surgery

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Topic summary contributed by volunteer(s): Daniel

While the progress of modern medicine has brought incredible advancements in surgery, lifestyle changes may be more preferable than surgery. Many surgeries still carry a great deal of risk, making diet and other healthy habits a safer alternative. Lifestyle medicine, including the adoption of a plant-based diet, may be able to reverse the progression of heart disease prevent the need for heart surgery.

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Is Aloe Effective for Blood Pressure, Inflammatory Bowel, Wound Healing, and Burns?

The risks and benefits of aloe vera.

The Pros & Cons of Mammograms

Fact Boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format.

Why Patients Aren’t Informed About Mammograms

If doctors don’t understand health statistics how can they possibly counsel patients properly?

Why Mammograms Don’t Appear to Save Lives

“Early” detection is actually really late. Without mammograms, breast cancer may not be caught for an average of 22.8 years, but with mammograms, breast cancer may only grow and spread for 21.4 years.

Breast Cancer and the 5-Year Survival Rate Myth

Breast Cancer & the 5-Year Survival Rate Myth

Watching this video, you’ll know more than an estimated 97% of doctors about a critical concept called lead-time bias.

Women Deserve to Know the Truth About Mammograms

What do 9 in 10 women say they were never told about mammograms, even though they thought they had the right to know?

Overtreatment of Stage 0 Breast Cancer DCIS

9 out of 10 women don’t realize that some breast cancers would never have caused any problems (or even become known in one’s lifetime). This is an issue ductal carcinoma in situ has brought to the fore.

Understanding the Mammogram Paradox

The mammogram paradox is that women who are harmed the most are the ones who claim the greatest benefit.

Do Mammograms Save Lives?

For every life saved by mammography, as many as 2 to 10 women are overdiagnosed, meaning turned into breast cancer patients unnecessarily, along with all the attendant harms of chemo, radiation, or surgery without the benefits.

Should Women Get Mammograms Starting at Age 40?

Various health organizations offer clashing mammogram recommendations that range from annual mammograms starting at age 40 to eliminating routine mammograms altogether. Who should you trust?

Benefits of Nutritional Yeast for Cancer

How the beta glucan fiber in brewer’s, baker’s, and nutritional yeast can improve wound healing and, potentially, anti-cancer immunity.

Topical Honey for Canker Sores

What works better against aphthous ulcers? Honey applied with a Q-tip three times a day after meals was compared head-to-head against an over-the-counter soothing pain-relieving paste and a prescription steroid cream.