Ex-soldier saved from dialysis by UK's first keyhole kidney transplant.

Brian Blanchard, pictured with his sister, Pam Morphett, who donated one of her kidneys to him, has become the first man to be given a kidney transplant by keyhole surgery in the UK.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2807736/Saved-life-dialysis-UK-s-keyhole-kidney-transplant-operation-Former-soldier-given-sister-s-organ-pioneering-procedure.html

26 October 2014

Knee operations are a 'waste of time' for many patients.

New research has found many middle-aged patients in the UK with mild osteoarthritis get little, if any, benefit as a result of keyhole surgery after experts looked at how best to treat torn meniscus, part of the cartilage that helps stabilise the knee.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2733954/Knee-operations-waste-time-patients-Study-finds-little-benefit.html

26 August 2014