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Study reveals disturbing rate of failure among some surgeons
Thousands of patients are being forced to go under the knife for a second time because as many as half the operations carried out by some NHS surgeons end in failure. The disturbing finding comes from a study of bowel surgery, one of the commonest operations carried out on the NHS. Patients whose bowel operations fail and have to be redone ? usually because of bleeding, infection or leakage from the gut ? face a four-fold increased risk of dying from surgery ? up from 2.9 per cent to 11.9 per cent ? and spend more than twice as long in hospital (27 days compared with 11).
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...e-of-failure-among-some-surgeons-2338863.html
Tell-tale sign of ovarian cancer is discovered
Scientists have found a blood molecule that could help doctors spot early signs of ovarian cancer, saving thousands of lives. The disease is known as the silent killer, because symptoms often remain hidden until a late and dangerous stage.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...ovarian-cancer-is-discovered-115875-23350008/
A baby's first 1,000 days 'determines their health prospects for life'
You have encouraged them to eat their greens, battled to get them into the best school and sweated with them over their homework ? all to give them the best start in life. But your children?s prospects may have been determined long before all the hard work.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...000-days-determine-health-prospects-life.html
Virtual touch helps keyhole surgeons to 'feel' tumours
Tactile feedback technology could give keyhole surgeons a virtual sense of "feeling" tumours while operating. A Leeds University study has combined computer virtualisation with a device that simulates pressure on a surgeon's hand when touching human tissue remotely.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14540581
'Cot death risk' to small babies
Parents of underweight babies must be given more information on reducing the risk of cot death, says a charity. According to latest research, babies born weighing less than 2.5kg (5.5lb) are five times more likely to suffer cot death than those of normal weight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14547627
Thousands of patients are being forced to go under the knife for a second time because as many as half the operations carried out by some NHS surgeons end in failure. The disturbing finding comes from a study of bowel surgery, one of the commonest operations carried out on the NHS. Patients whose bowel operations fail and have to be redone ? usually because of bleeding, infection or leakage from the gut ? face a four-fold increased risk of dying from surgery ? up from 2.9 per cent to 11.9 per cent ? and spend more than twice as long in hospital (27 days compared with 11).
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...e-of-failure-among-some-surgeons-2338863.html
Tell-tale sign of ovarian cancer is discovered
Scientists have found a blood molecule that could help doctors spot early signs of ovarian cancer, saving thousands of lives. The disease is known as the silent killer, because symptoms often remain hidden until a late and dangerous stage.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...ovarian-cancer-is-discovered-115875-23350008/
A baby's first 1,000 days 'determines their health prospects for life'
You have encouraged them to eat their greens, battled to get them into the best school and sweated with them over their homework ? all to give them the best start in life. But your children?s prospects may have been determined long before all the hard work.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...000-days-determine-health-prospects-life.html
Virtual touch helps keyhole surgeons to 'feel' tumours
Tactile feedback technology could give keyhole surgeons a virtual sense of "feeling" tumours while operating. A Leeds University study has combined computer virtualisation with a device that simulates pressure on a surgeon's hand when touching human tissue remotely.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14540581
'Cot death risk' to small babies
Parents of underweight babies must be given more information on reducing the risk of cot death, says a charity. According to latest research, babies born weighing less than 2.5kg (5.5lb) are five times more likely to suffer cot death than those of normal weight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14547627