Videos
The Lead
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Gets Bionic Hands
May 22, 2013 | by NBC News | Comments
Aimee Copeland, a Georgia woman who lost parts of all four of her limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria after a one-in-a-million, devastating zip line accident, was recently fitted with high-tech, $100,000 bionic hands. This is her incredible story...
Cutting-Edge Device Helps Hospital Attack Brain Tumors
May 23, 2013 9:24 am | by YouTube | 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 | Comments
Women with breast cancer now have more surgical options to treat their disease and save more of...
UCF Graduates Debt-Free Doctors
May 22, 2013 7:31 pm | by NBC News | Comments
Thirty-six students at the University of Central Florida graduated free of debt last week. Just...
Young Innovator: Teen Develops Cancer Detection Method
May 23, 2013 9:49 am | by CBS News | 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.
(Some) Medical Professionals Ditch Pen And Paper
May 14, 2013 3:05 pm | by CBS News | CommentsNew healthcare laws are not only urging doctors to keep digital records. They are urging doctors to keep ONLY digital records moving forward. However, it must be noted that only 40 percent of physicians in the United States have converted their paper files.
The Alarming Statistics Related To Medical Misdiagnosis
May 14, 2013 2:56 pm | by CBS News | CommentsThe journal of the American Medical Association says approximately 150,000 Americans are misdiagnosed every year. And one-in-three patients die or are debilitated. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips reports on this disturbing study.
Medical Experiment May Give Old Hearts A New Life
May 14, 2013 2:48 pm | by CBS News | CommentsDoctors have seen promising results in an experiment that transfers a hormone from healthy mice to mice with heart failure. Dr. Jon LaPook reports that this has led to a lot of excitement and optimism, but the next step is to see if it has the same effect in humans.
Doctor: Bariatric Surgery Proving To Be Very Powerful Tool
May 14, 2013 2:37 pm | by NBC News | CommentsDr. Philip Schauer, the Director of Cleveland Clinic's Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, describes and discusses different weight loss surgeries and the type of bariatric surgery well-known New Jersey governor Chris Christie recently underwent.
Teen Needs Surgery After Swallowing Grill Brush Bristle
May 14, 2013 2:28 pm | by NBC News | CommentsA 16-year-old boy says the mysterious stomach ache that put him in the hospital bed was so bad, it felt like he was being stabbed from the inside out. Doctors were perplexed and worried so they performed exploratory surgery on his small intestine. It was discovered that he ate a wire the size of a hair from a common grill brush that apparently came off and stuck to the chicken he was eating at a family barbecue.
Woman Can't Walk After Wrong-Site Surgery
May 9, 2013 10:33 am | by NBC News | CommentsA Missouri woman is left unable to walk or talk after surgeons operate on the wrong side of her brain. This video reports on a lawsuit that has been filed accusing the hospital and doctor of medical malpractice. It's a pretty serious situation, and one that serves as a valuable lesson to healthcare professionals.
App Gives Families Live Updates On Surgery
May 9, 2013 10:26 am | by CNN | CommentsAn app that can send text updates to a patient's loved ones while he or she is in surgery is being used by some doctors. It is being used as a useful way to inform family members on the status of a patient. Here's a look at this cutting-edge app.
Hospitals To Be Penalized For Avoidable Readmissions
May 9, 2013 9:58 am | by CBS News | CommentsHospitals are under new pressure not only to treat their patients, but to make sure they don't come back. Here is a report on how the Affordable Care Act is addressing the issue of unnecessary hospital readmissions. The government wants to make sure they decline.
Connecticut Medical School Aims To Fix Doctor Shortage
May 9, 2013 9:46 am | by CBS News | CommentsThe Affordable Care Act is bringing millions of new patients into the medical system, but it's happening just as the country is about to lose a third of its physicians. Vinita Nair visits a medical school in Connecticut which has a strategy for fixing the shortage of doctors.
Big Disparity In Hospital Charges
May 9, 2013 9:30 am | by NBC News | CommentsFor the first time, the American public is getting a chance to see what hospitals charge for certain operations or procedures. This has allowed them to compare prices, and what they are seeing has been an absolute eye-opener. There is quite the disparity between hospital charges.
Woman With Transplanted Womb Pregnant
May 2, 2013 11:11 am | by NBC News | CommentsTurkish doctors say they have detected the heartbeat of the world's first baby in a womb transplanted from a donor. Derya Sert was born without a womb and had one transplanted in August 2011. Using one of her own eggs, doctors placed an embryo into the 22 year old's womb in March.
A New Approach To Cutting Healthcare Costs
May 2, 2013 10:57 am | by New York Times | CommentsA strategy offers financial incentives for healthcare providers to cut costs by keeping patients out of the hospital. New York Times economics correspondent Annie Lowrey explains how this is accomplished and whether or not this trend will continue in this video.
Surgical Ethics And The Future Of Surgery
May 2, 2013 10:45 am | by YouTube | CommentsPeter Angelos, MD. PhD, is the Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery, chief of endocrine surgery, and associate director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Here he discusses how ethics will impact the future of surgery.
Demonstration Of Haptic-Enhanced Minimally-Invasive Surgery Techniques
May 2, 2013 10:24 am | by YouTube | CommentsThe video highlights trials and research concerning the introduction of haptic-enhanced minimally-invasive surgery techniques . This work that is discussed in this video was conducted by Cambridge R&D at Boston Children's Hospital.
