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• Uterine Cancer Diagnosis

  Robert Blanchard | October 30, 2006 12:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  As with any cancer, early detection is the key to succesful treatment of uterine cancer. In the context of medical malpractice, a problem arises when the cancer because the doctor does not follow up apropriately on anobvious warning sign. For uterine cancer, the most likely warning sign is bleeding in post-menopausal women.Approximately 40,880 women developed this form of malignancy in 2005 in...

• Gastric Bypass - Choose Carefully

  Robert Blanchard | October 19, 2006 10:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  It turns out, as shown in a recent study, that a procedure known as the "duodenal switch" is better than gastric bypass in achieving weight loss in patients who are very obese, (those with a Body Mass Index of at least 50). Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is known to be an effective weight-loss operation for patients with a BMI between 35 and 50. For super-obese patients, however, this operation is...