Press Release Library

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Are you sitting comfortably? (April 2005)
Ethicon Endo-Surgery launches a new freephone haemorrhoid helpline and information service, the PPH InfoLine 0800 028 2231. This completely confidential service is staffed by trained health professionals who can talk through the problem and discuss the treatment options av ailable

PPH - success of procedure leads to second generation stapler
(October 2004)
Ethicon Endo-Surgery launches its new PPH03 stapler for the treatment of prolapse & haemorrhoids. Surgeon feedback indicates that the new kit offers significant improvements to what was already a highly popular device.

Haemorrhoids! Help! (December 2003)
Finding information about that extremely common yet embarrassing problem, haemorrhoids, has just been made easier with the launch of a new website www.allaboutpph.co.uk.

Public inconvenience (September 2002)
Could Britain's public lavatories be partly to blame for 1 in 3 of
the population suffering from haemorrhoids?

Health awareness & haemorrhoids (September 2002)
Women are more health savvy than men when it comes to good bowel health and habits a new survey by Ethicon Endo-Surgery has found.

The truth about piles and pregnancy (September 2002)
It's a well known fact the piles are common during pregnancy. Or so you would think.

Healthy inside, healthy outside (June 2001)
Maintaining healthy bowels is something most of us give little thought to, until there's a problem.

Taking the pain out of piles (April 2000)
Historically, surgery for piles has been very much a last resort as a considerable degree of post operative pain is to be anticipated coupled with a fairly lengthy recovery period.