Radiation treatment can lead to rectal injury

March 19, 2011

Last Updated: March 11. 2011 1:00AM Dr. Paul Donohue: your Health Dear Dr. Donohue: I had prostate cancer two years ago and went through 42 radiation treatments. The result of this is colon and rectum damage. I passed lots of blood, and still do. I am told there isn’t much treatment to help this problem. [...]

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What are ovarian cyst symptoms?

March 19, 2011

I have had a terrible, crippling pain in my left pelvic area going on 5 hours now. my mom keeps telling me to try different things to dull the pain. I have urinated 6 times in the past 45 minutes and my bladder still feels full. It's beginning to hurt down into my legs even. [...]

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Diarrhea, chills, a bit of fatigue, and light flu symptoms. Is that enough to think I have swine flu?

March 19, 2011

I've had diarrhea or still have diarrhea, chills, a bit tired and I had a few flu symptoms here and there. do I panic or wait to see if I have more symptoms. or do I have the swine flu already?

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Sciatica ? Signs and Symptoms

March 19, 2011

Sciatica ? Signs and Symptoms Sciatica (also known as sciatic nerve pain) is a common condition that causes low back pain (lower back above the tailbone technically called the lumbar spinal cord). this may be caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve, herniated disc, including? where a spinal disc presses on the sciatic nerve and [...]

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Not Enough Sleep Disruptive for ADHD Kids

March 19, 2011

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News EditorReviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on March 3, 2011 A sleep deficit of less than one hour of nightly sleep, over the course of six days, can cause children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to be wary and less attentive. Researchers writing in the journal Sleep discovered [...]

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Why do some people have symptoms with High blood pressure and others have none?

March 19, 2011

I am just curious because I am currently being monitored for HBP and I asked my doctor about symptoms because every where I look it is called the "silent killer", yet some ppl say nosebleeds, floaters, dizziness, lightedness etc can be symptoms. What has anyone else experienced as symptoms of HBP.

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Mickelson tries to spread news about arthritis

March 19, 2011

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Phil Mickelson played a practice round at Pebble Beach on the Saturday before the U.S. Open and was walking back to his car when he felt pain in his ankle, hip and even his finger. it was uncomfortable, but no great cause for alarm. “I thought it might just be wear [...]

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DIA travelers may have been exposed to measles

March 19, 2011

People who were working or traveling through Concourse C at the Denver International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 22, may have been exposed to measles, according to officials at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. A person with measles arrived at DIA, Gate C39 at approximately 9 p.m. and remained in the area for [...]

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Gray, Brown need to promote ethics, regain political savvy after mini-scandals in District

March 19, 2011

These are only mini-scandals, because relatively little money was involved. But the damage to the city’s reputation is unavoidable. The problem worsened Monday when questions arose about seemingly extravagant travel spending by Allen Sessoms, president of the publicly funded University of the District of Columbia. Think of the impact on just one extremely relevant audience, [...]

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Japan nuclear crisis: How radiation can affect the human body – graphic

March 19, 2011

The effect of different doses of radiation on the human body after acute, whole-body exposure. Rad – radiation absorbed dose – is the amount of radiation that bombards a body Death is a certainty. at doses above 5,000 rad, the central nervous system (brain and muscles) can no longer control the body functions, including breathing [...]

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