Surgery
Signs and symptoms of Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy causes sudden weakness in your facial muscles. This makes half of your face appear to droop. Your smile is one-sided, and your eye on that side resists closing.
Aug 29, 2017
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News tagged with upper respiratory infections
Health
Support for financial penalties up with emphasis on patient harms
(HealthDay)—Physicians who receive information about patient harms are more likely to support financial penalties targeting inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, according to a research letter published online June 20 in ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Cardiology
Heart attack risk increases 17-fold following respiratory infections
The risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory infection, University of Sydney research has found.
May 15, 2017
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Health
Patients at hospital-based primary practices more likely to get unnecessary tests
Patients with common conditions such as back pain, headaches and upper respiratory infections are more likely to receive tests and services of uncertain or little diagnostic or therapeutic benefit—so-called low-value care—when ...
Apr 10, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Proteins in your runny nose could reveal a viral infection
It may seem obvious, but the key to confirming whether someone is suffering from a cold or flu virus might lie at the misery's source—the inflamed passages of the nose and throat.
Feb 22, 2017
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Immunology
Fall mold may trigger asthma attacks
Many people think of allergies and asthma as two completely different diseases. In Kentucky, up to 4 percent of the population has nasal allergies, and 8 percent of the population has asthma. However, allergies are one common ...
Nov 7, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preserving the power of antibiotics
Of the 10 million prescriptions for antibiotics that emergency department physicians in the U.S. write each year, many are prescribed for known viral infections such as acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections, which ...
Oct 6, 2016
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Immunology
High quality evidence suggests vitamin D can reduce asthma attacks
A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library today and presented at the ERS International Congress, has found evidence from randomised trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma ...
Sep 6, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Self-prescribing antibiotics is a big problem
Five percent of adults from a cohort of 400 people reported using antibiotics without a prescription during the previous 12 months. Twenty-five percent said they would use antibiotics without contacting a medical professional. ...
Jul 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study investigates whether it is safe for GPs to prescribe fewer antibiotics
A new study has found that reducing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections - such as coughs, colds, sore throats and ear infections - is not linked to an increase in the most serious bacterial complications, ...
Jul 4, 2016
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