Medical Science

In performing a surgery there are several means of anaesthetising a patient or the area in which the surgery is performed. In instances where the surgery is performed below the level of the umbilicus, a specialized technique called ‘spinal anesthesia’…
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How to prepare for your Child’s Ear Tube Surgery When preparing yourself for your child surgery you have to remember that you will go through several different processes. These include pre-op, the surgery, and post-op. During the pre-op process your…
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Surgical drain is an instrument used in draining out excess blood, tissue fluids, pus or air from a surgical site inside the body in to outside following a surgical procedure. With the advent of advance imagery and the possibility to…
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Laparoscopic surgery is a technique in which some of the abdominal, pelvic and thoracic surgeries are performed through a small incision by means of using an equipment called the laparoscope. In practice, the surgical technique is known in different names…
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Anesthesia is the intervention made to relieve a patient of the sensations pertaining to the whole body or towards a specific region, which is planned to undergo surgery. It makes use of several medications in order to relieve or inhibit…
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Following a surgical procedure, the most common complaint made by a patient would be the pain. The pain caused by even a minor surgical procedure can be excruciating and could make the patient suffer. Thus, good pain relief is one…
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You may as well title this, Do welfare mommas deserve to have more babies. When it comes to our health, nothing draws debate like insinuating that someone deserves better healthcare over someone else. Smokers along with the obese have an…
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A post operative patient can undergo many types of complications following surgical procedures. It is said that most such complications will occur in the 1st to 5th day following a surgery. But, the most dangerous complications will arise in the…
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The human brain is an incredible organism, if only we could learn to use it properly. Right now, the human brain is like one of those fancy computerized gadgets that we buy at an electronics store. We take it home,…
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Is game play expertise hardwired? Maybe you have seen video games played and marveled at how fast the reactions times can sometimes be.  Maybe you have played these games yourself and wondered how you are able to make the “right”…
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