Most people have an image of how surgery looks. A surgeon peers closely at an incision, asking for scalpels, forceps, suction and the like, but what happens to those tools after they’ve been used? If you’re ever been concerned about…
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Disorders of the Hand
Unless you’re a soccer player, you probably use your hands to perform the most important tasks in your life. With their opposable thumbs, your hands are the most basic tools you have, and most others are useless without them. Unfortunately,…
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How To Recover From an Athletic Injury
Those with athletic hobbies or professions are necessarily more prone to injuries, so it’s important to know how to handle them when and if they arise. Here are some tips to help you recover from an injury. Depending on the…
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3 Ways To Straighten Your Teeth
If you want to straighten your teeth, you might think that the only option for you is clunky metal braces you saw on your friends in childhood. Though that type of braces is still available to you, there are alternatives:…
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The Patient’s Guide to Simple Congenital Heart Defects
What is Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) This is an abnormality in the function or structure of the heart. This includes things that affect the walls of the blood vessels, organ, that carries the blood to and from it, and the…
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Chromosomal Abnormalities and PGD
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a method aimed at eliminating embryos created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) that have abnormal chromosomes or carry a serious genetic disease before pregnancy begins. Genetic diagnosis of preimplantation (PGD) refers specifically to when one or even…
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