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Profiles in Medicine

Alternatives to hysterectomy

Uterine fibroids are the most common solid pelvic tumours. About 80 per cent of women have fibroids, though they are not always troublesome. Fibroids are the leading indicator for hysterectomies ­ the surgical removal of wombs.

Panic disorder
THERE ARE situations where it might be normal to feel anxiety or fear. For example, the telephone rings in the middle of the night, the children are not home at the usual time or a spouse is out at an unusual time. But for people with panic...

Allergen therapy for asthmatics
THE PREVENTION and control of asthmatic symptoms (in children and adults) is attainable by environmental precautions, pharmacotherapy and allergen immunotherapy. Specific allergen immunotherapy (SIT), previously known as desensitisation and...


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