Almost 2.7 million people in the UK suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD), which kills 88,000 people every year, most of these being caused by heart attacks. Every year, about 124,000 heart attacks occur in the UK...
Although artificial hip or knee prosthesis are designed to last several years, approximately 17% of patients who receive a total joint replacement need early replacement surgery - a procedure which can cause serious complications for elderly patients...
Imagine a debt collector visiting sick people who owe money, coming up to their bedsides in hospital, and you might think that this was a description of a new movie - it is not; it really does happen. Debt collectors, according to the Minnesota Attorney General, Lori Swanson, have been confronting debtors in emergency rooms and hospital wards...