What exactly do they do in a Labotomy ?\n\nIf it is true they do, how many people are CURED by this ?\n\nDo they get all better afterwords to become happy healthy productive members of society - like when a disease is cured ?
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'Most people think psychosurgery, or lobotomy, is not done anymore. Unfortunately, this is not true. In fact, as New York University School of Medicine psychiatry professors Harold I. Kaplan and Benjamin J. Sadock say in their textbook Clinical Psychiatry, published in 1988, "interest in psychosurgical approaches to psychiatric disorders has only recently been rekindled"'\n\n"Between 1939 and 1951, over 18,000 lobotomies were performed in the US, and many more in other countries.  It was often used on convicts, and in Japan it was recommended for use on “difficult” children.  There are still western countries that permit the use of the lobotomy, although its use has decreased dramatically worldwide.  Curiously, the old USSR banned it back in the 1940s on moral grounds!"\n\nThere were many successful lobotomies, they are still performed, though the procedure is generally frowned upon, here are a few sites that you can look at for info-http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/lobotomy.html\n http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy\nhttp://www.antipsychiatry.org/psychosu.htm
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It is all part of the unfortunate society we live in today.  People judge everyone based upon outside looks, and they demand change of others before they are accepted.  This of course seems wrong, but it has become more accepted, since people believe that it really does not do any harm.  Instead, they think it does good, case in point the girl on Oprah that looked amazing after the surgery.  But truth of the matter is that she is not truly her after-surgery self.  She was who she was before the surgery, and that is the way others should have learned to love and accept her.  This requires a fundamental change in society, one that I am afraid will not come about anytime soon.  It will certainly gets worse before it gets any better.
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I'm not sure if any doctor has cured it because there is no cure for cancer, yes we can kill it, remiss it but cure it? I don't know about that because the virus is still out there and living in people.\n\nWith blood cancer, the stem cells, bone marrow, and newer chemo's can remiss it and there is a chance that the person could always be living with cancer like people live with diabetes or asthma.\n\nHere is a link to a good reference site:\n\nhttp://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/blood-cancer-transplants0101
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I recently watched a TV show about this...Think it was on Oprah..I really can't remember, but, they had people on there that suffers from BDD, & yes plastic surgery can be addictive. It's true that BBD sufferers can stand & look in the mirror for hrs. at a time, but, it's not the outside appearance that is TRULY bothering them. It's a chemical in the brain that's not in balance. So they can get surgery after surgery, & yet still not be happy with their appearance, simply because, like I stated, it's not the outside that's truly the problem, it's inside.....And yes, the surgery's can be harmful as well. There was a lady on there that had had several nose jobs, & the DR. finally told her that he couldn't do anymore work on her nose. She had to carry around Q-tips & clean her nose, just be able to breathe good...They even mentioned that BBD may be what Michael Jackson suffers from, & it makes sense now.....but anyways, getting off subject now, but hope that helped some...
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None.  Penile cancer is almost non-existent.  It is a shame for anyone to do that to their little baby boys.  There is no good reason for it in my eyes.\n\nOur buttholes harbor bacteria as well as our mouths.  Circumcision takes away sensitivity.  Some idiot thought that enjoying sex was evil and voila!  Circumcision.  It actually can take away from size too.\n\nNepesh is right.  Totally!  My Love bug's weenie is always cleanie.  It is beautiful and there is no need to hurt somebody like that.  Let's cut off your clitoris to make you cleaner?  No.  Take a bath/shower everyday and believe me, a good woman will have no problem making love to it.\n\nAll of you that claim that it is dirty or causes my cervical cancerd and what have you are just uneducated.
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Remember, it's only fun until someone gets cut to the bone by a piece of broken glass and bleeds half to death and has to have three hours of surgery to remove all the pieces and a hundred and fifty stiches and has to wear a cast for a month.\n\nAnd then he catches hepatitis from a bad blood transfusion and turns bright yellow and has to be quarantined for another month until he gets better and can't ever have sex again without warning the woman that he is contagious.\n\nThen it's *really* fun!  :)
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Quite unfortunately, there's no modern cure for any strong diseases and health problems / complications like: Systemic Sclerosis (no strong cure yet, but there are ways to live with it "in harmony"), AIDS/HIV and Cancer (just to name the few). However, there is a way of making the patient feel better and ease their pain. Doctors are at loss as to what to do in any severe case of suffering. They gave a vow to serve and heal all without any resentment or double-guessing. All of them keep that vow even though it is hard for them, especially when they might / do loose a Patient knowing that they haven't done everything to help him/her in this case.\n\nI believe, due to the increase in the of population and high demand on this-and-that, modern technology and medicine are over-looking the other side of the curing / healing / improving someone's lifestyle: Alternative Medicines and Therapies.\n\nAlternative Medicines and Therapies include the following: Yoga, Acupuncture, Fasting, Herbal Therapies and Medicines, Aroma Therapies and many other ones that'll take days to describe. Chinese Herbalogists / Acupuncturists / Therapists -- they all have highest Medical Degrees in this field and can serve as the powerful source of information. If to look into how the body functions and behaves when certain problems arrise and how they affect the health and well-being of the person, you'll be able to find the answer practically for everything. The only requirements are:\n- Open-minded and positive outlook from the Patient, his/her family members, and the caring Professional who'll be helping the Patient.\n- Being able to look over everything that's present at the moment and look TOGETHER for the solutions.\n- Do not give up ahead of time and no matter what don't put it into the Patient's head "It can't be done" or "It's holpeless, there's no cure." Otherwise, once in his/her head, you'll see a negative reaction to the overall health and in worst case scenario, it'll deteriorate even worse and a lot faster. Think of it this way: Right before you'll drink a glass of water say out loud "It's the sweetest water I've ever tasted" and mean it when you say it. What do you think will happen? The result will be surprising: the water in the glass WILL taste as sweet as you never expected before. If THAT can do to the water, what do you will happen to an ill person's body when we consist of about 90% of H2O?\n\nI strongly believe that if the Modern Doctors / Health Professionals and Alternative Medicines and Therapies Professional would work as one and/or side-by-side WITHOUT hate / resentment / disgust / shock / fear and be more open-minded to BOTH sides. Surgeries will be performed less and Doctor's will valued a lot more than ever before, only because of working side by side with those who know SO much about other ways to heal and cure the Human Race. Can you believe the wonderful and positive changes that will be going on then? The Doctors will be trusted more and people will be able to depend on them a little bit more. And plus to that, the Alternative Medicine and Therapies will get the honor it so richly deserves in this modern life and in our world of the highly developed technology :)\n\nJust IMAGINE how strong the Medicine and Cures will be in ANY case and ANY problem that might arise again in the future... How many people we'll be able to safe and how many diseases we'll be able to prevent from ever occuring again... The numbers of healthier, stronger, and less fearfull of the unknown, people will rise expanentially. It'll be a new world, new life and new lifestyle, that can't be compared to anything we ever had or have.\n\nJust to let you know there are couple of books (out of so many available now in the book stores) on this called:\n- "Alternative Medicine: The Practical Guide"\n- "Foods that Harm
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I know of two other people who had this operation due to cancer and neither one of them survived very long after. They were not related and they did not have the operation at the same hospitals.\nThe thing is that people some times forget when the doctor tells them that the risks of the operation are-------- and maybe 30% chance of survival---the next question being for how long? Lung cancer is a terrible disease. I,m so sorry to hear this distressing news.
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It depends. It allows the body time to heal in some cases. Some are even put in this situation (artificial or induced coma's)by doctors, in those situations its a good thing, beneficial. I suffer from Lupus which can in severe cases cause kidney failure, stroke brain disease etc. I have told my family and have a living will that if i am ever in the situation where there is no hope I do not want to be kept alive by machines. I have 5 kids. I would never want them to spend, or feel obligated to spend their days watching there mother like that. With that said if it were one of my kids on life support I'd probably fight them turning off the machine in desperate hope for the breakthrough or miracle cure. It's a hard question. I guess the answer is both
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This mutilation should be stopped the same happens to girls,, mainly in African nations. Its a religious concept to reduce pleasure during sex,, In this day and age people should be allowed to choose what happens to their bodies. Not dictated by some old fashioned ideal. I have experienced both and must admit to preferring a complete male.. Sorry,, I feel really strongly about this, we mutilate our young, what does that say about us?!??!?,,
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Who cares? Our lives are better than yours.\nHave you not seen a person be healed? It happens all the time, people's legs that were cut off grow back!!! Can science explain that?
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according to my dentist, who loves to discuss this while doing a prophylaxis on me, their role as dentists is now shifting from cure to prevention. moreover, with the introduction of flourinated water, there is a gradual shift from cure and maintenance to "repair" (such as braces). also, their role in "medicine" and "oral health" is increasingly being recognized espcially now with the emergence of "oral surgeons" in recent years.\n-it is far from a 2000-word essay, but i hope it eased the burden
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Well again medical questions are a lot like religion questions. No one knows the answer. I would recommend not using the Cypher Stent. All the medicines that these mad scientists invent are a gamble. Seems like there are never any problems until it is to late to fix the problems they have caused...Amazing how they get away with it.
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Thank you!!!!I swear to God,it's no wonder people die like every second when they expect people on yahoo answers to diagnose all the illnesses in the world!CRAZY!!!  I'm glad someone finally brought this up! As for "Lance" don't know who that is,but I also hate "point whores" especially since you don't get anything for having all those points.
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I had them and it turned out not to be that serious.  I had to go in for a D&C, and out-patient procedure.  Really, it's not that big of a deal.  Just a pain in the butt to have to go to hospital for the better part of a day, be put under and then sent home afterwards.
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Somehow, they find humor in butt sex.  That just tells me that they do not have a clue about butt sex.  If someone actually rammed one right in their little butt crack they would never type butt sex again....which....in my opinion.....is exactly what is going to happen to them when they finally make it to reform school!
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That sounds very serious and painful..if I were you I think I would get a second opinion because with all the things that they have in the medical world you may can have them removed by laser surgery...check it out.