of newborns who develop severe jaundice, screen them all for high amounts of a blood pigment known as bilirubin. That's the word from researchers at UC San Francisco Children's Hospital and Kaiser Permanente. If the conclusion......
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