Bypass surgery: low-risk overkill - Up to one-third of all coronary bypass surgery may be unnecessary, and could even be hastening the death of the patient. ...

Bypass surgery linked to brain injury - Bypass surgery may increase the risk of microscopic blood clots in the brain, and cause memory loss and other problems after surgery, according to new...

Bypass surgery causes stroke - 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 suf...

Bypass surgery causes heart contractions - Atrial fibrillation the sudden contraction of the heart is common after coronary bypass surgery, researchers have discovered. ...

Low haemoglobin affects success of bypass surgery - Can a small amount of haemoglobin kill you? An observational study of 2059 patients who have undergone coronary bypass surgery certainly indicates it...

Mind and body: how a positive attitude can help you survive bypass sur - More evidence that the mind affects the body has come from a new study of patients who had coronary bypass surgery Researchers have discovered that...

Depression - A woman is desperate for advice on how to overcome depression. What drug-free methods have worked for readers, she asks?

Bypass surgery: does it stop our natural defence system? - It appears that bypass surgery interrupts a self healing process that the body will start when it detects that oxygen is not reaching the heart Extr...