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Adhesions A reader is eager for any thoughts and suggestions on adhesions – internal scar tissue that forms an abnormal bond between two parts of the body after trauma. She has tried taking serrapeptase, a pro... Elective surgery surgical risk * 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. *... Elective surgery beta-blocker shocker A recent analysis of 37,151 patients receiving atenolol (a long-acting beta-blocker) or metoprolol (a short-acting beta-blocker) in patients aged over 65 undergoing elective surgery found that those g... Elective surgery: giving it a vote of no confidence 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 ma... Elective surgery Cardiac risk factors Prostate surgery Radical prostatectomy to remove the entire prostate - the walnut-sized gland located in front of the rectum, between the bladder and the penis - is the first port of call in the treatment of clinicall... Prostate surgery what to do instead * Opt for watchful waiting if your tumour is localised while monitoring whether your cancer is progressing (and if so, how quickly). This ‘conservative management’ approach entails regular PSA (prosta... So you think you need . . . surgery for a slipped disc Lower-back pain is the most common pain-related condition in the West (Radiographics, 1998; 18: 621-33) and, in a fair proportion of cases, the culprit is diagnosed as a slipped disc - technically kno... So you think you need . . . surgery for a slipped disc - preventing a slipped disc * Exercise. This will keep the back and abdominal muscles strong and supple. Swimming is good, but any other trunk exercises will also help * Posture. Don’t stand or walk in a bent-forward position, b... So you think you need . . . surgery for a slipped disc Lower-back pain is the most common pain-related condition in the West (Radiographics, 1998; 18: 621-33) and, in a fair proportion of cases, the culprit is diagnosed as a slipped disc - technically kno...

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30 Apr 2013 | Adverse Reactions (Caitlin Hubbard)

Back to the future

When Lynne’s mother was 24, her dentist unwisely extracted a tooth while she had the flu. Within days her neck had ballooned with a streptococcal infection and she was rushed to hospital. Lynne&... more »

8 Feb 2013 | Adverse Reactions (bshubbard)

They're not even wrong

There’s a breathtakingly ignorant comment that has done the rounds of late, and it goes like this: there are only two types of medicine, that which works and alternative medicine. ... more »

17 Jan 2013 | Adverse Reactions (bshubbard)

Miracles of the demi-gods

Medicine seems to divide itself between the miraculous interventions and the mundane. The latter is all the things medicine isn’t very good at: the nagging, chronic problems that are made... more »

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14:12 | Hospital Reports (capricon-85@hotmail.com)

Re: Heart By-Pass Surgery

living9: A salutory tale repeated throughout the '1st' world (sic). Please research lyposomal Vit C. You can be making your own for pennies within days. YouTube and google be... more »

10:46 | Health Conditions (sthalliday)

Re: testosterone

Do you have a lot of stress? The stress hormone cortisol can block testosterone. You could get an adrenal stress test done to rule this out. Zinc is needed for testosterone production. Being low... more »

17:45 | Health Conditions (Pogue222@yahoo.co.uk)

Re: Gynaecology bleeding probl...

Well you said it yourself "as physiotherapist!" NOT a surgeon! Leave to them! more »

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