Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Stories
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Packing Your Nose With Pork Strips Stops Nosebleeds: 'Improbable Research'
A strange experiment involving stuffing pork strips into the nose of a 4-year-old resulted in a team of scientists winning the Ig Nobel prize. -
How We Perceive Sound Through The Skull
Technology like the Google Glass uses bone conduction, or vibrations through the skull, to perceive sound. A new study shows how this works. -
What Your Nose Knows About Your Health
Your nose is more telling than you think: here are a few ways it can reveal things about your health. -
7 Ways To Treat Your Sore Throat Without Any Meds
Follow these simple steps to help relieve your sore throat, without using any medication or spending much money. -
Close-Up Of These Vocal Cords As They Sing Is Cringeworthy [VIDEO]
This video of a laryngoscopy displays a close-up of a quartet's vocal cords as they sing. -
10 Different Smells Are Detectable By Your Nose
Your nose is capable of detecting countless smells in the world, but scientists now say there are 10 basic categories that encapsulate them all. A national survey: The value of otolaryngologists' services in America
In recent years reimbursement for surgical services has declined, failing to keep up with inflation and economic growth. Financial incentives aimed at re-distributing reimbursement from procedural specialties to primary care specialties have been ineffective thus far, and the financial returns of being a physician continue to decrease, according to new research published in the April 2011 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Effects of depression on quality of life improvement after endoscopic sinus surgery
Depression is a common problem in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and negatively impacts patients' symptom burden, ability to function, and quality of life (QOL), according to new research published in the March 2011 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.