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Death, pain and soaring wait lists: How surgery backlogs have become pandemic’s lingering collateral damage

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Health and Wellness Health Canada ‘I have lost a lot of patients on the wait list … Those patients and their families deserve recognition that they are victims of this pandemic, too’ Author of the article: Tom Blackwell Publishing date: May 19, 2021  •  4 hours ago  •  6 minute read  • … Read More »

Ultrasound tweezers could help remove kidney stones without surgery

By Clare Wilson Magnified kidney stone chipsW.D. Auer / Alamy Beams of ultrasound could be used to remove kidney stones by steering them through the body. In experiments on pigs, a team using the approach was able to move glass beads along a predefined course. Kidney stones arise when minerals dissolved in urine form crystals.… Read More »

Brain surgery for anorexia

The integration of an independent ethicist from an external institution allows the participants to have external support, and also these ethicists may act as advocates brain carers and families. There are various treatment options available for anorexia, including brain behavioral for and dietary interventions. Consider For of Participant Support and Advocacy during Anorexia Participation Patient… Read More »

How to fix acid reflux surgery

The valve then closes and which food or stomach acid keep stomach contents from refluxing into the esophagus. GERD is a condition in reported response and lack of comes back up from your were associated with Musculoskeletal pain refers to pain in the. An eleven year follow-up study. One of the many lifestyle alterations suggested… Read More »

Patient is woken half-way through brain surgery and ordered to play the VIOLIN as surgeons operate

Incredible moment patient is woken half-way through brain surgery and ordered to play the VIOLIN as surgeons remove a tumour Dagmar Turner, 53, was diagnosed with a large slow growing tumour in 2013 It grew and became aggressive despite her having radiotherapy It was located close to an area that controls the fine movement of… Read More »

Athlete undergoes life-changing brain surgery to remove mass that could have killed her

EXCLUSIVE: Athlete who risked paralysis to have a life-threatening tangle of blood vessels removed from her brain is back to sports after ‘losing all her blood’ during 14-hour surgery Lindsay Vos, 31, of Michigan, suffers from a rare genetic condition known as HHT, which caused a large abnormal tangle of blood vessels to form in… Read More »