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Live Webcast: Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
Watch a live webcast of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery on February 21 at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.
February 15, 2012
New Topic Page: Bronchial Disorders
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Bronchial Disorders.
The bronchi are two tubes that branch off the trachea, or windpipe. The bronchi carry air to your lungs...
February 15, 2012
New Topic Page: Chronic Kidney Disease
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Chronic Kidney Disease.
You have two kidneys, each about the size of your fist. Their main job is to filter wastes and excess water out of your blood to make urine...
February 15, 2012
New Topic Page: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Pulmonary Rehabilitation .
Pulmonary rehabilitation (rehab) is a medically supervised program to help people who have chronic breathing problems...
February 14, 2012
Live Webcast: Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Watch a live webcast of aortic aneurysm surgery on February 16 at 12:00 p.m. EST, and check out the aortic aneurysm health topic page on MedlinePlus.
Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.
February 14, 2012
Director's Comments: Improving Life Expectancy’s Prognosis
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Improving Life Expectancy’s Prognosis". The transcript is also available.
While a systematic review recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association does not recommend an assessment tool that best predicts a patient’s life expectancy, some of the authors provide a pioneering website to help health care providers estimate when an elderly man or woman may die.
February 10, 2012
Director's Comments: Body Fat Unrelated to Food Protein Levels
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Body Fat Unrelated to Food Protein Levels". The transcript is also available.
While eating foods with low — versus moderate or high — protein may result in less weight gain, excess calories increase body fat indiscriminately, suggests a pioneering, small study of young adults recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
February 10, 2012
February is Low Vision Month
February is Low Vision Month. For more information, visit the NIHSeniorHealth Low Vision page.
February 2, 2012
February Is Children's Dental Health Month
February is Children's Dental Health Month. Learn more about keeping your child's teeth and gums healthy by visiting the child dental health page on MedlinePlus.
February 2, 2012
Director's Comments: Indoor Air Laws Curb Prenatal Smoking?
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Indoor Air Laws Curb Prenatal Smoking?". The transcript is also available.
The likelihood women in Massachusetts smoked during pregnancy was reduced if they lived in a city with laws that prohibited some indoor smoking, suggests an interesting study recently published in BMJ.com.
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