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Could you imagine having surgery without anesthetic? While I’ve heard of people undergoing surgery while under hypnosis, a woman in England had surgery while under self-hypnosis.
According to this article, Pensioner goes under the knife - using self-hypnosis as her only pain relief, "Bernadine Coady took an unorthodox approach to coping with the one-hour knee operation […]
If you’ve been putting off having a hip replacement because you’re uncertain or afraid, here’s some new information that may help you make up your mind.
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, seniors who had arthritis in their hip and received a total hip replacement saw significant changes […]
Having and passing kidney stones is one of the most painful experiences that anyone can have - a kidney stone can knock down (literally) the strongest of men and women. The pain is very intense and seems to affect your whole body.
Now, researchers are noticing that not only do patients who had a gastric bypass […]
If you’re having surgery, usually the biggest concerns are that you’ll be put to sleep properly, you won’t wake up during surgery, and you will wake up after.
Now, researchers are finding that some anesthetics, while effective for surgery, may actually cause people to have more pain after the surgery than others. At this point, […]
In early May, I wrote about how golf great Tiger Woods was sidelined because of arthroscopic knee surgery* (Even Tiger Woods may need a tune-up now and then). Now, he’s out for the season.
According to a WebMD article, Tiger also other surgeries on the same knee in 1994 and 2002. Unfortunately for him though, […]
The time has come - I have to get my wisdom teeth out on Wednesday. At 47 years old, I figured I was spared that rite of passage that most people get done much early in their adult lives. Alas, I was wrong.
My dentist asked me a couple of months ago why I still had […]
How many joints can someone have replaced? It seems, as many as you need.
Eileen Brown, a 49-year-old who has had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for a good part of her life, has had most of her major joints replaced, including knuckles. She is due to have yet another replacement, her left hip, hopefully soon. Her life […]
People live with knee and hip pain long before they finally go for a joint replacement. This can be for many reasons, ranging from waiting lists for the surgery to fear of the unknown.
When asked afterwards, many who have the surgery say that they can’t believe they waited so long, living with chronic pain, […]
There’s no doubt about it, breast size does a lot in terms of how women feel - and not just in the self-image department. While many women, the next-door neighbors and the celebrities, may spend thousands of dollars getting breast implants so they have sexier chests, many are spending the money for the opposite reason; […]
It only goes to reason that people who are overweight are harder on their joints and a new study has pointed out that sex is also a factor.
Findings published in an online article in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, showed that women who were considered to be overweight had hip replacements at roughly the same […]
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