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Newborn baby becomes youngest person ever to have heart surgery
By Anna Lewis on 08/02/2012 11:03:58
Jasmine Carr was given a 15% chance of survival when she had open-heart surgery at just 17 hours old
Jasmine Carr is on the road to recovery after becoming the youngest person ever to have open-heart surgery, at just 17-hours-old.The tiny fighter had a 15% chance of survival when surgeons at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital operated on her in September
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Day-old baby saved by heart surgery
By Jayne Braithwaite on 25/07/2011 14:24:12
Baby undergoes a 36-hour heart operation as soon as he’s born
A poorly baby is on the mend after having complicated heart surgery at just one day old. The little boy was born with a blockage in his heart causing it to swell to a dangerous size.Surgeons at Birmingham Children’s Hospital used microscopic
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Meet the smallest baby ever to undergo life-saving heart surgery
By Amanda Pauley on 23/08/2011 15:06:38
Little Eleana weighs just 3lb 5oz
Premature baby Eleana Hastings, born weighing just 3lb 5oz, has become the smallest baby to undergo open heart surgery in Britain.She arrived six weeks prematurely with a hole between two chambers of her heart and dilated pulmonary arteries
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Frozen ovary tissue and robotic surgery could save cancer patients’ fertility
By Kimberley Smith on 28/03/2011 12:49:20
New technique using frozen ovary tissue to kick-start egg production could increase the chances of conceiving after cancer treatment
going through early menopause caused by chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.Her search discovered Professor Kutluk Oktay, a New York fertility pioneer, who was willing to attempt surgery to implant her original ovary tissues into her now defunct
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Danielle Lloyd plans post-baby boob job
By Kimberley Smith on 04/01/2012 11:29:13
Model mum-of-two plans plastic surgery after admitting breastfeeding has changed her boobs
Danielle Lloyd has been showing off her return to her pre-baby size 8 figure, after working hard to get back into shape for her wedding in May.After going through “the year from hell” in 2011, when her youngest son Harry was born 10 weeks early, the model told Closer magazine she...
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Injections to treat Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
By Kimberley Smith on 29/02/2012 11:49:27
Injections for post-baby SUI are available on the NHS and offer a choice before surgery for mums still suffering with bladder weakness after recovering from childbirth
If strengthening your pelvic floor with regular exercises hasn’t done the trick (and often it doesn’t) then it could mean you have to resort to surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI). But there is an intermediate option. Doctors have
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Men's health and conception
By Laura Lee Davies on 09/08/2007 01:55:06
Previous illness or surgery, as well as ongoing conditions like diabetes can affect male fertility
problem.Impaired flow of spermA previous bacterial infection (such as a sexually transmitted disease) can block the tubes through which sperm pass.If you have had surgery for an undescended testicle or twisted testicles, or to treat a hernia, this may also
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Swine Flu Vaccines in Pregnancy
By Sarah Lawson on 26/10/2009 12:15:41
Now that the swine flu vaccine is being delivered to GPs' surgeries, pregnant women will be among the first to get the jab
to the vaccination programme list. But if you're feeling unsure, check out our swine flu jab lowdown to give you all the facts. In the meantime, if your surgery does not yet know you are pregnant, make sure you get in touch with them and have a confirmation test
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Understanding Ectopic pregnancy
By ThinkBaby on 11/09/2009 01:30:11
What is an ectopic pregnancy, how is it treated and how will it affect my future fertility?
pregnancy is diagnosed quite late, the experience can be a very traumatic one; all the more so if you require surgery and experience damage to your fallopian tubes as well as losing your pregnancy.What happensFor the first four or five days after conception
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Foetus doesn’t feel pain before 24 weeks
By Kimberley Smith on 25/06/2010 14:37:38
Before 24 weeks, unborn babies in the womb cannot feel pain as nerves are not yet developed
babies. Doctors will be able to make decisions about their methods such as the use of anesthetic for surgery during pregnancy.The findings also suggest that the question of foetal pain could be removed from the abortion debate and may help reassure women
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