For decades now, women have been removing unwanted body hair, using different techniques. Not only does it add to the woman's beauty but it is better for her personal hygiene as well. Today getting rid of unwanted hair has become easier than ever. There are a number of easy techniques that you can use at home or you can visit a beauty parlor for professional treatment. Given below in some...
Friday, August 31, 2007
Pleural Mesothelioma
Malignant pleural mesotheliomaPleural Mesothelioma as compared to a healthy lung. is the most common type of mesothelioma, making up over two-thirds of all cases. Pleural mesothelioma affects the lining of the lung and chest cavity known as the pleura.
The pleura is made up of the parietal and visceral pleura. The parietal pleura lines...
Peritoneal Mesothelioma Information
Peritoneal Mesothelioma -Cancer of the Stomach Lining
Peritoneum mesothelioma or Peritoneal mesothelioma is mesothelioma cancer in the lining that surrounds the abdomen (stomach).
Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is mesothelioma cancer in the lining that surrounds the abdomen (stomach).
Diffuse means that is the cancer is spread out.
Peritoneal or Peritoneum is a smooth membrane, which lines the cavity of the abdomen...
Sunday, August 19, 2007
The Truth About LASIK Risks
While LASIK outcomes are overwhelmingly favorable, remember that there is still that fraction of less than 1% of people who do experience sometimes serious and ongoing vision problems following LASIK.
These are likely the people who operate anti-LASIK web sites filled with chilling warnings regarding dangers of the procedure, with nothing positive ever said.
You should rationally consider what unhappy LASIK patients have to...
LASIK Complication Rates Are Decreasing
Complications generally were more common in the early years of LASIK, when studies in the late 1990s indicated that up to 5% of people undergoing the procedure experienced some type of problem.
Experienced LASIK surgeons now report in trade journals that serious complication rates can be held well below 1%, but only if surgical candidates are selected very carefully.
You may be eliminated as a LASIK candidate, for example, if...
How Common Are LASIK Complications?
Public confidence in the LASIK procedure has grown in recent years because of a solid success rate involving millions of successful procedures in the United States.
With increasingly sophisticated technology used for the procedure, most LASIK outcomes these days are very favorable.
The U.S. military also has adopted widespread use of refractive surgery including LASIK to decrease reliance of troops on artificial lenses or eyewear...
Lasik risks
If you are considering LASIK and worried that something could go wrong, you might take comfort in knowing that it's extremely rare for complications from this procedure to cause permanent, significant vision loss.
Also, many complications can be resolved through re-treatment or enhancements of the eye.
Selecting the right eye surgeon probably is the single most important step you can take to decrease any risks associated with...
Friday, August 17, 2007
THE LASIK PROCEDURE
This is an outpatient procedure that usually takes 5-10 minutes per eye.
The actual laser treatment usually takes a few seconds.
First you will lie on the motorized bed. The eyes are anesthetized with eye drops only. The head is positioned under the laser. A soft clip keeps the eyelids gently and comfortably open during the treatment.
You will be asked to look at a soothing green blinking light during the entire procedure.
During...
Principles Of LASIK
Light falling on the cornea [the front surface of the eye] has a smooth curvature- referred to as a "wavefront".
As this smooth wavefront shape courses through the various optics of the eye, ocular aberrations [imperfections] are induced.
It results in an irregular wavefront curvature reaching the retinal surface, which degrades the retinal image quality.
An aberration-free eye would result in a smooth wavefront image...
REASONS TO UNDERGO LASIK
Some of the common reasons why people undergo LASIK or get rid of their spectacles and contact lenses are :
1.contact lens intolerance
2.cosmetic reasons
3. social (marriage)
4.tired of wearing glasses
5. lifestyle activities that are inhibited due to glasses or lens wear such as outdoor sports like golf, football, water sports or hiking.
In some careers such as Merchant Navy and Airways it is a requirement to have 20/20 or 6/6...
What is LASIK?
By learning more about Lasik eye surgery and Custom LASIK surgey, you are taking the first important step towards achieving improved, normal, natural vision.
Most people who wear glasses and contact lenses wish that they did not have to.
Now, thanks to advanced laser eye surgery, there is an alternative to reduce your dependence on glasses or contact lenses, or possibly eliminate them completely.
LASIK surgery and Custom LASIK...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Surgical treatment of hernia.
What is laparoscopic hernia repair?
A number of factors have led to the recent development of a new method of repair called laparoscopic hernia repair. This technique is really an extension of a traditional mesh repair method (preperitoneal repair) that was usually used in patients who had already experienced several hernia recurrences at the same site. Previously, this mesh repair approach had required a separate incision somewhat...
Monday, August 13, 2007
Investigations & Treatment
*Investigations-
If you have an obvious hernia, the doctor will not require any other tests (if you are healthy otherwise). If you have symptoms of a hernia (dull ache in groin or other body area with lifting or straining but without an obvious lump), the doctor may feel the area while increasing abdominal pressure (having you stand or cough). This action may make the hernia able to be felt. If you may have an indirect inguinal...
Hernia Causes & Symptoms
*Causes-
Although one type of abdominal hernia can be present at birth (umbilical hernia), the others happen later in life. Some involve pathways formed during fetal development, existing openings in the abdominal cavity, or areas of abdominal wall weakness.
Any condition that increases the pressure of the abdominal cavity may contribute to the formation or worsening of a hernia.
Obesity
Heavy lifting
Coughing
Straining...
Hernia Overview
A hernia occurs when the contents of a body cavity bulge out of the area where they are normally contained. These contents, usually portions of intestine or abdominal fatty tissue, are often enclosed in the thin membrane that naturally lines the inside of the cavity. Although the term hernia can be used for bulges in other areas, it most often is used to describe hernias of the lower torso (abdominal wall hernias).
Hernias by...
