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Woman Dies of Legionnaires Disease After Dental Surgery

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:58:08 +0000

An Italian woman is dead after having dental surgery and contracting Legionnaires' disease, also known as Legionellosis.

The woman, who was 82, contracted Legionnaires' disease at her dentist's office. Testing on ...

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Rumors Flying That Whitney Houston Was Denied Plastic Surgery Procedure

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000

There are rumors that Whitney Houston wanted a face lift, and was turned down for the plastic surgery procedure two weeks prior to her death.

The Mirror of London is reporting that Houston was unable to pass the medical screening tests that plastic surgeon Marc Mani ordered to evaluate her for surgery. Houston's heart, lungs and liver were reportedly tested, but the outcome of those tests were not revealed. A face lift is one of the most common plastic surgeries, commonly done to reduce the signs of aging.

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Japanese Emporer Akihito To Have Heart Surgery

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:38:39 +0000

Emperor Akihito, Japan's 78-year-old reigning monarch, is expected to have open heart surgery on Saturday in Tokyo.

The open heart procedure will be a heart bypass, also known as a CABG. The procedure is commonly referred to as a double, triple or quadruple bypass, referring to the number of vessels surgeons must bypass to restore blood flow to the heart.

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Newborn 15 Minutes Old Has Emergency Heart Surgery

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:41:50 +0000

Jaya Maharaj was 15 minutes old when a surgeon performed emergency open heart surgery on her newborn heart.

Jaya is now one of the smallest recipients of a pacemaker, weighing in 3.5 pounds. She was delivered at 31 weeks after studies showed that she had a serious heart problem that interfered with her heart's ability to beat fast enough. At the time of birth her heart was beating less than 50 beats per minute, while a normal heart of a child the same age would typically beat 120-150 times per minute. The decision was quickly made to perform surgery immediately.

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Are Fecal Transplants Real Medicine? Fecal Bacteriotherapy (FB) Explained

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:32:47 +0000

It isn't a common procedure, but it is real medicine, and for those who really need it Fecal Bacteriotherapy (FB) is a godsend. Known by a variety of names including fecal transplant, stool transplantation and Autologous Restoration of Gastrointestinal Flora (ARGF), this procedure is uncommon but becoming more widely used.

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Dentist Pleads Guilty After Using Paper Clips For Oral Surgery

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:16:51 +0000

Former Dentist Michael Clair has pleaded guilty to a wide variety of charges, including fraud, after substituting paper clips for stainless steel posts in at least two different dental surgeries.

For patients who have a serious fear of the dentist, this story will not help the condition. For tips on managing your fear of the dentist, stop reading this article now and check out this one:

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How To Cough After Surgery To Prevent Pain and Pneumonia

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:25:50 +0000

It sounds kind of odd, doesn't it? Of course you know how to cough, you've been doing it your entire life.

When you were small you were taught to cover your mouth when you coughed, and that was that, you were an expert cougher. After surgery, everything you know about coughing (cover your mouth) will change because your hands will be busy elsewhere. Using a technique commonly referred to as "bracing" you can prevent injury and minimize the pain of coughing. Using another technique, "cough and deep breathe," you can help prevent pneumonia.

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First Face Transplant In Turkey Along With First 3 Limb Surgery

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:47:46 +0000

Surgeons in Ankara, Turkey performed that country's first face transplant today on a 19-year-old who was burned as an infant. Surgeons are also performing the worlds first triple limb transplant, transplanting the same donor's arms and a leg to another man. There are no indications if organs were also able to be transplanted.

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Surgery For Man With 3 Inch Nail In His Head

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:23:23 +0000

Dante Autullo is a lucky man. Anyone who can go to the emergency room (and be shown an xray of their own head with a nail embedded) and understand what is happening is lucky, in my book.

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Bath Salts Lead To Radical Surgery and Flesh Eating Bacteria

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:52:50 +0000

Bath salts, the newest cheap designer drug that is killing people nationwide, is also leading to necrotizing fasciitis, better known as flesh eating bacteria.

Surgeons recently released a study that disclosed that they had treated a 34-year-old woman who had injected bath salts. Several days later, she had redness, pain and signs of infection at the injection site, and eventually admitted to hospital staff that she had injected bath salts. The pain at the injection site quickly moved from reddened to a case of necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh eating bacteria.

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