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If there’s one time you want your doctor’s full attention, it’s during surgery.
Most patients don’t realize that to maximize their income, surgeons often perform two surgeries at once. Most hospitals and Medicare allow the practice. It’s known as “double booking.”
Now a new study shows that double-booked surgeries put patients at risk.
… Read MoreMen often are accused of acting like babies when they get the flu. Wives may shrug off the symptoms while husbands lay in bed miserable.
So the debate has raged… Are men hit harder by the flu or are they just wimps?
The phenomenon even has a name: “man flu.”
… Read MoreCan your Christmas tree make you sick?1
Doctors have noticed for years that patients with allergies and asthma have problems around the holidays. This is true even though the typical plant allergy triggers—such as ragweed and other heavy pollen producers—are not blooming in December.
… Read MoreAirline food is usually bad for two reasons: It tastes bad. And it’s unhealthy.
But a new study finds that there’s hope if you’re traveling during the holidays. One major airline and several smaller ones have stepped up. Their food is actually quite nutritious.
As for the others… In some cases, the best you can do is the little bag of peanuts.… Read More
A common hypertension medicine dramatically increases your risk of getting skin cancer, a new study finds.1
Danish researchers looked at 80,000 cases of skin cancer. Then they analyzed medications the patients were taking. They found that one drug made people seven times more likely to get skin cancer.
It was the blood pressure medication hydrochlorothiazide (HCT).
… Read MoreA new study has discovered an easy trick that can help you get a good night’s sleep—without drugs or the troubling side effects they cause.
Up to half of Americans suffer from some form of insomnia. And millions of them turn to sleeping pills. But studies have shown these drugs can cause dangerous sleepwalking, morning-after confusion, daytime drowsiness, and even suicide.… Read More