A Handheld X-Ray System: Interview with Evan Ruff and Gregory Kolovich, Co-Founders of OXOS Medical
OXOS Medical, a medtech spin-off out of Georgia Tech, has created the Micro C, an FDA cleared handheld X-ray system that is designed to image the distal extremities, from the shoulder to the hand and from the knee to the foot. The device is intended to prevent situations in which clinicians have to handle and operate large machinery to perform simple X-ray imaging of small bones in the extremities, and allows them to conduct imaging right at the point of care.
The device can be deployed during surgical procedures, and allows surgeons to more easily capture images that could be difficult to obtain using large, fixed equi...
Source: Medgadget - November 8, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Orthopedic Surgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
A Handheld X-Ray System: Interview with Evan Ruff and Gregory Kolovich, Co-Founders of OXOS Medical
OXOS Medical, a medtech spin-off out of Georgia Tech, has created the Micro C, an FDA cleared handheld X-ray system that is designed to image the distal extremities, from the shoulder to the hand and from the knee to the foot. The device is intended to prevent situations in which clinicians have to handle and operate large machinery to perform simple X-ray imaging of small bones in the extremities, and allows them to conduct imaging right at the point of care.
The device can be deployed during surgical procedures, and allows surgeons to more easily capture images that could be difficult to obtain using large, fixed equi...
Source: Medgadget - November 8, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Orthopedic Surgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
Cool Images: Spooky and Spectacular
It’s the spookiest time of the year! To celebrate Halloween, we’re showcasing scientific images that capture the spirit of the holiday, from a brain shaped like a bat to protein “cobwebs” in a quail embryo. Check out our image and video gallery for even more scientific photos, illustrations, and videos.
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Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 27, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Cells Cool Images Source Type: blogs
Russia's Neighbors Have More Leverage Than They Think
While Ukraine, Belarus, and Georgia may be top priorities for Russia, Moscow has less room for maneuver than its power might suggest. Some of Moscow ' s difficulties with neighbors could leave openings for the West. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - October 25, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Kenneth Yalowitz; William Courtney Source Type: blogs
Regulatory Reactivity in FDA's Approval of the Alzheimer's Disease Drug Aducanumab (Aduhelm)
Yaniv Heled (Georgia State University), Ana Santos Rutschman (Saint Louis University), Liza Vertinsky (Emory University), Regulatory Reactivity in FDA's Approval of the Alzheimer's Disease Drug Aducanumab (Aduhelm), Regul. Rev. (2021): On June 7, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 22, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Health Outcomes and Provider Choice under Independent Practice for Certified Nurse-Midwives
This study examines whether full practice authority... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 22, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Vaccine Delivery Device Inspired by BBQ Lighter
A team at Georgia Tech tinkered together a battery-free electroporation device to deliver DNA vaccines, which is inspired by BBQ lighters. The details of the workings of the vaccine injector are described in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The electric ‘spark’ that ignites the gas flowing from a BBQ gas lighter has been repurposed to provide the power behind the electroporation. The battery-free piezoelectric sparking mechanism from a lighter is attached to a microneedle patch that acts as an array of electrodes. When the device is pressed against the skin, it initiates electroporation and delivery of ...
Source: Medgadget - October 21, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Pediatrics Public Health Source Type: blogs
An Institutional Solution to Build Trust in Pandemic Vaccines
Yaniv Heled (Georgia State University), Ana Santos Rutschman (Saint Louis University), Liza Vertinsky (Emory University), An Institutional Solution to Build Trust in Pandemic Vaccines, 31 Harv. Pub. Health Rev. (2021): As the market gatekeeper for new drugs and vaccines, the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 12, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Transcript for Experiences of Trainees and Physicians from Minoritized Communities
Below is a transcript of the following Academic Medicine Podcast episode:
Experiences of Trainees and Physicians from Minoritized CommunitiesOctober 4, 2021
Read more about this episode and listen here.
Toni Gallo:
Hi everyone. I’m Toni Gallo. I’m a staff editor with the journal. Every year, Academic Medicine publishes the proceedings of the annual Research in Medical Education sessions that take place at the AAMC’s Learn Serve Lead meeting. This year, there will be on-demand presentations of the RIME papers, available through the Learn Serve Lead virtual meeting platform, and live Q&A s...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 4, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast Transcript Audio Academic Medicine podcast bias discrimination diversity and inclusion equity learning environment practice environment professionalism Source Type: blogs
We Think We ’ve Changed More In The Past Than We Will Change In The Future — And Americans Seem Particularly Susceptible To This Illusion
By Emma Young
Think about what you were like 10 years ago. How have you changed, in terms of values, life satisfaction and personality? Now picture yourself 10 years in the future. Do you think you’ll be just as different then as you were a decade in the past?
When asked about past vs future change, most people — no matter what their age — report more change over a period of time in the past than they predict for the same period into the future. This “End of History Illusion” has been well-documented, at least, among WEIRD populations. Now Brian W. Haas at the University of Georgia, US, and Kazufum...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 21, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cross-cultural Illusions Time Source Type: blogs
Summit Gives Biden Chance to Nudge Post-Soviet States Toward Democracy
President Biden is likely to invite the thriving Baltic countries to his “ summit for democracy ” in December. But he might also invite four mid-tier post-Soviet states: Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine — imperfect democracies all. By both praising and nudging this latter set, Biden could give his agenda more meaning. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 20, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: William Courtney; Kenneth Yalowitz Source Type: blogs
U.S. and World Economic Freedom Heading in Different Directions
Ian V ásquezTheEconomic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report, released today by the Fraser Institute and co ‐published in the United States by the Cato Institute, documents a slight rise in global economic freedom, continuing a notable, long‐term, though decelerating, trend over the past several decades. The study is based on data through 2019, the most recent year for which there is internati onally comparable data, so it does not account for the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.Although the United States maintained its rank at 6th in this year ’s index, it is worrisome that its long‐term declin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 14, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
Hand Gestures Help Students Mentally Organise New Information
By Emma L. Barratt
Retaining new information can be tricky, especially with topics far outside of what we’re familiar with. A good teacher can make a huge difference, but effective teaching techniques can add new dimensions to our ability to really take on what we’re being told.
A new study by academics from the University of California and University of Georgia identifies one such technique, and it turns out to be incredibly simple: hand gestures.
The team wanted to know if gestures used by teachers could assist in mental organisation of new information, and help students retain and understand lesson con...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational Source Type: blogs
Biology Beyond the Lab: Using Computers to Study Life
Learn more about Dr. Melissa Wilson’s computational biology research in another Biomedical Beat blog post. Credit: Jacob Sahertian, ASU.
“You’re not going to be able to do biology without understanding programming in the future,” Melissa Wilson, Ph.D., an associate professor of genomics, evolution, and bioinformatics at Arizona State University, said in her 2019 NIGMS Early Career Investigator Lecture. “You don’t have to be an expert programmer. But without understanding programming, I can assert you won’t be able to do biology in the next 20 years.”
A growing number of researchers, like Dr. Wils...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 11, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Tools and Techniques Bioinformatics Computational Biology Cool Tools/Techniques Profiles Source Type: blogs
The Effects of E-Cigarette Taxes on E-Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Product Sales: Evidence from Retail Panel Data
Chad D. Cotti (University of Wisconsin), Charles Courtemanche (University of Kentucky), Catherine Maclean (Temple University), Erik Nesson (Ball State University), Michael Pesko (Georgia State University), Nathan Tefft (Bates College), The Effects of E-Cigarette Taxes on E-Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Product... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 29, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
