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A new minimally invasive treatment for patients with aortic valve stenosis, a form of valvular heart disease, could provide hope for patients who are categorised as too high-risk for conventional open heart surgery. The new treatment, transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Cosmetic surgery could serve to alleviate migraines, recent research has suggested. Published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the study looked at 69 patients who had undergone a cosmetic surgery technique used to smooth forehead wrinkles.
Staff at BMI Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow have been involved in a number of awareness and fundraising activities to generating awareness and vital funds for the charity Beating Bowel Cancer’s 2011 ‘BE LOUD BE CLEAR’ campaign. Fronted by former England Rugby captain Matt Dawson, theinitiative ...
Consultant Urologist Christopher Eden, who practices at BMI The Hampshire Clinic, has been chosen as one of the UK’s top ten outstanding prostate cancer surgeons in a survey conducted by the Daily Mail. The survey, which canvassed 40 leading urologists, asked just one simple question: If your own ...
Stephen Cannon, a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at BMI The Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow, has been shortlisted for a prestigious 2011 Independent Healthcare Award for his work in the field of orthopaedic surgery.
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Neil Thomas, who practices at BMI The Hampshire Clinic, has been chosen as one of the UK’s top 10 knee replacement surgeons in a survey conducted by the Daily Mail. The survey, which canvassed 40 leading knee surgeons, asked just one simple question: ‘If your ...
Consultant Bariatric Surgeon Shaw Somers, who practices at BMI The Clementine Churchill Hospital and BMI The Hampshire Clinic, has helped Britain’s fattest man Paul Masonregain his mobility and lose over 20 stone with a gastric bypass operation at St Richard's Hospital in West Sussex. Paul’s ...
An increasing number of British couples are travelling abroad for fertility treatment. Founder of IVF Travel Shield, Leila Wilcox explains, “Many couples travel without knowing they have no protection should something go wrong and that their standard travel policy is void.”
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