Watch surgeons attack B.C. woman's brain tumour with new laser method
Twenty-seven Canadians a day are diagnosed with a brain tumour. Often, the prognosis isn't good, but it might be improved thanks to a new technique that targets tumours deep inside the brain that are too dangerous to remove surgically. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
What is it Like to Have PRK Surgery?
What is it like to get PRK corrective eye surgery? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.
Answer by Eric Kolovson, had PRK surgery in both eyes, on Quora:
I got PRK done on each eye, one at a time. Both eyes have been healing on slightly different timelines, but here's the general experience:
Day 0: The surgery itself is relatively painless. I would compare it to going to the dentist for a cleaning, where you have to lie still for a certain amount of time and endure a bit of discomfort, but there is no real pain. The major dif...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To the Brain and Back - "Fantastic Voyage" pulsed by Anatomy from Asimov
Autumn 1966: A Medical Operation that's critical to Military Operations -
... an operation vitally urgent to the security of the free world... a voyage into inner space, into the living body, via a submarine and everyone in it shrunk down to the size of a single cell... inserted hypodermically and transported by the body's circulatory system, through the heart and the lungs, into the brain... so that a laser beam might dissolve a life-threatening blood clot, in a brain that holds an earth-imperiling secret....
... $4 million will be spent to make this milestone of entertainment and showmanship.
That was the 1966 promoti...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 15, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Woman Farts During Surgery And The Results Are Ghastly
A woman who went into a Tokyo hospital for surgery needed to be treated for burns after one of her farts apparently started a fire in the operating room.
The fire happened April 15 at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital when a doctor was using a laser on the cervix of a woman in her 30s, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
Doctors believed the patient passed gas that was then ignited by the laser.
The resulting fire burned most of the patient’s body, waist and legs, according to a News.com.au.
According to a report about the incident, no flammable materials were in the operation room during the surgery and th...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 2, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Woman Farts During Surgery And The Results Are Ghastly
A woman who went into a Tokyo hospital for surgery needed to be treated for burns after one of her farts apparently started a fire in the operating room.
The fire happened April 15 at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital when a doctor was using a laser on the cervix of a woman in her 30s, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
Doctors believed the patient passed gas that was then ignited by the laser.
The resulting fire burned most of the patient’s body, waist and legs, according to a News.com.au.
According to a report about the incident, no flammable materials were in the operation room during the surgery and th...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman Farts During Surgery, Setting Fire To Laser In Operating Room
A woman who went into a Tokyo hospital for surgery needed to be treated for burns after one of her farts apparently started a fire in the operating room.
The fire happened April 15 at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital when a doctor was using a laser on the cervix of a woman in her 30s, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
Doctors believed the patient passed gas that was then ignited by the laser.
The resulting fire burned most of the patient’s body, waist and legs, according to a News.com.au.
According to a report about the incident, no flammable materials were in the operation room during the surgery and th...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 2, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Improve Kidney Function With IV Laser Treatment
If you're one of the more than 20 million Americans who suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD), your doctor has probably told you there isn't much they can do for you.
Mainstream medicine doesn't have a cure for CKD. What they do have is a lot of drugs to treat the symptoms of it. And most of the drugs will leave you worse off than before you started taking them…
Like ESAs, which are prescribed to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease. These dangerous drugs can cause strokes, heart attacks, blood clots and seizures.
And if your kidneys fail, your only options are dialysis or a kidney transplant....
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 31, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cathy Card Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
How Medical Tattoos Can Help People With Skin Grafts And Scars
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - Patients who get tattoos to cover facial skin grafts and scars may feel happier with both their appearance and quality of life, a Dutch study suggests.
The practice of using tattoos to cover damaged skin isn’t that new. Doctors even have a term for it: dermatography. These medical tattoos are not butterflies or lightning bolts; rather doctors use subtle coloration to make discolored areas match surrounding skin more closely.
While it doesn’t cure disease, cosmetic changes made by tattoo needles can still have lasting health benefits, said one of the study’s authors, Dr. ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
How Medical Tattoos Can Help People With Skin Grafts And Scars
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - Patients who get tattoos to cover facial skin grafts and scars may feel happier with both their appearance and quality of life, a Dutch study suggests.
The practice of using tattoos to cover damaged skin isn’t that new. Doctors even have a term for it: dermatography. These medical tattoos are not butterflies or lightning bolts; rather doctors use subtle coloration to make discolored areas match surrounding skin more closely.
While it doesn’t cure disease, cosmetic changes made by tattoo needles can still have lasting health benefits, said one of the study’s authors, Dr. ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Microneedling: How To Get Rid of Wrinkles and Scars
Like the rest of your body, your skin accumulates damage over the years from environmental toxins and bad habits like smoking or a poor diet. You might have visible scars on your face… or skin that’s been left with pits and pocks from childhood chicken pox or acne.
If you go to a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist, they’ll likely suggest an invasive and painful procedure with a long recovery.
But I’m here to tell you that you don’t need a facelift if you want to look younger. And you don’t need a chemical peel to get smoother skin.
How To Help Restore Your Skin
I’ve been helping my pat...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 29, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Women's Health Source Type: news
MRI Interventions' ClearPoint & #194; & #174; Neuro-Navigation System to be Featured at ...
ClearPoint System’s one-room procedural workflow addresses intra-hospital transportation risk and patient comfort IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2016 - MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCQB:MRIC) today announced that its ClearPoint Neuro Navigation System will be utilized at a Practical Clinic entitled“Laser Ablation Surgery: Opportunities, Indications, Technique and Outcomes” during the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) taking place on September 24 - 28, 2016, in San Diego,...This story is related to the following:Health, Medical,& Dental Supplies and EquipmentSearch for suppliers of:Navigation Sys...
Source: Industrial Newsroom - Health, Medical and Dental Supplies - September 29, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
What You Can Learn From Talking To A 90-Year Old
Pretty good shape for 90 - must be those G&Ts
Last week we celebrated my father-in-law's 90th birthday.
There was a time when even getting to 90 was a major achievement, and if someone were lucky enough to make it to 90, they were generally frail, wheelchair bound and barely aware of the celebration going on around them.
I remember when my great grandmother hit 90. She was in a nursing home, bent over, in a wheelchair. She barely knew where she was, or who she was. That was some time ago.
For my father-in-law, Ken Pattenden, nothing could be further from the truth. The man still stands a lean and wiry six foot plus (a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Some Wild Facts About Our Eyes
I spent a good 12 hours yesterday in front of my laptop monitor. I didn't plan to go that long, but hey, life happens, and things need to get done. The upside: I got a ton of things done. The downside: my eyes were seriously strained at the end of the day.
When I went to bed last night, still feeling the burn, so to speak, I got to thinking about how much we take our peepers for granted. I mean, how much do we really know about them, apart from the fact we use them to see and they come in a variety of cool colors? And so today, I scoured the web to compile a list of pretty fascinating eye trivia. Let's get our learn on!
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for September 19, 2016
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5. Edwards Lifesciences wins expanded CE Mark for Sapien 3 replacement heart valve
Edwards Lifesciences said today that it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for an expanded indication for its Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic...
Source: Mass Device - September 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 5 Source Type: news
J & J to Buy Abbott Vision Care Biz for $4.3B
Products in areas including cataract surgery, laser vision correction and corneal care products (Source: PharmaManufacturing.com)
Source: PharmaManufacturing.com - September 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
