Surgery

THE State Government is considering buying more surgery from private hospitals in an attempt to make up for critical problems in the public health system. But doctors have criticised the plan as short-sighted, saying it should not be...

In this article: Nicola Roxon and Elective surgery

...alternative for many of these women and that there is a danger that medically unnecessary surgery is taking place. Those asking for this surgery on the NHS, Dr Creighton says, ''can be very young - sometimes as young as 10 or 11. Mostly...

In this article: Labiaplasty, London, Gynaecology, and Britain

...level of cognitive ability, too," said Evers. Knowing how people functioned for years before and after surgery or illness allowed them to learn whether a major event somehow changed their cognitive trajectories. But it did not, even in...

In this article: Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Washington University School of Medicine, and Washington University

...without a database of patients like those at the ADRC. Knowing how people functioned for years before and after surgery or illness allowed them to learn whether a major event somehow changed their cognitive trajectories. It did not, even in...

In this article: Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Washington University School of Medicine, and Cardiac surgery

...with brain tumor. The events that followed were unforgettable for her and her family. Within seven months, she went through two brain surgeries. A poignantly written and eye-opening journal, Brain Surgery And Recovery From A Patient's...

In this article: California, Baptist church, Rufus King High School, Concussion, and Brain damage

...from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said. Trishna is already doing well enough that she could leave intensive care, said Wirginia...

In this article: Neurosurgery, Brain damage, and Australia

LONDON (AP) - Andrew Lloyd Webber has been readmitted to hospital after developing an infection following surgery for prostate cancer. A statement on the composer's Web site Wednesday said he had come down with a postoperative chronic...

In this article: Cancer, London, Daily Mail, and Phantom of the Opera

In this article: Brain damage, Conjoined twins, Champagne, and Australia