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...lost nearly 60 lbs., was rushed to a hospital and given nutritional drinks before being allowed his first solid food, a handful of potato chips. Doctors say it may take months before the illusionist fully recovers from his weeks of deprivation. His starvation for attention, however, appears to be chronic...
Most of us think of heartburn as a nuisance, but if left untreated it can lead to major problems, including difficulty swallowing, pneumonia and, eventually, esophageal cancer, according to Dr. Paulo Pacheco, clinical assistant professor of gastroenterology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and author of Living with Chronic Heartburn (Healthy Living Books...
With kids, heartburn can be tricky to diagnose--especially with children too young to describe the pain they're feeling. It's up to the parents to watch for telltale signs: episodes of vomiting, inability to sleep, a persistent sour taste in the mouth, bad breath and chronic coughing. Other clues may be the onset of pain soon after a child lies down or a hoarse voice when a child wakes...
Junior co-captains Courtney Bergman and Susanna Lingman—arguably the team’s two best players—did not play any tennis this weekend at the tournament held in Blacksburg, VA. Both were forced to sit out due to similar chronic knee problems...
...Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 9 to 6 to recommend that silicone breast implants be allowed back on the market. Their sale was halted in 1992 because of concerns that leaking implants could cause serious illness. Later studies found no evidence that implants caused the myriad chronic diseases that had been attributed to them. But because of lingering concerns, the panel put conditions on their approval. The manufacturer must continue to follow patients for 10 years, it must give women coming in for implants information about scarring, ruptures and other complications, and it must advise women...