Archive for the ‘Healthcare’ Category
Rule Change allows the overweight and smokers IVF
Posted by: jvellul on: February 23, 2009
Infertile women who are overweight or smoke will become eligible for IVF treatment under guidance to be published in June this year. Most PCTs currently exclude from IVF women who have a Body Mass Index of more than 30 despite the British Fertility Society recommending a BMI cut-off of 36. Most PCTs also refuse to [...]
Universal healthcare- the future?
Posted by: jvellul on: December 23, 2008
- In: Health News | Healthcare | HIV Aids
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My appreciation for our national health service was renewed after being in Kenya for another few weeks. I read that “more than 40,000 children in Kenya are likely to die in the next two years if they do not receive anti-retroviral treatment” in the Saturday Nation. More than 50,000 who are under HIV and Aids [...]
Private patients get quicker access to NHS
Posted by: jvellul on: November 13, 2008
Private patients wait 99 fewer days for general surgery on the health service than NHS patients, the study has shown. The shortest waiting times are admissions for general surgery, followed by ophthalmology and then orthopaedics with the longest waiting time, the researchers said. A press spokesperson for Guy’s and St Thomas’ said: “We have our [...]
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Women’s health questions
- Can I have normal progesterone level but not ovulate?Hi, I have been trying to conceive 18 months +. I have been tested at dr for progesterone and fsh levels at day 21 which have come back normal.I have been using ovulation test predictor kits but they seem to come back neagtive and have been using them daily. I have periods which come between day 28 and 45. They have been of lately a dark brownish spotting ra […]
- Can I have normal progesterone level but not ovulate?Hi, I have been trying to conceive 18 months +. I have been tested at dr for progesterone and fsh levels at day 21 which have come back normal.I have been using ovulation test predictor kits but they seem to come back neagtive and have been using them daily. I have periods which come between day 28 and 45. They have been of lately a dark brownish spotting ra […]
- EssureI had my procedure done on 5/1512. My doctor did ir at a surgery center and it was covered by my Insurance with only a $75 co pay. I was put under general anesthesia so I felt no pain during the procedure. I was in and out with registration, procedure, & discharge in about 2 hrs. I had some cramping and took 800mg IB and was fine. I resumed, work, exerci […]
