Sinuplasty

Sinusitis sufferer, Norman Wiesenfeld, says that living with chronic sinus pain stole every ounce of his energy. “I was trying to go to sleep and had coughing attacks every night and I couldn’t sleep.”

Having no success with a multitude of different over-the-counter medications and other prescription drugs, Norman opted for sinuplasty, a revolutionary treatment for sinusitis.
“It is different than traditional endoscopic sinus surgery that we have been using for the past fifteen or twenty years, this is non invasive and we use it as a catheter similar to the catheter that we use for patients to open up clogged arteries in their heart, we are going to use it to open up clogged sinuses, so we open up those passageways with a balloon that we inflate under anesthesia,” explains Dr. B. Todd Schaeffer of North Shore University Hospital. (Read more about Sinuplasty)

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Sinusitis Guidelines

Hilda Demetrios was visiting her doctor for sinus complaints, which she frequently experiences. “I have a drip in the back of my throat it’s constantly dripping, a lot of mucus is bothering me, I wanted to see if it’s an allergy or a sinus problem,” she complained.

And that is the 64 dollar question for Hilda Demetrios and for millions of Americans like her who think they might be coming down with a case of sinusitis.

Many are over treated with antibiotics, or treated with the wrong ones. (Read more about Sinusitis Guidelines)

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MP3 Players and Your Hearing

Well, it’s holiday shopping season, and no doubt, many parents are going to get requests from their kids for an MP 3 player.
But before you do, you might want to hear about a health warning regarding these devices--hearing being the operative word.

MP3 players don’t have to be a problem. But, because of the way they’re designed, they’re efficiency and ease of use, and the fact they appeal to young people who like to crank up the volume, these devices end up being a set up as a serious long term threat to one’s hearing. (Read more about MP3 Players and Your Hearing)

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SINUSITIS AND ANTIBIOTICS

Antibiotic treatments for sinusitis still work, says a new study. Resistance in chronic sinusitis patients can be prevented if a careful and strict approach to care is followed. Learn more about it in this two-minute video clip. In the study, doctors made sure they knew the bacteria causing the infection, and were sure that the antibiotics would work. No significant increase in levels of bacteria-resistant bugs occurred. Most of the patients were treated using "culture-directed therapy," in which doctors performed a minimally invasive procedure to make sure the infection was caused by bacteria. (Read more about SINUSITIS AND ANTIBIOTICS)

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BETTER TONSILLECTOMY

There is late breaking research out that shows a new way to perform tonsillectomies in children is much less painful.
There are 400,000 tonsillectomies performed each year in the u.s. It is the second most common pediatric surgery performed in this country. But it can be a painful after the operation. Now, a new approach called coblation can limit the discomfort significantly. (Read more about BETTER TONSILLECTOMY)

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SINUS HEADACHE MISDIAGNOSIS

There is new research just released which shows those who think they’re having sinus headaches might be having something more significant: a migraine!
There are many different forms a migraine can take. Sometimes the classic throbbing type migraine doesn’t happen; instead, the headache can mimic or have symptoms of others--in this case--the study shows the vast majority of those who think they have a sinus headache, in fact, have migraine. (Read more about SINUS HEADACHE MISDIAGNOSIS)

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