The Great Coffee Debate; Myth or Fact?

The Great Coffee Debate; Myth or Fact? I. M. Kapuwa, MD.  Coffee may taste good and get you going in the morning, but what will it do for your health? According to Frank Hu, MD, MPH, PhD, nutrition and epidemiology professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, there is certainly much more good news than bad news, in terms of coffee and health. A growing body of research shows that coffee drinkers, compared to nondrinkers, are less...

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Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery and Reasons for Conversion to "Open" Method of Operating

Complications and dangers in laparoscopic surgery and reasons for conversion to "open" (traditional) method of operating I. M. Kapuwa, MD., M.A. Glushkov, MD., PhD. (Department of Surgery. Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.) Introduction Over the recent years, a revolution has taken place in surgery requiring the retraining of tens of thousands of surgeons. This startling change has come about because...

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