What Doctors Don't Tell YouLaser 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 ...
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Q What do you think of Viscotears liquid gel (polyacrylic acid 2 per cent) for dry eyes? It is soothing when my eyes become very tired, and it does not appear to have side-effects except for temporary blurring of my sight. If polyacrylic acid is not...
Just how safe are the materials used in hip replacement surgery and for replacing missing limbs? Doctors in Grenoble, France are questioning the safety of the materials, usually titanium and polye ...
