Echo of the widow Dimanche

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The registrar stood open-mouthed next to the professor. Before them was a twisted unicorn’s horn, an echo of that owned by the widow Dimanche, who sold water-cress in the streets of Paris. The patient was unmoved. Plans were made for the removal of the horn. The patient nodded and thanked the doctors. The registrar whistled [...]

Bariatric Surgery in Australasia

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The overwhelming obesity epidemic being faced by Health Care providers in Australasia is being met with the effective treatment that is Bariatric Surgery. In Australia nearly 60% of adults are overweight or obese – an increase of 250% since 1980. Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, refers to the various surgical procedures performed [...]

Academic Earth Open Source Lecture Series

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Academic Earth aims to give everyone on earth open access to a world-class education. They have built a ‘user-friendly educational ecosystem’ that allows internet users all around the globe to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. The interface is slick, the content high quality [...]

Choosing a Bariatric Surgeon

Laparoscopic gastric banding surgery was first introduced to Australia in 1994. Since then, it has become the most widely used weight control surgery in the country. In 2008 alone, more than 12,000 laparoscopic gastric banding procedures were performed in Australia. Qualifications Bariatric Surgeons require a Fellowship in Surgery FRACS – Fellow of the Royal Australasian [...]