Nearly 800,000 diabetics are risking blindess, heart disease and kidney failure because they are not keeping their blood sugar levels under control, figures have shown.

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Prostate cancer patients who chose minimally invasive surgery rather than more extensive operations to remove the prostate were less likely to experience complications like pneumonia, but reported higher rates of long-term problems, including impotence and incontinence, according …

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Taking Antacids, Ranitidine Leads to Higher Odds of Flu Complications

Studies from decades ago have shown that patients who are taking antacids or Ranitidine have twice the rate of complications of influenza, including pneumonia.

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Without urgent pressure-relieving surgery, the chance of survival drops quickly for head trauma patients having a severe intracerebral hematoma (bleeding inside the skull). Sadly, the condition is too often not diagnosed in time.

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The research was released as experts called for Government anti-obesity campaigns to specifically target women of child-bearing age and for doctors to made be more aware of the complications overweight expectant mothers can suffer. Deaths from heart disease during pregnancy have …

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Surgeons in every hospital in the country will be required to run through a brief checklist before they operate, which will include establishing the identity of the patient and the operation they need, after a trial showed the simple procedure could cut deaths by 40%.

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--Video-- An Australian vet got the shock of his life when a cat gave birth to this two-headed kitten. The tiny kitten, which was born at the Swan Veterinary Clinic in Perth, Western Australia, eats out of just one mouth, but both mouths meow simultaneously.

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--Video with article-- Excerpt: BACKGROUND: According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as many as three million Americans may be living with type 1 diabetes.

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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is investigating whether the shot of Gardasil caused the sudden inflammation of the pancreas in the three patients, or whether it was just a coincidence. A 26-year-old woman went to Bankstown Hospital four days after receiving her first …

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The FDA today said it plans to strengthen warnings about life-threatening pancreas problems linked to the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta after getting two reports of deaths and four other hospitalizations in Byetta users. Those patients had hemorrhagic pancreatitis (inflammation of …

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More than 4 million Britons will have diabetes by 2025, a health charity warns today as the government expands its "healthy towns" initiative, aimed at tackling the national problem of obesity.

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But while consumers continue to flock to doctors in the hopes of improving their appearance, plastic and cosmetic surgeons and dermatologists say there are a number of procedures of which consumers should be especially wary.

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The Complications of Plastic Surgery

The article entitled "Plastic Surgery Complications Rare" is about the famous singer Kanye West's mother who died from complications during plastic surgery in Los Angeles.

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Women who choose a Caesarean delivery, sometimes described as "too posh to push", are increasing the risk to themselves and their baby.

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Adding folic acid to bread supplies may significantly damage the nation's health, food scientists have warned.

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Isn't it aggravating how treating one medical problem often causes another problem, and treating that one causes another, like a row of dominoes falling? Hopefully, things will settle out and stabilize now that Pops is finished with the Ciprol.

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Don't Be a Guinea Pig for an Inexperienced LASIK Surgeon

Despite the common notion that LASIK is a simple procedure, there is actually a significant learning curve for LASIK surgeons just starting out. Studies show that most LASIK complications occur during a surgeon's first thousand procedures.

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What To Look For In LASIK Laser Eye Surgery Fine For Many Patients The ads are everywhere, on TV and radio and in the newspaper and your e-mail box: "Live Without Glasses or Contacts!" "Vision Restoration!"

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Discount LASIK: Buyers Beware

If you're like me, you know that bargain shopping can be, well, a bit of a rush. Especially when you find an Armani suit or a pair of Milano Blahnik shoes for dirt cheap. Bargain basement prices? Love them. Sales? Adore them.

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LASIK: Still Less than Perfect

Is the LASIK fear factor still keeping you from considering laser vision correction as an alternative to glasses and contact lenses? Still paranoid about going blind? Paranoia, dear readers, is rarely rooted in truth.

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A growing number of Islamic fundamentalist doctors are putting their patients' health at risk by telling them to fast during the holy month of Ramadan, a prominent Egyptian doctor said.

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A health authority is to become the first to penalise smokers by taking them off waiting lists for surgery.Health chiefs have taken the radical step because they say operating on smokers is more expensive.Smokers are being ordered to try to quit their habit before surgery or risk …

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Now Vioxx is suspected of heart rate disturbances (arrhythmia) and kidney problems, as well as raising the risk of heart attacks. Wouldn't it be nice if they did these studies BEFORE releasing the drug into wide distribution?

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