What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ I have a hiatus hernia and my doctors tell me that I need to have an operation. The only other course of action is a lifetime of Zantac. - PS, London
Q:I'd be grateful if you could direct me to some sources of information about knee replacement operations. I have a relative who seems to be under the impression that it's like putting a new engi ...
What is circumcision?
Circumcision is the removal of the loose fold of skin, the prepuce or foreskin, at the head of the penis. Many cultures remove the foreskin for religious reasons, but at least 10 per cent
A 49 year old woman died in a London hospital after undergoing "keyhole" bowel surgery by a doctor who had no previous experience of this particular surgical technique. ...
Half of the 285,000 coronary angioplasty operations carried out in the US in 1990 were probably unnecessary, according to an American study. ...
An angiogram is an X-ray test that uses a dye to check the health of your arteries. It’s supposed to check for blockages or restrictions to the blood supply to the heart, and it can herald heart surgery.
Last year, four men (all in their 30s) consulted me with urination problems - urgent and abrupt need to go, dribbling, feeble stream - while also complaining of vague discomfort or actual pain seemingly from the urethra. All had been told it was...
Q-Is there anything, apart from conventional antifungals, that can cure persistent fungal nail infection? I have suffered from this condition for several years and nothing seems to get rid of it c ...
Y-V-plasties is the latest of a number of procedures to preserve the foreskin in adults with phimosis. Performed under local anaesthesia, a number of incisions are made in the outer layer of skin and in the inner layer of skin.
The number of complications and hospital readmissions has risen sharply with the increased use of keyhole surgery techniques. ...
