Archive for May, 2011
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HEART SURGERY IN EARLY YEARS: QUICK THINKING AND NEW DISCOVERIES
In 1925 Henry Souttar, a surgeon whose invention, ‘Souttar’s Eyeless Needle’, is still in use in operating theatres around the world, carried out the first successful mitral stenosis (blockage of the mitral valve) operation on a patient called Lily Hine, who had been given a mere six months to live. It was an extraordinary operation, [...]
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A WORD ABOUT SOY INFANT FORMULAS – SOY’S ESTROGENIC EFFECT
According to Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick, a New Zealand toxicologist, babies fed exclusively on soy formula receive the estrogenic equivalent of at least five birth control Pills per day Because of this evidence, both the British and New Zealai governments have issued warnings on the use of soy infant formula. As if soy’s estrogenic effect wasn’t [...]
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NON-NECROTIZING SKIN INFECTIONS: FURUNCLE AND CARBUNCLE
Furuncles, or boils, represent a progression of bacterial folliculitis. An abscess extends out from an infected follicle, forming a painful, red, firm nodule. Carbuncles are conglomerations of coalescing furuncles. Systemic symptoms may occur with carbuncles but not furuncles. S. aureus is the most common pathogen, but anatomically localized microflorae also play a role. For example, [...]