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What the “frack”: Flammable Water
Water: essential to life, multi-useful, and... flammable?Fire water. What an oxymoron. Residents of areas rich in natural gas have noticed that their tap water is able to catch on fire. How does one find this out, you may ask? Well, that's all part of the ...
Laparoscopic Power Morcellation Side Effects
Hundreds of thousands of American women have undergone laparoscopic power morcellation myomectomy or hysterectomy to remove uterine fibroids. The vast majority were never informed of the serious risks involved in this procedure, which have only recently been...
Cheap and Easy Fibroid Removal Surgery Has Some Serious Side Effects
Fibroid Removal Surgery Side Effects
Uterine fibroid removal surgery presents a number of side effects and risk, as do all surgical procedures. A uterine fibroid removal surgery that has been surging in popularity lately is called laparoscopic uterine fibro...
Uterine Fibroid Embolization, a Safer Alternative to Surgery
Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) works by injecting small particles to block the blood vessels feeding the tumors. Without a blood supply, the fibroids wither, die and detach from the uterine wall within a matter of days. The particles—“emboli”—are deliver...
Common Fibroids Surgery Risks and Side Effects
Uterine Fibroids Surgery Side Effects
There are two kinds of fibroid removal surgery, myomectomies and hysterectomies, and there are two of each, abdominal and laparoscopic. A myomectomy removes only the fibroids themselves, while a hysterectomy removes the...
Breast Cancer Vaccine Believed to Boost Immunity
The familiar pink ribbon that is commonly associated with breast cancer represents something different to everyone. For most people, the ribbon is an international token of awareness that inspires hope for finding a cure.Many of us have not experienced the...
Climate Change is a Global Problem That Needs a Collaborative Solution
As the consequences of the global failure to comprehensively address climate change become more and more apparent, it is clear that the environmental effects of unregulated fossil fuel emissions are both irreversible and unavoidable. The U.N. and the World Ban...
Cancer Included in Morcellation Hysterectomy Side Effects
Morcellation Hysterectomy Side Effects
Approximately 500,000 women undergo hysterectomies each year, and of these about 11% were performed using a device known as a morcellator. That means that about 50,000 women every year receive laparoscopic morcellation...
AT&T Called Out for Unclear Advertising
First AT&T misled customers for about $300 million dollars. Now AT&T is in trouble for misleading once again."Fastest Internet for the price."Sounds pretty good, right? Sure, if all you want is 3 Mbps--an Internet speed that barely allows you t...