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Jerry Magner tried to reassure his son Chuck that he had been through all of this before and just wanted to get back home to his wife of 60 years, who was recently diagnosed with dementia.
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This year's winter weather has upended expectations about when wood-burning restrictions would be declared in California. In Southern California, there hasn't been a single day when "no-burn" restrictions have been activated. But in Northern California, it's been a different story. In Chico, where many residents rely on wood-burning stoves for heat, there already have been 23 "no-burn" days.
“Keep ‘em cooking.”
That’s what doctor organizations, advocates and hospital watchdog groups say about babies delivered before between 37 and 39 weeks gestation.
With urging from the March of Dimes, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Leapfrog Group and others, hospitals from Massachusetts to Kansas have been reducing the number of early elective deliveries -- labor inductions and cesarean sections performed before 39 weeks without a medical reason.
How should patients respond when a doctor recommends they undergo a major surgical procedure? They should ask a lot of very pointed questions, says Dr. Tej Singh, chief of vascular surgery at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
When it comes to health care, where you live matters. Not just for getting in to see a doctor but for what your odds are of having surgery. And if your chances for surgery are higher, that means your risk of having complications with the procedure are also higher.
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