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Humanitarian hernia surgery: innovative repairs with “mosquito-net” mesh by renowned surgeon Mr Brian Stephenson

13^th November 2019

In rural Africa and other resource-poor areas, elective hernia surgery is often neglected as hospitals are ‘far and few’ and attending surgeons ‘difficult to find’. With people living on less than £2 a day treatment is unaffordable and as such their hernias increase in size and often limit a person’s daily activities and livelihoods, especially if the patient is the ’bread-winner’ of the family

Hip replacement gives Newport gentleman new lease of life

1^st October 2019

In England and Wales approximately 160,000 total hip and knee replacement procedures are performed each year. Medical advances mean that hip replacement operations are now less invasive, and the implants last for longer than ever before. This has led to a rise in the number of people receiving the surgery – at St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport, the number of hip replacement procedures performed in its Orthopaedic Surgery Centre of Excellence increased by more than 40% from 2017-2018

Rapid recovery from ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair

30^th September 2019

Wales’ most capped footballer, Jessica Fishlock MBE, has been blown away by the rehabilitation facilities at St Joseph’s Hospital.

Why wait for Cataract Surgery?

1^st August 2019

St Joseph’s Centre of Excellence for Ophthalmology is offering a free consultation* for patients needing cataract surgery. Sight gives us the freedom to live the life we choose and make independent decisions, so the thought of losing it due to cataracts can be quite scary for anyone. Cataracts are most common with older adults, but they can also appear in babies and young children too

Worried and anxious... don't wait, get seen

1^st July 2019

St Joseph’s Hospital offers a comprehensive assessment for those at risk of developing coronary heart disease. Heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter of all deaths in the UK – that’s nearly 170,000 deaths each year, an average of 460 deaths each day or one every three minutes in the UK. There are around 7.4 million people living with heart and circulatory disease in the UK – 3

A-Z of Health: E for Eyes

18^th June 2019

Most of us will experience a problem with our eyes at some point in our lives. Mr Michael Andrew Roberts, Consultant Ophthalmologist with St Joseph's Hospital, talks about some of the most common problems, how to spot them and how they're treated... "Ophthalmologists are medically trained doctors who have completed specialist training in the diagnosis and management of eye conditions