Tag: medicine
The secret life of your body under anesthesia
Shelby RamseySpecial to the Valley NewsWhen getting ready to have surgery, a patient is normally briefed by the surgeon, the nursing staff and the...
Non-COVID death epidemic of the future
Dr. Parvez DaraAmerican Institute for Economic ResearchConsider the possibility that science is a process of questions and answers. Not all answers are correct and...
As health care faces mounting problems, can data science save it?
SANTA CLARA – It’s no secret that COVID-19 threatened to overwhelm hospitals this year.But even without the added strain of the pandemic, the American...
Graphic publications help explain medical conditions to families, health care providers
Mexican physician Dr. Cesar M. Alvarado and comics historian Ron Coleman collaborated for a March 6 San Diego Comic Fest panel called “Graphic Medicine:...
Fewer than half of California pharmacies provide correct drug disposal information
The callers pretended to be well-meaning parents who were trying to safely dispose of unneeded antibiotics and opioid-based prescription painkillers after their child’s surgery....
Drug can curb dementia’s delusions, researchers find
A drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson’s disease patients did the same for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in a...
Young musicians perform to bring awareness to organ donationÂ
Area music teachers and schools brought students of all skill levels to the Old Town Temecula Community Theater to perform and participate in the...
Big pharma: A monster which needs to be tamed
Millions of people were outraged in 2015 when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a 62-year-old drug that is considered the gold standard in...