By Lord Jorrel P. | October 26, 2011 6:10 PM EST

Who would have thought that just by having cataract surgery, patients with Alzheimer's would not only improve their vision, but also their lives?

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Tenon Hospital in Paris found that patients,who are suffering from a mild case of Alzheimer's disease, also improved their cognitive ability, mood, sleep pattern, and other b... Read More

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Beijing -  A doctor in China's Hubei province removed the stitches he had just sewn on the hand of a man as the patient could not afford the surgery.

Twenty-year-old Zeng said he injured his two fingers when he was washing dishes in a restaurant in Wuhan city Aug 5.

He was taken to a hospital where a doctor stitched the gash.

Another doctor told Zeng's colleague Wu to pay the 1,830 yuan bill. Wu only... Read More

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By Kerry Grens

NEW YORK | Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:23pm EDT

(Reuters Health) - Nearly half of men who undergo Surgery to treat prostate cancer find themselves with greater incontinence problems and less sexual function than they had anticipated, according to a new poll.

Before the surgery, some men in the study had expected to get better urinary and sexual function a year after the procedure -- a misbelie... Read More

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By IANS, [RxPG] New Delhi, June 25 - Patients suffering from fistula, which affects seven per 1,000 men in India, do not have to undergo the traditional Surgery any longer with the minimally invasive anal fistula treatment - being launched here Saturday.

'The technique called MAFT is the first such in entire Asia-Pacific region. The technique is performed for surgical treatment of anal fistulas through a fistulascope,' said Pradeep Chowbey, chief of Surgery and allied surgical... Read More

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By Kerry Grens

NEW YORK | Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:02pm IST

(Reuters Health) - Most obese people with diabetes will be cured of the blood sugar disease after undergoing weight loss surgery, a new review of earlier studies suggests.

In a report published in the Archives of Surgery, researchers say eight out of ten patients could stop taking their diabetes medications following a gastric bypass operat... Read More

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