What Doctors Don't Tell YouLaparoscopy-keyhole surgery has wrongly been blamed for spreading ovarian cancer, believe some surgeons. ...
The use of angioplasty for people with blocked arteries in the lower extremities the revolutionary procedure that was supposed to help prevent bypass operations or amputation isn't working. ...
Re the hernia article (WDDTY vol 15 no 5), is there any suggestion that exercises and herbal remedies aimed at the abdominal muscles have an effect on existing hernias (either preventing it from worsening or making it smaller)?
Laser eye surgery, the so called miracle solution to myopia, has many hidden dangers, including the possibility that it may make your eyesight worse. ...
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Q Just under two years ago, I underwent arthroscopy in one of my knees. As the pain and immobility was a great problem for me,
Established surgeons will have to work for a certificate of competence before they can practise keyhole surgery. The move follows growing numbers of cases of patients injured or even killed by sur ...
As an avid reader of our E-news broadcasts, you probably will never need heart bypass surgery. But let’s suppose that you’ve left the straight and narrow. Perhaps you’ve missed a few issues, or you’ve started reading one of...
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
About 6 per cent of patients who have coronary bypass surgery could suffer a stroke directly afterwards. Of these, 5 per cent die, and nearly half suffer deterioration in their intellectual functi ...
