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Flu, day two: Feeling better after a rough night
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(CBS) As I go through my second day in isolation with influenza, I am starting to feel a little better.
I had a really rough day yesterday, with high fever, chills, severe body aches and a wicked cough. At one point, I actually wondered if there was a chance I would become an influenza statistic and require hospital admission for pulmonary complications. The pain in my chest was so bad, and my cough so severe, I became concerned that I might be developing pneumonia.
Continue »Flu vaccine didn't stop me from getting flu
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(CBS) As a doctor, I knew immediately that I had real influenza, but seeing the nasal swab test positive really made me feel worse!
The symptoms of real flu are not subtle: I have a fever of 101.3, chills and severe body aches, including my head, chest and body. And, I have a wicked, deep cough. This was no cold.
Continue »Gabrielle Giffords' Husband: She Smiled!
Gabrielle Giffords and husband, Mark Kelly. (AP)
(CBS) Congresswoman Gifford's husband tells doctors he's seen her smile a few times since the breathing tube has been removed.
Dr. Randall Friese says he hasn't seen the smiles himself and notes that sometimes people see things that they want to see, but he says if Mark Kelly says he saw his wife smiling, "I buy it."
Continue »More Good News on the Congresswoman's Recovery
Mark Kelly holds the hand of his wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wife's hand at her bedside Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, in the congresswoman's room at University Medical Center.
(Credit: Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)(CBS) We continue to hear about hopeful signs of recovery from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. On Saturday morning, doctors removed her breathing tube, freeing the Congresswoman from the ventilator. At the same time, they inserted a tracheotomy tube into her windpipe to protect her airways and inserted a feeding tube from outside the skin into the stomach to help provide nutrition.
Continue »Gabrielle Giffords Recovery: Nation Waits
Gabrielle Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, holds her hand at her bedside Jan. 9, 2011 in the congresswoman's room at University Medical Center. (Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)
(CBS) We continue to hear about hopeful signs of recovery from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. We learned from President Obama last night, that the Congresswoman opened her left eye during a visit from congressional friends.
Today, doctors tell us that she has been able to open both eyes and they report she has been moving both her right and her left legs and arms. This is significant since brain injuries often leave a patient with impaired function on the opposite side of the body from where the brain was damaged. In the Congresswoman's case the bullet struck the left side of her brain which, as well as controlling the muscles on the right side of the body, controls the speech centers.
Doctors don't know yet if he shooting has impacted Giffords' ability to speak. She still has a breathing tube and doctors say removing that is the next big hurdle they are looking to overcome. The congresswoman has gotten some early physical therapy. Doctors have set her up on the edge of the bed and are hoping to get her into a chair as soon as tomorrow.
As optimistic as the reports have been, there is still a long road ahead for Congresswoman Giffords. Gunshot wounds to the brain are complex injuries. Those lucky enough to survive often face long rehabilitation and neurological complications may plague them for years to come. But by all indications, Congresswoman Giffords has the will to pull through. She's getting spectacular medical care from superb doctors and nurses at UMC and she's got a nation pulling for her too.
Jennifer Ashton: Latest on Giffords' Condition
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Kelly Presnell)
TUCSON (CBS) I just spoke with Dr Peter Rhee, Chief of trauma surgery at University of Arizona Medical Center.
The latest on Congresswoman Giffords is that she remains in critical condition, on sedation, with a breathing tube connected to a ventilator to support her breathing. She has had no unexpected medical complications thus far.
In terms of the medical issues that doctors and nurses will be looking for, trauma teams go organ system by organ system. They evaluate her pulmonary status, because pneumonia is a risk for any critically injured patient and for any patient on a ventilator. They will have her on anti-ulcer medication to prevent a condition known as stress gastritis. They have not decided to place a feeding tube yet.
Continue »46 Million Americans Still Cigarette Junkies
One in five teens still smoking cigarettes, says CDC. (istockphoto)
(CBS) If you want to stop Americans from smoking cigarettes it seems you are going to have to rip them from their cold dead hands.
Of course, with the insanely high risks of lung cancer and heart disease linked to smoking, that shouldn't be too hard.
Continue »New Weight-Loss Drugs: Dr. Ashton Weighs In
Early Show - Dr. Jennifer Ashton - Diet Pills (CBS / iStock Photo)
(CBS) Wouldn't it be nice if weight loss were as simple as popping a pill?
While experts agree there is no easy fix for obesity there is also no shortage of efforts to find a so called 'magic pill'. There are currently three new weight loss drugs seeking FDA approval.
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