Urology Breakthrough: Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgeries
Dr Mihir Desai, a urological surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, has performed the world’s first single-port laparoscopic surgeries in the field of urology.
The innovative procedures were completed by inserting all the necessary instruments through a single incision in the patient’s navel. Laparoscopic surgeries traditionally require 3 to 6 abdominal incisions.
Dr [...]
FDA Says Sweetener is Still Safe, Italian Scientists Not So Sure
Debate over the safety of aspartame has reignited as a result of a second Italian study linking the artificial sweetener to several cancers in rats.
The controversial research, conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation in Bologna, Italy, showed an increased instance of leukemia, lymphoma and renal cancers in a population of Sprague Dawley rats [...]


