What Doctors Don't Tell YouBUT IS IT SAFE? Routine procedures may not be best procedures
SCREENING: No, it doesn’t save lives
CAESAREANS: Usually unnecessary, and they raise the risk of a stillbi
SCREENING: What takes 10,000 women up to 35 years to achieve?
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...
FEVER: Are we right to hit the panic alarm?
Since the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the number of gallbladder operations has increased by up to 60 per cent, according to researchers.
It’s true to say that most men die with prostate cancer rather than from it. It’s now the most prevalent cancer in men, having overtaken lung cancer, but it’s also one of the most benign. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the...
* 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.
