Jari Holland BuckMost of us enter the world of hospital-based advocacy as a “beginner.” We may lack technical medical knowledge or the personal experience, from never having been an advocate and/or patient before. Preparing starts with making a good home-based...
The new documentary by Michael Moore called SICKO has launched nationwide heralding the cry of health care reform due to the inadequacies of the health care system. In "Medical Disasters and How to Avoid Them" Dr. Pierce Scranton, an Orthopedic...
The new documentary by Michael Moore called SICKO has launched nationwide heralding the cry of health care reform due to the inadequacies of the health care system. Dr. Pierce Scranton, an Orthopedic Surgeon, arms us with practical tips on how to...
The new documentary by Michael Moore called SICKO has launched nationwide heralding the cry of health care reform due to the inadequacies of the health care system. Dr. Pierce Scranton, an Orthopedic Surgeon, arms us with practical tips on how to...
What Doctors Don't Tell YouRe 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)?
You’re an eye specialist, and one of your patients reports that a lens in his eye - which you put in following a cataract operation - has been displaced after he was struck in the face. An outpatient procedure,
Many doctors used outmoded types of surgery for hernias, hand over this complicated operation to inexperienced juniors or experiment with new, untried techniques. ...
It’s extraordinary how many health problems can be left well alone without the doctor having to do anything. The approach is known in medical circles as ‘watchful waiting’, and it’s a strategy that more doctors would do well to adopt for a number of...
Blood loss during hip- or knee-replacement surgery is far greater than appreciated, according to a UK study. The researchers found that as much as half of the blood lost during these joint-replacement operations
Surgery is resorted to only when drug therapy fails. Possible procedures include everything from implanting devices and transplanting neural tissue to blasting the troublesome brain cells with an electrode - all with limited success and major side...
