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New studies help to uncover cause of unexplained lower back pain
Posted: 16/01/2020
Lower back pain is a condition which will affect the majority of us in our lifetimes. According to the World Health Organisation, lower back pain is a leading cause of disability, interfering with quality of life and work performance......>>
Endometrial cancer: raising awareness becomes more important in absence of a screening test
Posted: 03/01/2020
‘Endometrial cancer is on the rise in the western world’ advises The Eve Appeal, a UK national charity funding research and raising awareness into five gynaecological cancers – womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal. The number of womb cancers (endometrial cancers) diagnosed in the UK has risen by 19% over the last decade......>>
New research suggests that anxiety and depression are linked to poor outcomes following hip surgery
Posted: 23/12/2019
It is widely accepted that there is a link between mental and physical health, with many believing that being physically fit and well also helps to improve mental well-being. Conversely, it seems that poor mental and emotional health can negatively affect how people cope with physical problems......>>
Cosmetic surgeon suspended for a second time by Medical Practitioners Tribunal
Posted: 20/12/2019
Dr Ashish Dutta, a cosmetic surgeon based in the North of England, has been suspended from practice for nine months following a finding of professional misconduct......>>
Thousands of women face unnecessary appendix surgery each year
Posted: 06/12/2019
A study undertaken by the University of Birmingham in 2019 has found that up to a third of operations performed on women in the UK to remove their appendixes (appendectomy surgery) were unnecessary and those women should instead have undergone investigations for period pain, urinary tract infections or ovarian cysts......>>

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