What Doctors Don't Tell YouGLUE EAR: Don't operate
Trauma (trapping the foreskin in a zipper). Apply mineral oil to the zipper, so that it simply slips off (Pediatr Emerg Care, 1993; 9: 90-1) or break the zipper with a pair of bone-cutting pliers (J Urol, 1977; 117: 671).
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...
Despite being the most widely researched procedures in surgical history, coronary arterial-bypass grafting (CABG) and balloon angioplasty (PTCA) do not increase a stable angina patient’s chance of survival
* High-risk operations – Major surgery, particularly in the elderly – Aortic and other major vascular surgery – Peripheral vascular surgery – Any surgery with large fluid changes and/or blood loss. * Intermediate-risk...
Elective surgery is any procedure that is subject to choice, as opposed to urgent or emergency surgery that must be performed straightaway. You can derive benefit from an elective procedure, but it may be better to wait a while before having it done.
Long-term data about breast cancer is currently pouring in, bringing both confirmations and surprises.
Mammographic screening has been used for years to supposedly detect the early stages of breast cancer. But a committee of US cancer experts - the Physician Data Query (PDQ) board - now says there is insufficient evidence to show that mammograms can...
The results of two 20-year long studies into breast cancer treatments have shown that breast-conserving surgery results in better outcomes for women.
The cancer establishment was recently rocked to its core when Professor Michael Baum, an eminent and well-respected breast surgeon and researcher, claimed that screening for breast cancer should be scrapped because it caused hundreds of healthy...
