Surgeon pioneers new technique to CHANGE the colour of your eyes
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dr Kenneth Rosenthal, from the Island Eye Surgicentre in Long Island, designed the procedure which involves inserting a silicone implant into the eye. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teen Volunteers Make a Difference at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Red Cross VolunTeens at WRNMMC
As the leaves turn and school is in full swing, we’d like to take the time to reflect on the contributions of our youth volunteers. We were lucky enough to have more than 40 high school students who volunteered with the Red Cross at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The VolunTeens spent 6 weeks of their summer vacation sharing their time and talents with more than 20 departments throughout the hospital.
So what exactly did these VolunTeens do during their time here? I think it’s best to let these amazing students speak for themselves…
I volunteered at the 3D Med...
Source: Red Cross Chat - October 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gaby Skovira Tags: SAF Uncategorized Volunteers Red Cross Youth Walter Reed National National Military Medical Center youth volunteer Source Type: news
6-year-old Chinese boy gets implants after eyes gouged out
Implants are precursor to fitting Chinese boy with prosthetic eyes; many questions surrounding attack on boy remain unanswered (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - September 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bionic eye promises vision for the blind
Monash University is preparing to launch technology that should allow blind users to make out objects and other peopleWorld-leading technology that could help restore vision to a large number of Australia's 45,000 blind people is set to emerge from a Melbourne university.The Monash Vision system, developed by a team of 60 at Monash University, allows blind users to make out objects and other people with the aid of a brain implant that connects wirelessly to a camera which can be housed in a pair of glasses or even on the end of the user's finger.The camera captures and sends images via a digital processor to a chip implant...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Milman Tags: News guardian.co.uk Medical research Technology Australia Science World news Source Type: news
Tree of Hearts
I wish we had a Tree of Hearts. Healthy new hearts would hang on the high branches and devices on the lower branches – low hanging fruit! Established guidelines about who, what, in what circumstances, and where, accompanied by a simple set of instructions for physicians all over the world to understand, adapt, and provide appropriate care for these technologies. A handbook for parents and their physicians with a simple statement – The Heart is a Muscle Too – Duchenne Hearts Matter. There would be no need for donors. Parents would never have to sit at the bedside of their sick child, without option...
Source: Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy - March 6, 2013 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
How to build a bionic man | Corrinne Burns
Rex the bionic man shows how close technology is to catching up with – and exceeding – the abilities of the human bodyHe cuts a dashing figure, this gentleman: nearly seven feet tall, and possessed of a pair of striking brown eyes. With a fondness for Ralph Lauren, middle-class rap and sharing a drink with friends, Rex is, in many ways, an unexceptional chap.Except that he is, in fact, a real-world bionic man. Housed within a frame of state-of-the-art prosthetic limbs is a functional heart-lung system, complete with artificial blood pumping through a network of pulsating modified-polymer arteries. He has a bionic splee...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Corrinne Burns Tags: Tissue engineering Robots guardian.co.uk Technology Editorial Science Source Type: news
Skin Deep: Questions Surround Iris Implant Procedure – Skin Deep
Some seek surgery to address their problem of having a different color for each eye. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ABBY ELLIN Tags: Eyes and Eyesight Facebook Inc FB NASDAQ Medical Devices Contact Lenses Surgery and Surgeons Cataracts Blindness Implants Glaucoma Source Type: news
