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How to Remove a Tick and Get it Tested For Lyme Disease by Kim Christensen

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Posted Sun 02 May 2010 7:52pm allows all his articles to be republished in full form, and I thought that it was a great article to share. It is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, after all, and the start of tick season. Please take the time to read this article. Properly removing a tick and getting it tested for Lyme Disease may save your life! How to Remove a Tick and Get Read on »

Tick tick tick tick by Amy G. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 11:07am I'm not nervous at all about the tri. I'm not nervous at all about the tri. I'm not nervous -- oh hell, yes I am! I go from being quite calm and easy and lah di dah to feeling the hot acid dripping through my stomach lining. I'll even go for, oh, a half hour at a time without thinking about it. Then I'll do something like read Phil's race repo ... Read on »

Surgical Removal of Excess Skin after Massive Weight Loss by Meg W. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 13 Sep 2010 11:24am Dr. Motykie is a plastic surgeon in Los Angeles specializing in rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation. He's got a YouTube channel where he features testimonials from his patients. We haven't seen any other single surgeon with this many videos (29) published on YouTube. Still, it's debatable if this is a worthwhile marketing strategy as most of th ... Read on »

South African Doctor Creates Anti-Rape Condom with Teeth – Surgical Removal Required by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 21 Jun 2010 11:50pm . The device must be surgically removed." As the doctor explained to CNN: "It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it's on," she said. "If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even.... They are now being tested at the World cup. One thing I do have to say though is if someone shows up with one at a doctor’s office or hospital to be removed, there’s no doubt on what Read on »

Surgical removal of small colon ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 03 Nov 2008 7:55pm Surgical removal of small colon polyps is costly and unnecessary 04 nov 2008--Polypectomy (the surgical removal of polyps by colonoscopy) of small polyps found during CT colonography is costly and unnecessary according to a study performed at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI. A decision analysis model Read on »

Human Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Cell Lines Derived from Surgically Removed Tumors by nih.gov Posted Tue 01 Dec 2009 4:00pm Description of Invention: Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed three cell lines obtained from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients. The cell lines, designated 1581 RCC, 1764 RCC, and 2194 RCC, were derived from human tumor samples surgically resected from patients in the inventors' clinic. Each cell line is human Read on »

UOK171, A Spontaneous Clear Cell Type Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC) Human Cell Line Derived from a Surgically Removed Tumor by nih.gov Posted Sun 06 Jun 2010 5:00pm the resected tumor of a patient diagnosed with stage IV high nuclear grade clear cell type renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). The UOK171 cell line was immortalized spontaneously by mincing the resected tumor into pieces followed by propagation of the cells over more than twenty generations. One of the most prominent characteristics of this cell line is its intact Read on »

Tick Tick Tick by Mikha'el Patient Expert

Posted Mon 27 Apr 2009 11:42pm a race to see how high the numbers can go without needing treatment, nothing like the watch and wait. Had the vision of the ticking time bomb waiting...waiting...waiting...' but a time bomb growing within my body, tends to send a strong message, one that I might not have had before, to get going on the life thing, and so on...tick tick tick Read on »

CA DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES ALERT ABOUT TICKS AND LYME by Bev and Silver F. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 14 Dec 2008 10:36pm and feeding. If you find a tick, remove it with tweezers by grasping it close to the skin and applying a steady upward pressure to make sure the entire tick is pulled free. Do not use insecticides, lighted matches, gasoline, petroleum jelly or liquid soaps to remove ticks, as these techniques may cause injury and are ineffective. After the tick Read on »

CA DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES ALERT ABOUT TICKS AND LYME by Bev and Silver F. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 18 Jun 2009 1:51pm a tick, remove it with tweezers by grasping it close to the skin and applying a steady upward pressure to make sure the entire tick is pulled free. Do not use insecticides, lighted matches, gasoline, petroleum jelly or liquid soaps to remove ticks, as these techniques may cause injury and are ineffective. After the tick is removed, individuals should wash Read on »