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London's Portland Hospital is opening its doors to welcome visitors on Sunday 13th September from 10:30am to 4:30pm. This is an opportunity to visit the UK's largest, private maternity unit.
Most of the early prostate cancer warning signs involve changes in the way you pass water. This is because the enlarged prostate presses on the tube from your bladder. This article on prostate cancer symptoms & warning signs is by Kathryn Senior, a freelance journalist who writes health, ...
Alcohol abuse means drinking too much alcohol on a regular basis. Defining too much is quite difficult – the safe long-term limits vary with body mass and sex and other factors, such as genetics and what the rest of our lifestyle is like. Current guidelines recommend limits of 3–4 units of ...
In this article, Mr C T Pillai focuses on Clear Lens Extraction, where your natural lens is removed and replaced with an artificial implant that guarantees perfect eyesight. This article on clear lens extraction eye surgery is written by Mr C T Pillai, Consultant Refractive Surgeon at Advance ...
Can you remember being in a social situation or a work situation where everyone’s eyes were on you? You felt anxious about what you were doing and the result was that you started to blush, getting redder by the minute? Most people experience this from time to time and it’s particularly common ...
Rhinitis is inflammation of the lining of the nasal passages, which causes a blocked or runny nose. Unlike seasonal rhinitis – such as hay fever, which is only present for part of the year – having persistent rhinitis means you are stuck with these
A bone scan is a test that uses radioactive material to show up abnormalities in your bones, such as areas of increased activity that could indicate cancer, or areas with poor blood flow. These tests can show up problems many weeks before they would be seen on a standard x-ray image. This ...
Stomach stapling is a surgical procedure that is used if you are severely or morbidly obese and you cannot lose weight using diet and exercise. As the name suggests, stomach stapling literally involves stapling the stomach to create a small pouch that fills much quicker. After the operation, eating ...
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