Mosby’s medical-Surgical Nursing: Nursing Management of Spinal Cord Injury-Paraplegic Focus, Rehabilitation, Bowel and Bladder Management, Skin

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Improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people, the government said yesterday - its second warning in two years about the powerful narcotic.

Left down and out
Brain injuries force ex-players Cesa, Waddell out of football His brain felt like a ripe melon “ready to blow up.”

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Illuminating a seasonal disorder
About this time each year, Lisa Morris starts yearning for more light in her life.

Clinton, Obama clashing on health
Democrats debate requiring people to buy coverage Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is on the attack against her main rival, charging that Sen. Barack Obama’s health plan would leave millions of Americans without medical protection while hers provides coverage to all.

Peril in plastic?
Some researchers fear that a chemical found in plastic products we use every day could be harming the development of children and triggering a wide array of maladies from cancer to diabetes. There is a roaring battle these days over whether a chemical called Bisphenol A is dangerous to humans. The chemical is ubiquitous - used to harden plastic in consumer products including baby bottles, food containers, cling wrap, toys, CDs, sunglasses, and thousands of other products.

Fever can lift fog of autism
Krieger confirms parents’ accounts The stories were hard to believe at first — tales of autistic children coming down with fevers and suddenly acting like a normal child.

Doctors don’t tell patients about breast rebuilding
Research indicates information affects choices women make about cancer surgery Most doctors don’t talk about breast reconstruction with women before cancer surgery, depriving them of key information that can influence their decision about whether to have the whole breast or just a lump removed, new research suggests.

Study: Many parents don’t see obesity
A startling number of parents might be in denial about their youngsters’ weight.

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