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How many of us would be here without modern medicine?

I know I wouldn't be. When I was about a year and a half, I started getting pneumonia pretty regularly. Seems like every time I got a cold, I'd get pneumonia. If it weren't for antibiotics, I...

I won´t be surfing at mylot for some days

It´s a pity you can´t put emoticons in the subject. I´d put! In a few hours I´ll go to the hospital to have my shoulder surgery. It was due for last Tuesday but I postponed after the earthquake. Iwas...

What would other doctors do if the doctor performing surgery has a heart attack?

If a doctor suddenly had a heart attack while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient?

revision for gastric bypass

any one here have the gastric bypass surgery and then have the revision surgery? i had surgery in july 2006. i now have ulcers and looking at having a lapband revision. can any one who has had this...

I had a total knee replacement and now 8 months later it hurts awfully to walk

I need some help. I had a total knee replacement in June and everything went well. I was walking without pain or my cane until recently. I am having the most horrible pain in the bone beneath the...

The Danny Williams surgery shouldn’t be controversial

Originally published in MedPage Today by Michael Smith OK, don’t take this the wrong way, but …. Chill. Relax. Give the other guy the benefit of the doubt. Don’t jump to...

Television medical experts are not all created equal

Every television station has their own physician pundit commenting on medical news. But with some many different fields of medicine, how can a single physician claim to be an expert on every health...

Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto reviewed

by Bob Wachter, MD Every now and then, I read and enjoy a book, but only later fully appreciate it as its lessons and insights slowly become apparent. Judging by the number of times I’ve said, “That...

Laparoscopic procedures injure the surgeons that perform them

Originally published in MedPage Today by John Gever, MedPage Today Senior Editor Four out of five surgeons agree: Laparoscopic procedures cause substantial discomfort and pain for the surgeons who...

Risks, benefits and efficacy of bariatric surgery

Originally published in Insidermedicine A new model that takes into account the risks of surgery, the risks of obesity, and the efficacy of bariatric surgery helps clarify which patients are likely...