SMall Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): It ’s what’s new in laser vision correction
The goal of laser vision correction (LVC) is to eliminate or reduce the need for glasses and contact lenses. LVC treats three basic refractive errors: myopia (nearsightedness), astigmatism (blurring of vision due to non-spherical shape of the eye), and hyperopia (farsightedness).
During an LVC procedure, the cornea — the clear dome on the surface of the eye — is reshaped in order to correct the refractive error. The different techniques to perform LVC are laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), phototherapeutic refractive keratectomy (PRK), and small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).
LASIK and PRK
LASIK, the most co...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kathryn Hatch, MD Tags: Eye Health Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Physicians in Shackles
By ANISH KOKA, MD
A number of politically tinged narratives have
divided physicians during the pandemic. It would be unfortunate if politics
obscured the major problem brought into stark relief by the pandemic: a system
that marginalizes physicians and strips them of agency.
In practices big and small, hospital-employed
or private practice, nursing homes or hospitals, there are serious issues
raising their heads for doctors and their patients.
No masks for you
When I walked into my office Thursday, March 12th, I assembled the office staff for the first time to talk about COVID. The prior weekend had been awa...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medical Practice Physicians Anish Koka medical autonomy Pandemic Source Type: blogs
Thinning hair in women: Why it happens and what helps
Many people think of hair loss as a male problem, but it also affects at least a third of women. But unlike men, women typically experience thinning hair without going bald, and there can be a number of different underlying causes for the problem.
“Some are associated with inflammation in the body. Some are female-pattern hair loss,” says Dr. Deborah Scott, assistant professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Hair Loss Clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. But the good news is that in many cases this hair loss can be stabilized with treatment, and it may be reversible. Whe...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelly Bilodeau Tags: Health Skin and Hair Care Women's Health Source Type: blogs
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Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - March 3, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: christine hamori Skin Spa Specials Source Type: blogs
Stain and Label-Free Microscopy Enables Imaging of Extracellular Vesicles
Researchers at the Beckman Institute of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign have developed a method that employs ultrashort laser pulses to visualize extracellular vesicles in tissue samples without using stains or labeling compounds. An increase in the number of these small vesicles is known to be associated with cancer, whereby cancer cells use them to communicate with each other. Therefore, visualizing them microscopically could be useful in detecting cancer progression.
At present, researchers use labels and stains so that they can see specific structures in tissue samples, such as extracellular vesicle...
Source: Medgadget - February 21, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Oncology Pathology Radiology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Scientists Make Organs Transparent
Whole organs are difficult to study in minute detail, as they have to be sliced into extremely thin sections to map out their interior. CT and magnetic resonance imaging help to an extent, but researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, and Technical University of Munich in Germany have managed to make entire organs, including a human kidney, eye, thyroid, and pig pancreas, transparent and easy to study using a special microscope optimized for the task.
Details of the vasculature and glomeruli in the human kidney. ©Helmholtz Zentrum München / Ertürk lab
Described in journal...
Source: Medgadget - February 18, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials News Radiology Surgery Source Type: blogs
A Letter to Ms. Judy Faulkner & Mr. Tommy Thompson
By GRACE CORDOVANO PhD, BCPA
Being a patient or a carepartner can be a lonely, powerless
place.
There’s no high powered legal or lobbying team to help support
you in your or your loved one’s health care journey. There’s no PR team at your
beck and call. There’s no advisory board, no executive committee, no
assistants, no chatbots or AI-powered technology coming to the rescue. There’s
no funding or a company sponsoring your efforts.
There’s no course in how to be a professional patient or
carepartner.
There’s no one there in the stillness and dark of the night, when
you are in the quiet of your tho...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Patients caregivers carepartner Grace Cordovano Judy Faulkner patient advocacy Patient advocates Tommy Thompson Source Type: blogs
Diabetic retinopathy: Understanding diabetes-related eye disease and vision loss
Over 30 million people in the United States live with diabetes, and approximately 7.7 million people have diabetic retinopathy, making it the most common cause of vision loss in working-aged adults. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy has increased significantly over the past 20 years, due to the rise in the number of people diagnosed with diabetes.
How does diabetes affect the retina?
The retina is the light-sensing component located in the back of the eye. It is composed of blood vessels, nerve cells (neurons), and specialized cells called photoreceptors that are involved in directly sensing light. The ability of the ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Leo Kim, MD, PhD Tags: Diabetes Eye Health Source Type: blogs
Medgadget ’s Best Medical Technologies of 2019
Wrapping up this year and looking back on the particularly interesting developments in medical technology, we at Medgadget are impressed and very excited about the future. We’re lucky to cover one of the most innovative fields of research and one that improves and saves lives. Having a constant eye on what’s new in medtech, we present what we believe are the most novel, smart, and medically important technologies we encountered in this passing year. As in years past, a few trends have emerged.
Opiod Overdose Treatment
Opioid addiction, and accompanying overdoses, have become disturbingly common lately. A ...
Source: Medgadget - December 30, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Laser Ultrasound System Images People ’s Insides from a Distance
Clinical non-invasive ultrasounds require their transducers to make contact with the skin, as that allows high frequency vibrations to travel through the body. Many patients, including children, people with burns, and those with sensitive skin would rather be scanned using a contact-free system. Researchers at MIT have now shown that it is indeed possible to use lasers to perform ultrasound scans at a distance.
Optoacoustic imaging involves using a laser to induce sound waves within tissues and to pick up the ultrasonic reflections with a detector that still has to make physical contact. Moreover, such scanning only wor...
Source: Medgadget - December 20, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiology Diagnostics Medicine Orthopedic Surgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
Switching to Outpatient Surgery for Everyone ’s Benefit
By AMY KRAMBECK, MD
The
trend toward less invasive procedures, shifting from inpatient to outpatient, has
changed the face of surgery. Industry-changing leaps in technology and surgical
techniques have allowed us to achieve our treatment goals with smaller
incisions, laparoscopy and other “closed” procedures, less bleeding, less pain,
and lower complication rates. As a result, patients who used to require days of
recovery in the hospital for many common surgeries can now recuperate in their
own homes.
Outpatient
procedures grew from about 50% to 67% of hospitals’
total surgeries between 1994 and 2016,1,2 and o...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Amy Krambeck benign prostatic hyperplasia outpatient surgery Source Type: blogs
November Specials in the Skin Spa!
Great savings are in store for these popular and effective treatments in Christine Hamori ' s +Skin Spa.Coolsculpting - Purchase one area of Coolsculpting and get a second area of equal or lesser value at 50% off. All areas must be treated the same day.We have 4 Coolsculpting machines!Save time and treat up to 4 areas in 35 minutes!Vivace - Purchase a series of 3 Vivace face treatments and get your neck treated for free (both areas must be done the same day).IPL Photorejuvenation - 15% off a package of 3 IPL treatments, PLUS get a free Colorscience Sunforgettable Duo: Face Shield SPF 50 and Brush-on Shield SPF 50...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - November 5, 2019 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: christine hamori skin spa specials Source Type: blogs
20 Medical Technology Advances: Medicine In The Future – Part I
Mind-reading exoskeletons, digital tattoos, 3D printed drugs, RFID implants for recreational purposes: mindblowing innovations come to medicine and healthcare almost every single day. We shortlisted some of the greatest ideas and developments that could give us a glimpse into the future of medicine, but we found so many that we had trouble fitting them into one article. Here are the first ten spectacular medical innovations to watch for.
1) Mixed reality opens new ways for medical education
Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality are all technologies opening new worlds for the human senses. While the difference between...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 17, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing artificial food brain-computer interface cyborg digital tattoos drug development exoskeleton gamification google glass health insurance Healthcare Innovation List Medical education medical techn Source Type: blogs
CoolPeel: Erase Summer Skin Damage
Announcing CoolPeel at Christine Hamori Cosmetic Surgery + Skin SpaAs seen in South Shore MagazineIn case you missed it, we are highlighting our new gentle laser treatment,CoolPeel, that was featured in the Autumn issue ofSouth Shore Magazine. Dr. Hamori is the first to offer this laser treatment on Boston ' s South Shore.What is CoolPeel?CoolPeel is a CO2 laser — the gold standard in treating sunspots, fine lines, wrinkles, acne scarring and the like. It is delivered by the SmartXide Tetra Fractional CO2 Laser from DEKA.What makes CoolPeel different?Traditional laser treatments are effective but can be accompanied by co...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - October 16, 2019 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: coolpeel laser treatments south shore Source Type: blogs
Laser Activated Gold Nanorods Create Silk Seal for Incisions and Wounds
Staples and sutures are currently used to seal soft tissues together in clinical practice, but researchers at Arizona State University have come up with an alternative technique that resembles welding. It may end up being used to seal tissues during surgeries and to treat wounds, and in many cases simply to enhance the effectiveness of staples and sutures. Moreover, because the seal can be more continuous, covering the entirety of an incision, it may help to prevent infections.
The approach relies on a laser to activate gold nanorods so that they heat up and begin to gently melt silk fibers nearby. The silk fibers inter...
Source: Medgadget - October 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Emergency Medicine Materials Military Medicine Nanomedicine Neurosurgery Orthopedic Surgery Thoracic Surgery Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
