In This Issue

• Practical Preventive Medicine
• Breakthrough idea in LASIK surgery
• Breast Center

Practical Preventive Medicine by Dr.Iain Corness

I do think everyone would agree with that idea, but when you relate that to the practice of medicine, where the fence is a check-up and the ambulance is the result of failure of an organ system, there is not the same universal agreement.

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Breakthrough idea in LASIK surgery

LASIK is the nation’s most popular vision correction procedure, representing approximately 90 percent of all refractive procedures performed annually. 

Breast Center

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In This Issue

• Looking after the pink one-button birthday suit
• Climate change and health 
• Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Center

Looking after the pink one-button birthday suit by Dr.Iain Corness

This is October, with the “octo” part relating to eight, like ‘octagon’ the eight sided shape.  However, October is actually the tenth month of the year in our calendars.  How come?  Reason for this is because January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.  Nothing is cast in stone.  Not even the calendar.

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Climate change and health

Over the last 50 years, human activities – particularly the burning of fossil fuels – have released sufficient quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to trap additional heat in the lower atmosphere and affect the global climate

Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Center

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In This Issue

• “Cheap” drugs
• Treatment and prevention of Hepatitis B and C
• Internal Medicine Center

“Cheap” drugs by Dr.Iain Corness

A couple of years ago I was interviewed by a German TV channel which wanted to show that taking over the counter drugs was a dangerous practice, and had gone to great pains to do some secret filming in Thai pharmacies.

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Treatment and prevention of Hepatitis B and C

Hepatitis virus infection is a major health problem, especially Hepatitis ‘B and C’.  These types of Hepatitis can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.  Hepatitis B accounts

Internal Medicine Cente

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In This Issue

• Living in the hub (of the universe)
• Bone Mineral Density
• Orthopedic Center

Living in the hub (of the universe)  by Dr.Iain Corness

As part of my duties I get a print out of the number of international in-patients in the hospital each day.  There are some very interesting statistics from these print outs.  On the day I began writing this there were patients from Iceland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Uganda, Myanmar, Azerbaijan and Czechoslovakia. 

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Bone Mineral Density

Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. If not prevented or if left untreated, osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bonebreaks. These broken bones

Orthopedic Center

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In This Issue

• What shall I write about this month? Catfish? 
• Two severe cancers of women
• Oncology Center

What shall I write about this month? Catfish? by Dr.Iain Corness

Twice each month I will get a nudge from K. Wan (Head of Getting Dr. Iain To Do Things Department) that I should be writing something for the newsletters each month 

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Two severe cancers of women

Now we are in the month of August, and in this month, the most important day was Mother’s Day. For all children, you should be a good child for your mother

Oncology Center

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In This Issue

• “Eggzactly”! 
• You can now check the health of your blood vessels, with our Vascular Screening equipment!
• Women’s Health Center

“Eggzactly”! by Dr.Iain Corness

Talk about medical check-ups and the “good cholesterol” and “bad cholesterol” debate begins.  That in turn brings up the questions on the breakfast egg, and every breakfast seems to feature one, two or even three eggs sunny side up or otherwise.

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You can now check the health of your blood vessels, with our Vascular Screening equipment!

Generally Peripheral Arterial Disease does not show warning symptoms. If patients do not live a healthy life, this disease will easily become more severe.

Women’s Health Center

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In This Issue

• Getting older – what’s next for your Mum??
• Breast Self-examination
• Breast Center

Getting older – what’s next for your Mum?? by Dr.Iain Corness

August is the month in which we celebrate Mother’s Day, which is held on the birthday of Queen Sirikit, as she is the ‘Mother’ of the nation.

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Breast Self-examination

Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women. Staging of the condition is a significant factor in the treatment as ‘the earlier the condition is found the more chance of cancer recover and treatment’.

Breast Center

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In This Issue

• It’s a miracle!
• The Symptoms of the Cardiovascular DiseaseThe Symptoms of the Cardiovascular Disease
• Neuroscience Center

It’s a miracle! by Dr.Iain Corness

The medical “adviceI have been a doctor for over 40 years, and I can truthfully say I have seen only one miracle.

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The Symptoms of the Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease (Stroke) is becoming more and more common and it is important that we know something about the initial symptoms of this disease. Stroke is a disease

Neuroscience Center

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In This Issue

• Take two aspirins and (don’t) ring me in the morning!
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: MERS-CoV
• Heart Center

Take two aspirins and (don’t) ring me in the morning! by Dr.Iain Corness

The medical “advice” to take two aspirins and ring again in the morning has been around for many years.  Unfortunately, we have found that it may not be the best medical advice when dealing with some of the more important acute medical conditions.

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: MERS-CoV

Coronavirus infection 2012 or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is one of the MERS Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) strains.

Heart Center

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In This Issue

• MERS-CoV – another public health threat?
• Updates“Dengue Fever” 2015 Increased number of patients in 15-24 year age group and students!
• Internal Medicine Center

MERS-CoV – another public health threat? by Dr.Iain Corness

Surgeons can be the ‘prima donnas’ of medicine, if you like.  It is the surgeons who get the headlines in the newspapers.  It is the surgeons who are the stars in movies and TV.  Who can remember the irascible surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (Dr. In The House, 1954) or the young surgeon Dr. Kildare (1961)?  Slightly more recent, the American surgeons in M*A*S*H?

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Updates“Dengue Fever” 2015 Increased number of patients in 15-24 year age group and students!

Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening programs have been implemented across the word. Hearing loss occurs often enough in the general population.

 Internal Medicine Center

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