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Robotic surgery: How safe is it?

When Mea Figueroa of St. Cloud was told that a robot would be performing a delicate operation to remove uterine fibroids that were causing her pain and abnormal bleeding, she hesitated slightly.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound

The Magnetic Resonance Center of the University Children's Hospital Zurich has achieved a world first break through in MR-guided, non-invasive neurosurgery. Ten patients have been successfully treated by means ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Diagnosis uncertainty increases anxiety in patients

Have you ever felt uneasy sitting in a doctor's waiting room or climbed the walls waiting for your test results? That feeling of anxious uncertainty can be more stressful than knowing you have a serious illness, according ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Child/teen sexual and physical abuse linked to fibroids in premenopausal women

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that both physical and sexual abuse history were positively associated with a higher incidence of uterine fibroids later in life. These findings currently ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0