Mohsin Sandhu: October 2007 Archives
"Perhaps one of the most innovative developments is the introduction of
the da Vinci robotic surgery system which enables a skilled surgeon to
operate in a minimally invasive manner. Simply put, minimally invasive
means that the less traumatic the incision required to complete the
surgery, the better the outcome will be for the patient. The patient is
subjected to a much shorter hospital stay, less postoperative pain is
experienced, bleeding is minimized, scarring is reduced and much
quicker healing is fostered. This translates into significant benefits
for the patient and enables a much quicker return to the normal
activities of life.For this robotic surgery the physician sits at a console adjacent to the patient and through very small incisions into the patient inserts a micro-camera..."
Read the full article by Clark Richards, at Associated Content
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"1987: Paul Holc, just three hours old, becomes the youngest-ever recipient of an organ transplant after surgeons at Loma Linda University Medical Center give him a new heart.
Holc was born with a severely underdeveloped left chamber, a congenital condition known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Without treatment, it is always fatal. And prior to young Holc, there had been no successful heart transplant performed on a newborn. In fact, there had never been a successful pediatric organ transplant of any kind..."
Read the full article by Tony Long, at Wired
"Scientists at the University at Buffalo have reinvented phrenology in
the form of a set of biometrics that produce a numerical score
indicating the probability that you are about to commit a terrorist act.Computer and behavioral scientists at the University at Buffalo are developing automated systems that track faces, voices, bodies and other biometrics against scientifically tested behavioral indicators to provide a numerical score of the likelihood that an individual may be about to commit a terrorist act..."
Read the full article byat Boing Boing
"Americans Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies
and Briton Martin J. Evans won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on
Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technology
known as gene targeting in mice.The process has been used to help science determine why some diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, strike people at a cellular level, as well as models in mice that show how human disorders like cardiovascular and neuro-degenerative ailments, along with diabetes and cancer, exist and strike otherwise healthy people..."
Read the full article by the Associated Press, at Fresh News
"It’s not often that Microsoft gets the drop on Google. But today it launched HealthVault in beta, a free online repository where anyone can keep their personal health records. Meanwhile, Google Health has yet to launch, having recently lost its leader Adam Bosworth.
With HealthVault, you can import your health records from your doctors, hospitals, labs, prescription drug plans, and other healthcare providers. You can also type them in yourself, or upload data from personal health monitoring devices such as glucose or blood-pressure monitors..."
Read the full article by Erick Schonfel, at TechCrunch
