Doctors,
I have had painful bleeding hemorrhoids for over 20 years. Sometimes they bleed daily. I have to be prepared just in case. I went to a doctor who said that they had to be cut out but that may now help because it will be very painful and may grow back. Is there a laser surger...

Doctors,
I have had painful bleeding hemorrhoids for over 20 years. Sometimes they bleed daily. I have to be prepared just in case. I went to a doctor who said that they had to be cut out but that may now help because it will be very painful and may grow back. Is there a laser surgery or some new techniques that would be less invasive and painful. Please let me know. I am at my wits end.

I have endometriosis and have recently had an abd laparoscopy, D&C with endometrial balloon ablation (ThermaChoice). I've been told by two gynocologist that my only other option would be a total hysterectomy, which would be wonderful not to have monthly cramping and frequent periods, but I...

I have endometriosis and have recently had an abd laparoscopy, D&C with endometrial balloon ablation (ThermaChoice). I've been told by two gynocologist that my only other option would be a total hysterectomy, which would be wonderful not to have monthly cramping and frequent periods, but I'm concerned that it may affect my libido and level of orgasm. I've asked around and have heard, as one friend put it "the Big 'O' just isn't there". Is this true? Is the "G-spot" removed during these operations and would a supracervical hysterectomy be a better option? (Please do not use my name if this is used on your show-Thanks).

Is there any surgery procedure out there that will help the ligaments in the ankle.
I have had a 3rd degree sprain with a soft cast on the right ankle and air cast on both of them in the past. Now when I twist my ankle it may hurt anywhere from 5 minutes to a day becuase the ligaments ar...

Is there any surgery procedure out there that will help the ligaments in the ankle.
I have had a 3rd degree sprain with a soft cast on the right ankle and air cast on both of them in the past. Now when I twist my ankle it may hurt anywhere from 5 minutes to a day becuase the ligaments are so far stretched out.

Hello I wanted to know if you were aware of this occuring symtom after gallbladder removal. I had mine removed 5 years ago. Ever since ive had the same reocurant pain. sometimes so severe that it has landed me in the hospital atleast 5 times. After test done the drs have had no answer. I start...

Hello I wanted to know if you were aware of this occuring symtom after gallbladder removal. I had mine removed 5 years ago. Ever since ive had the same reocurant pain. sometimes so severe that it has landed me in the hospital atleast 5 times. After test done the drs have had no answer. I started believing it was all in my mind. Till my last epasoid that an er dr told me about this phantom there is really no solution for it but he told me to research it and I was so surprise to find it on the web and find so many people with the same problem. Just as an awareness for people who do suffer from this but have no answers.

I have noticed that women over 50 years have complaints of urinary incontinence and/or frequency in urination. Coughing, sneezing and even laughing cause dribbling. My mom tried prescription medications but they keep her mouth so dry that she had to drink frequently thus forming a vicious cyc...

I have noticed that women over 50 years have complaints of urinary incontinence and/or frequency in urination. Coughing, sneezing and even laughing cause dribbling. My mom tried prescription medications but they keep her mouth so dry that she had to drink frequently thus forming a vicious cycle. I underrwent bladder sling last year and so far, I haven't been going to the bathroom as often and am able to hold my bladder longer. Is BLADDER SLING advisable to all women? Could you please feature how bladder sling is being performed?

This is an article from Good Housekeeping (http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/family-health/medical-breakthroughs)

I think it would be great to show people that there are other ways out there than to go under the knife.

Knee Self-Repair
Three years ago, Pixie Greeneme...

This is an article from Good Housekeeping (http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/family-health/medical-breakthroughs)

I think it would be great to show people that there are other ways out there than to go under the knife.

Knee Self-Repair
Three years ago, Pixie Greenemeier, then 45, was doing a squat in her exercise class when she tore her right meniscus, the cartilage that cushions the bones of the knee. The injury was severe — Greenemeier, a mother of four and a pediatric nurse at Children's Hospital in Denver, was in constant pain, which sometimes interfered with her responsibilities at work: "If I had to bend down to look at, say, an oxygen tank, it was a real ordeal to get back up."

Greenemeier thought arthroscopic surgery would help restore her active lifestyle — she also took rigorous self-defense classes — but there was so much damage ("In one area, it was basically bone on bone," she says), there was no way to repair it. Her only option, it seemed, was knee-replacement surgery.

Then Greenemeier learned about a new procedure that uses a patient's own stem cells to regenerate damaged tissues. Physicians extract bone marrow from your hip, grow special cells from it in the lab, and then inject them into the injured area of the ailing knee. Over the next several weeks, the cells differentiate into the type needed — in this case, cartilage. Plus, they "act like general contractors," says researcher Christopher Centeno, M.D., head of the Centeno-Schultz Pain Management Clinic in Broomfield, CO, who conducted trials on the procedure. "They can bring in other cells to help with repair or inflammation." This versatility makes stem cells potentially useful for fixing many problems; indeed, hundreds of studies are under way, testing the cells for everything from wound healing to heart repair.

For Greenemeier, the procedure has been life-changing. Although the injection of cells into her inflamed knee was somewhat painful, after three weeks, the discomfort and swelling eased. Strikingly, an MRI taken six months later, before a second injection, showed that the cartilage had grown by 40 percent. And the cartilage has kept on growing — now, two years later, it's increased about 70 percent.

Although not every patient is so lucky, among a group of 50 people slated for knee replacement in Dr. Centeno's pilot study, almost 90 percent had at least a 50 percent improvement in function and pain. And for half of these volunteers, the improvement was 75 percent. Next up: a randomized, controlled study.

Today, Greenemeier can work — and work out — without pain. She's enjoying all her favorite fitness activities, including deep squats at her conditioning classes. "I can go all the way down again," she reports. And her 12-hour shifts at the hospital are not a problem. "The other day, I finished and my knee was a little sore," she says. "Then I realized it was my left knee — not the injured one."