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Hernia

July 2018

  • Two surgeons at work on a patient

    NHS rationing putting hernia patients' lives at risk, say surgeons

    Cost cutting has a doubling in numbers denied quick access to treatment, claims royal college

May 2009

  • NHS surgery worth £120m a year brings little benefit, finds survey

    Health department disputes question of validity of some hernia, vein, hip and knee operations

August 2008

  • Ask Dr Nick
    The sceptical medic

    Ask Dr Nick: I think I have sports hernia. Will it heal with rest?

April 2008

  • Mido may miss rest of season due to surgery

    Football: Middlesbrough striker Mido could be out for the season if tests on a possible hernia prove positive

January 2008

  • Greenslade
    Jailed Burmese journalist taken to hospital

    U Win Tin, the veteran Burmese journalist who has been in prison for 18 years, has been admitted to Rangoon general hospital

October 2007

  • Allardyce to plead case after Owen's cameo gives McLaren a dilemma

    Premier League: Newcastle 3-2 Everton: Michael Owen came off the bench to score Newcastle's vital third goal just 10 days after a hernia operation.

September 2007

  • Owen in hands of top hernia specialist

    Michael Owen travelled to Germany to see a top surgeon, facing the possibility of two operations on a suspected hernia.

  • Owen hernia operation confirmed

    Michael Owen will go under the knife in Germany on Friday to repair a double hernia, almost certainly ruling him out of England's qualifiers.

  • Owen can avoid surgery says Allardyce

    Big Sam is optimistic that Michael Owen will not have to undergo a hernia operation before, or even after, Christmas.

March 2006

  • Organ Grinder
    C4: hypnotic or hype?

    Just when you think Channel 4 may be getting a little too populist and middle of the road, it restores your faith

July 2003

  • Dear doctor

    Dr Ann Robinson on monkey pox fears; risks posed by a hernia; and the new cancer detectors.

March 2003

  • Prince Charles in cheery mood after operation for hernia

    The Prince of Wales left hospital yesterday after a routine hernia operation, feeling well enough to joke about his experience. He told well-wishers 'hernia today, gone tomorrow', as he left London's King Edward VII hospital shortly after 10.30am.

September 2002

  • How bad is it?

    Hernia.

March 2002

  • Ask Jennifer...

    I'm allergic to dogs. What can you recommend?

November 2000

  • Labour gets into bed with private medicine

    Soon NHS patients will have their hernia operations 'outsourced'. Nick Mathiason asks whether this adds up

June 2000

  • Dear doctor

    Make them buzz off

April 2000

  • New ways to bypass the NHS

    If you are Mr or Ms Typical, you are probably getting a bit worried by the stories about the National Health Service buckling under the strain. You had been under the impression that the welfare state was meant to look after you 'from cradle to grave'. But you know your own finances could not cope with paying the premiums on a private medical insurance (PMI) policy. So you avoid thinking about the issues, hoping that everything will be sorted out should you ever need medical treatment.

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