Single-Incision and Robotic Surgery: Medical Breakthrough or Marketing Ploy?
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
A recently published article (Reuters Health, July 18) appears under the headline: “Single-Incision Approach Yields No Benefit in Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery.” Authors of the article, a group of surgeons from the University of Leicester in England, looked at 49 studies involving 2,336 patients who underwent single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC). Based on their study the researchers […]
Read More »Time to Focus on Men’s Health
Monday, June 20th, 2011
As we focus on dads each June, it’s also time to renew focus on men’s health and schedule potentially life-saving health screenings. Given the choice between undergoing a simple health screening or suffering a life-threatening illness, it’s safe to assume most men would choose the screening. Unfortunately, far too many men ignore recommendations for routine […]
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