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The Traps Of Treating Pain
May 22, 2013 12:22 pm | by Abagail Zuger, M.D. | Blogs | Comments
Doctors hate pain. Let me count the ways. We hate it because we are (mostly) kindhearted and hate to see people suffer. We hate it because it is invisible, cannot be measured or monitored, and varies wildly and unpredictably from person to person. We hate it because it can drag us closer to the perilous zones of illegal practice than any other complaint.
Cutting-Edge Device Helps Hospital Attack Brain Tumors
May 23, 2013 9:24 am | by YouTube | Videos | Comments
Technology at Michigan's Marquette General Hospital is allowing doctors to better attack brain...
New Options For Breast Cancer Surgery
May 22, 2013 8:17 pm | by Associated Press | Videos | Comments
Women with breast cancer now have more surgical options to treat their disease and save more of...
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Gets Bionic Hands
May 22, 2013 7:46 pm | by NBC News | Videos | Comments
Aimee Copeland, a Georgia woman who lost parts of all four of her limbs to a flesh-eating...
Young Innovator: Teen Develops Cancer Detection Method
May 23, 2013 9:49 am | by CBS News | Videos | CommentsAfter his close friend died from pancreatic cancer, 16-year-old Jack Andraka unleashed his hyper-drive intellect on preventing more cancer deaths. And as Jim Axelrod reports, the teen created a much faster and far cheaper detection method for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer.
UCF Graduates Debt-Free Doctors
May 22, 2013 7:31 pm | by NBC News | Videos | CommentsThirty-six students at the University of Central Florida graduated free of debt last week. Just four years ago, UCF broke ground on its medical school. It had no accreditation and no faculty. School officials offered each med student and offered to cover all of their living expenses to help lure them to UCF.
Stroke Costs To Double by 2030, Groups Say
May 22, 2013 1:06 pm | by Crystal Phend | News | CommentsThe rising prevalence of stroke in an aging population is likely to more than double the cost of stroke care over the next two decades, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association warned. Total annual costs, including the price of lost productivity, were estimated to rise 129 percent to $240.67 billion by 2030.
Johns Hopkins Rewrites Blood-Ordering Rules For Surgical Patients
May 22, 2013 1:02 pm | News | CommentsJohns Hopkins researchers have developed new guidelines — the first in more than 35 years — to govern the amount of blood ordered for surgical patients. The recommendations, based on a lengthy study of blood use at The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH), can potentially save the medical center more than $200,000 a year and improve patient safety, researchers say.
Intuitive Robotic Surgery Case Goes To Jury
May 22, 2013 12:58 pm | News | CommentsLawyers for the estate of Fred Taylor seek $8.45 million in damages based on claims that Intuitive is mostly to blame for his injuries stemming from a 2008 robot-assisted removal of his prostate gland. Taylor and his family allege he suffered because of Intuitive’s inadequate training that was streamlined and compromised by the company’s push to sell its robots.
Surgery Offers Mixed Benefits For Kids' Sleep Apnea
May 22, 2013 12:55 pm | News | CommentsA new study has confirmed that removing the tonsils and adenoids of children with obstructive sleep apnea can reduce sleepiness and improve the quality of life, but putting off the surgery might not hurt either. The findings found that after seven months, surgery improved many gauges of everyday living.
Sterile Preoperative Skin Preparation Antiseptics
May 22, 2013 12:48 pm | by Aplicare | Product Releases | CommentsAplicare from Clorox Healthcare provides sterile preoperative skin preparation antiseptics. For product safety and patient care, these sterile skin antiseptics are designed to enhance an infection prevention program. The Aplicare sterile skin antiseptics are sterilized after the product has been placed in the packaging.
Tri-Pull Secure Shoulder Solution
May 22, 2013 12:34 pm | by Innovative Medical Products | Innovative Medical Products, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Tri-Pull Secure Shoulder Solution from Innovative Medical Products employs three proven systems to confidently secure, distract, and ensure precise rotation control of the shoulder during surgical procedures without compromising the sterile field.
The Pink Pad
May 22, 2013 12:28 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Pink Pad - Pigazzi Positioning System from Xodus Medical is designed to mold to the patient's body, providing stability and maintaining patient position throughout the procedure. Its for single patient use, and it decreases potential cross contamination with reusables.
Emergency Face Transplant Successfully Performed
May 22, 2013 12:17 pm | by CBS News | Articles | CommentsDoctors in Poland say they have successfully completed a total face transplant only a few weeks following the victim's accident. Typically, the procedure only occurs months or even years after the incident. The urgent procedure was done on a 33-year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident which also crushed his jaws.
Low LDL May Spell Trouble In Bariatric Surgery
May 21, 2013 12:23 pm | by Nancy Walsh | News | CommentsAmong factors that predicted the likelihood that patients undergoing bariatric surgery would experience postoperative cardiopulmonary complications were low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and high levels of C-reactive protein, according to research.
Hands-Free Transfer Tray
May 21, 2013 12:20 pm | by Aspen Surgical | Product Releases | CommentsAspen Surgical announces the launch of its Bard-Parker Hands-Free Transfer Tray. The transfer tray provides surgeons and operating room staff with a method for organizing and passing surgical instruments safely and effectively.
CHROMOPHARE
May 21, 2013 12:15 pm | by Berchtold | Berchtold Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsBerchtold's CHROMOPHARE F Generation with Precision Beam Technology is a patented, ultrathin, highly maneuverable design focusing 650 beams of overlapping light into a deep, homogenous column with ideal depth of illumination and superior shadow control.
Valvesafe
May 21, 2013 12:09 pm | by Healthmark Industries | Healthmark Industries Company, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsHealthmark Industries announces the Valvesafe, a new product to help keep endoscope valves and other detachable parts with the proper endoscope throughout reprocessing. The Valvesafe locks onto the endoscope without concealing any part of the scope and is able to hold a maximum of four valves at once.
Delayed Transfer To The ICU Increases Risk Of Death In Hospital Patients
May 21, 2013 10:33 am | News | CommentsDelayed transfer to the intensive care unit (ICU) in hospitalized patients significantly increases the risk of dying in the hospital, according to a new study from researchers in Chicago. The study included 2,166 patients at an academic hospital who were transferred from medical-surgical wards to the ICU. Of these patients, 425 (20 percent) died during admission.
