http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A one-week-old baby in Indonesia has died from respiratory complications after being turned away from 10 hospitals, her street vendor father said Monday, adding he could not pay what some demanded. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-indonesian-newborn-dies-hospitals.html Other Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:00:01 EST news280403679 (HealthDay)—Risk factors have been identified for medical complications following cervical spine surgery, with cardiac and pulmonary complications correlating with death within two years, according to research published in the Feb. 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-factors-idd-cervical-spinal-surgery.html Surgery Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:00:37 EST news279464430 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that medications currently used to immobilize patients during surgery can increase the risk of postoperative respiratory complications. Their study being published online in the journal BMJ also found that the agent most commonly used to reverse the action of the immobilizing drug does not prevent and may possibly increase the risk that patients will need to receive postoperative respiratory support. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-drugs-immobilize-patients-surgery-respiratory.html Medications Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:30:02 EST news269624275 Muscle relaxants given to millions of patients during general anaesthesia are associated with an increased risk of serious breathing problems after surgery, finds a study published in BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-muscle-linked-problems-surgery.html Medications Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:30:01 EST news269624317 (HealthDay)—A simple and inexpensive program can reduce the risk of life-threatening and costly respiratory complications that are common after surgery, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-postoperative-respiratory-complications.html Surgery Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:30:01 EST news268581399 A Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that the majority of bariatric surgery patients being treated for obesity have clinically significant obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but report fewer symptoms than other sleep disorders patients. The study by Katherine M. Sharkey, M.D., Ph.D., of the department of medicine, division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at Rhode Island Hospital, and University Medicine, is published online in advance of print in the journal Sleep and Breathing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-bariatric-patients-obstructive-apnea-symptoms.html Sleep apnea Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:36:22 EST news263730969 A new epidemiological study led by UC Davis researchers reveals significant racial disparities in the use of non-surgical larynx-preservation therapy for locally advanced laryngeal cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-reveals-racial-disparities-voice-box-preserving.html Cancer Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:00:07 EST news261672860 Cigarette smoking contributes to significantly higher hospital costs for smokers undergoing elective general surgery, according to a study published in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. When researchers analyzed data on more than 14,000 patients, they found that postoperative respiratory complications help drive up these health care costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-significantly-higher-hospital-surgical-patients.html Surgery Tue, 29 May 2012 11:00:02 EST news257504811