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In a strange incident of medical negligence, a woman named Lori Jones lost her navel after she underwent a surgery for the removal of her body fat, since she had cesarean sections. She wanted to be able to wear a swim suit and therefore wanted to get back into shape. For that, the Houston mom had been saving money for quite some time. Lori Jones, who is 45 years old, did extensive research on doctors and took many consultations prior to arriving at her decision of undergoing the surgery.

A small-scale trial was carried out by researchers from the Doña Mercedes Primary Health Centre in Spain on acupuncture treatment. The trial revealed that personalized sessions of acupuncture treatment have been successful in proving higher levels of relief to patients suffering from fibromyalgia as compared to relief given by fraudulent acupuncture sessions.

The relief provided by tailored acupuncture sessions extended up to one year subsequent to the treatment. However, an expert not associated with the trial feels that evidence of acupuncture’s evidence is limited. The personalized acupuncture sessions were formulated on the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis of fundamental problems like ‘Liver Qi stagnation’ or ‘Yin deficiency’.

This season, most of the areas have experienced significantly less number of flu cases. However still health officials recommend people to get vaccinate. Symptoms of flu include fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue. In some younger patients, vomiting and diarrhea can also be noticed.

In Greenwich, only a few people have been hospitalized for influenza this season, as per reports. “We had a very mild season in Greenwich; it’s been under 20 cases we’ve seen all season. During a bad season, we’re used to getting 10 a day,” said Dr. James Sabetta, who heads the Infectious Diseases Department at Greenwich Hospital.

According to a new research, the use of behavioral therapy before medicine for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) works faster than directly prescribing medicine to treat the disorder. The behavioral therapy includes giving instruction to diseased children in basic social skills. This could be a more affordable option. The research was published in two papers by the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.

Malachi Love-Robinson possessed all the accessories of a medical practice, including an office, stethoscope and a lab coat. Authorities said that what he didn’t have a medical license.

The Florida teen has been charged with practicing medicine without a license and theft as he had allegedly conducted an exam on an undercover agent, taking nearly $3,500 from an 86-year-old woman looking for stomach pain treatment. Also, he has been accused of stealing three checks from her, cashing them for nearly $2,800.

A day after arrest, Love-Robinson was released on $21,000 bail on Wednesday. In a brief phone interview, he told The Associated Press that those were only allegations.

A US study suggested that elderly patients hospitalized for cancer surgery have more chances of having complications later on in comparison to the middle-aged, mainly when they are suffering from many other health conditions.

The study of roughly 1 million cancer surgery patients has discovered that overall, nearly one in 10 adults of age 55 and above suffer from at least one post-operative problem, such as fractures, delirium, falls, pressure ulcers, dehydration, or unusual weight loss.

The setbacks were even more common in the case of patients aged at least 65 years old, having two or more other severe issues besides malignancies, or had undergone operation for tumors of the digestive system or surrounding organs.