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DEATH BY LIPOSUCTION A new warning for anyone considering cosmetic surgery: liposuction--specifically, tumescent liposuction--may have been responsible for five deaths that occurred in New York City between 1993 and 1998. All surgery is risky, and the death toll is not huge, but doctors are concerned. The problem may...
The pain that circumcision inflicts on babies, usually during their first days of life, can be dulled by an analgesic cream or shots of local anesthetic. Amid all the other shocks and discomforts of adjusting to life outside the womb, it's unlikely the procedure would leave a boy with...
Are you facing surgery in the next couple of days or weeks? What you do beforehand, how you plan for it, even what you eat can help determine how quickly you recover. At a meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists last month, researchers reported that eating potatoes before an...
At the top of the anesthesiologists' list: give your doctors as much detail as you can about your medical history. Don't just say you had a bad reaction to general anesthesia; say whether you felt nauseated, went into shock or took 12 hours to wake up. (No, I'm...
Ouchless injections? Last week Astra Pharmaceutical introduced a skin patch that numbs a kid's skin by delivering local anesthetic directly to the injection site. Called Emla and available by prescription only, it can be used on children as young as one month--and on needle-shy grownups. One downside...