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Surgeons perform pioneering knee operation at Southampton General Hospital

SURGEONS in Southampton have become the first in the UK to perform a pioneering knee operation that halves a patients recovery time The technique known as bicompartmental knee resurfacing allows doctors to repair damaged knees without the need for a total knee replacement It involves replacing only areas of cartilage that are affected by arth... Read More

Concerns in UK over feeding tube diet

Dieticians have warned of the dangers of losing weight with a starvation diet available in Britain for the first time The British Dietetic Association BDA says there are huge risks to the diet in which people are given just 130 calories a day through a feeding tube that goes up their nose and down to their stomach The 10day regime forces the ... Read More