I've seen several sites on the web that advertise "tension-free" mesh
repair of hernias, in which the mesh is eased into place without
stapling or suturing.  Supposedly this helps reduce the likelihood of
recurrence.

"Seattle, WA -- Early television exposure in children ages 1-3 is
associated with attention problems at age 7, according to a study from
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle published
in the April issue of PEDIATRICS. The study revealed that each hour of

I've seen several physicians in a mid-sized city in AZ.  None of them
accept credit card for co-pay or payment.  Patients have to pay with
cash or check.  Wonder what the situation is in other places.
They need pay some to credit card companies.  But they are wealthy

Just a note to inform all that this poster is likely a troll, or for some
reason feels the need to post his ill informed (and largely incorrect)
opinions in response to legitimate questions.
Any feeding of this troll will only exacerbate the problem.

I plan to soon have minor surgery under local that also requires epinephrine
in the injection.  I've heard of a few "bad reactions" to epi, but none that I
know of were dangerous.  One person claimed to have had shaking and freezing
sensation for 5 minutes straight and another had ...

I have what appears to be an indirect inguinal hernia. When I apply pressure to the bulging mass (about as big as a globe grape) it doesn't pouch-out after I bear down. My urologist told me that he could make a 4" incision and instead of suturing he would put some webbing into ...

Dipyridamole is a vasodilator that seems to cause angina
while nitroglycerin is a vasodilator that relieves angina.
Could anyone explain the reason for the differing effects
on angina?

I'm 27, male, and have had terrible sciatica off and on for about 9 months.
I had an MRI of lumbar spine which came back normal except for T12/L1 which
showed "a mild left paracentral disc protrusion".  Could this be causing my
sciatica?  I've also had numbness in my buttocks and ...

Can you guys tell me, true or false on these?  The second one I've heard
from several doctors now; I get different stories from everyone.
1.  Is Lodine aka Etodolac addictive?  I know it's an NSAID, and I thought
that *non-steriodal* anti-inflammatories were not addictive.

It is said that normal blood pressuse is less than 120/80.  But I
don't think the lower the better.  My question is: how low is too low?
Thanks.

Some have followed my recent adventure to the doctors office about a
prostate acting up and worried about prostate cancer. And I have been
blessed with a body that seldom if ever goes wrong. Aside from dental
cleaning and eye examination for glasses I have never had to go to a

I'm checking in regarding some accumulating symptoms that I've been
told might be vitamin D deficiency.  I have an appointment with MD
tomorrow morning.
Started few weeks ago with eyelid twitch.  Heart palpitations came on,

 So, I think this topic has been posted before, but I wanted to get
some fresh answers to the topic of how real some of these problems are
that dentists claim that you have.
 Last week, I went to a new dentist on a new barebones limited

I searched same symptom from internet and found nothing.
May be I am the only man have this pain, wet testicle skin.
I had gonorrhea 2 years ago, treated but I know there is
something left. I still have same sumphtoms after getting gonorrhea.

The other day I was extremely sleepy and half asleep, half awake. My
ear was bothering me and I tried to clean it with a q-tip. When I
stuck the q-tip in to a certain point, my ear plugged up. It was like
the q-tip touched something and that caused the ear to plug up. It