Your Health: Seeing chronic pain
\n(Austin News 8 © 12/14/2011)
Common chronic pain complaints include headache, low back pain, cancer pain, arthritis pain, neurogenic pain (pain resulting from damage to the peripheral nerves or to the central nervous system itself), psychogenic pain (pain not ");
document.write("due to past disease or injury or any visible sign of damage inside or outside the nervous system). \n\nWhiplash-associated disorder (WAD) is the term given for the collect...\n
ADHD drugs safe for adults' hearts, research finds
\n(Lubbock Avalanche-Journal © 12/14/2011)
CHICAGO ? Ritalin and other dr");
document.write("ugs used to treat attention deficit disorder are safe for adults' hearts, even though they can increase blood pressure and heart rate, according to the largest study of these medicines in adults.\r\n\r\nThe results echo findings in a study of children with ADHD, by the same researchers, published last month.\r\n\r\nThe review of health records for more than 440,000 adults age...\n
Local Hospitals Monitoring Nursing Bill in Washington, D.C. 12/13/11
\n(Odessa KOSA (CBS) 7 © 12/14/2011)
Shelley Childers\r\nCBS 7 News\r\nschilders@cbs7.com\r\nDecember 13, 2011\r\n\r\nODESSA, TX - A proposed bill making it's way through Washington, D.C. right now is being closely watched by our hospitals here in the basin.\r\n\r\nIt's called the Senate Bill 58, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2011 was introduced by a Senator Daniel Inouye from Hawaii and if passed would mandate a certain number of register...\n
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Pesticide use near kids warning
\n(San Francisco Chronicle © 12/14/2011)
Q: I read a column of yours about kids and pesticides. Some of the information was good; however, I think you have exaggerated some of your writing. Being in the pest control industry for almost as long as you (1975), I take great offens");
document.write("e at people who write stories to get people scared about what we really do. \n\n\nYes, I do agree that children in a group environment such as day care, school and ot...\n
St. Catherine Hospital nursing executive shares ways to reduce holiday stress
\n(Ultimate Katy © 12/14/2011)
According to a St. Ca");
document.write("therine Hospital executive nurse, the holidays don?t have to be stressful.\n\n \n\n Maintaining healthy habits and an easy-going attitude can help most cope with holiday stresses, according to a press release by St. Catherine Hospital nursing executive Barbara Lazor.\n\n \n\n Lazor says the holidays can be a time of stress, instead of joy, because some tend to overcommit to seasonal a...\n
Doc: Tipsy soup cups a burn risk for kids
\n(Columbus Dispatch © 12/08/2011)
But instant noodles are more dangerous than their inviting plastic-foam containers might\nsuggest. In fact, it?s the container that?s the problem.\n\n\n?They get a lot hotter than people expect them to and are prone to tipping over,? said Dr. David\nGreenhalgh, chief of burns at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California.\n\n\nAt least once a week, but often more frequently, Greenhalgh said, his ...\n
Breast Milk or Formula: Why All the Drama?
\n(Fox News © 12/08/2011)
* \n \n \n \n\nWhat moms choose to feed their babies continues to be a heated discussion in the parenting community. On one side, there are impassioned breastfeeding advocates who say ?breast is best,? and a woman who chooses otherwise, is not as");
document.write(" good a mother. While the other side, made up of moms who have chosen to either supplement or exclusively feed their children formula, ofte...\n
Warning signs of emotional stress
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 12/08/2011)
When thinking about depression and anxiety in children and\nadolescents, most pa");
document.write("rents think of the behavioral signs and\nsymptoms, such as acting withdrawn, irritable, sad or nervous,\nschool grades dropping, etc.\n \n \n \n \n\nWhen a child or adolescent exhibits these behaviors, it is a\nwarning to parents that their child could be experiencing emotional\nstress. Whi...\n