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As the end of the year approaches, many clinicians look for smart ways to invest in their practice while reducing taxable income. One powerful opportunity often overlooked is the Section 179 tax deduction — a U.S. tax incentive that allows businesses, including dental and medical practices, to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment in the year it is placed in service. If ...
Medical rings, often referred to as marker bands, play a vital role in the field of medical devices. These small yet essential components are usually crafted from metals such as gold, platinum, or their alloys, providing radiopaque properties that allow them to be seen in X-ray imaging. This visibility is crucial in many minimally invasive surgical procedures, including angioplasty, where ...
Ms Jonna Nielsen has smoked most of her life – and continues to do so though diagnosed with COPD years ago. The 48-year-old Danish single mother still wants to stop smoking but no longer thinks of herself as a COPD patient, while the severe coughing spells and derived muscle pain have gradually disappeared in the course of six months. The turning point was a visit to the ...
As we all know, proteins play important roles in human bodies since all physiologic events are related to the structural or mechanical functions of certain proteins. Studying the synthesis process of proteins is a way to study the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of certain diseases. The human genome contains approximately 3 billion base pairs of DNA. Among them, only about 30 ...
Pharmaceutical manufacturers relentlessly promote new pain medications. The medical journals are full of treatises and publications discussing the treatment of night pain, breakthrough pain, pain with activity, etc. ...
It also means they can be shared by email much more easily, making appointments and follow-ups run more smoothly and freeing up medical professionals to do more important tasks. It is estimated that traditional offices can spend over 9 hours a week simply searching for documents, so cutting down on this can make a huge difference to everyone. ...
Digital pathology has been rising in popularity over the past few years, thanks to the many efficiencies it offers pathologists. Now, the American Medical Association (AMA) has recognized this shift by announcing the introduction of 13 new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for digital pathology, set to go into effect in January 2023. The codes are Category III, defined as a ...
Suture practice kits should be identical to the ones you use on the job. The goal is to familiarize yourself with the tools you use in a hospital or medical office setting. Practicing suturing is the best way to perfect the procedure, but only if your kit has the right tools. ...
Some doctors and healthcare professionals refer to “silent asthma,” but you’ve probably had difficulty pinpointing its definition. While this term has made its way into medical practice jargon, it is not generally regarded as a medical term. There are a few reasons why people refer to “silent asthma.” To understand their meaning, you need to know about ...
ByAluna
Medical students can hone their skills not just in college or operating rooms but also at home. At home, there are several ways to practice surgery. Here are 5 of them. With a Suture Kit A suture kit can work wonders in improving hand positioning, forceps finger placement and action, among others. It’s reusable, and a good one has everything you need to close nearly all types of wounds. ...
You've probably heard amazing stories of surgeons performing successful, yet extremely delicate and risky procedures such as open-heart surgery, separation of conjoined twins, craniotomy, thoracic aortic dissection repair, oesophagectom, spinal osteomyelitis surgery, and many more. As a medical student, you wonder how a surgeon can do such an incredible job. Well, the answer lies in lots of ...
Introduction “Our priority is to provide our customers with the high purity water and steam that is critical to the development and manufacturing of life-saving medications now and for future generations.” —George Gsell, MECO President Nexus Pharmaceuticals, maker of difficult-to-manufacture, high quality, FDA-approved specialty and generic drugs, is opening a $250 million, ...
The first vaccine, created by Edward Jenner, was used to fight against cowpox in 1796 in England. Though rarely seen today, cowpox, a viral infection, was contracted often by milkmaids before the late 1700s. When someone touched the udder of a cow that was infected, they could contract cowpox. The cowpox virus is like smallpox; however, it is not as deadly as smallpox. Smallpox is a virus that ...
Coronavirus 2021 COVID-19 is nearing the one-year mark in the United States with over 26.2 million cases to date. While cases in the United States are still doubling their daily totals, many people worldwide are experiencing pandemic fatigue. Just before the end of 2020, companies like Moderna and Pfizer, with help from many C & A Scientific customers, were able to provide a solution ...
It goes without saying that when entering a hospital, it is expected that the hospital is clean, sterile, and both patients and the healthcare workers are protected from harmful contamination. To accomplish this level of cleanliness, medical professionals follow a strict series of practices and procedures known as the aseptic technique. Correctly implemented, this technique creates conditions ...
Patient-centricity is a buzzword in life sciences, part of a push for innovation made difficult by complex regulations and long-standing corporate cultures that favor the status quo. Compare this to the tech industry, which is constantly developing new, high-quality products that surprise and delight customers. Companies like Apple, Google and Amazon, all of whom have pushed the limit and ...
ByEtQ, LLC
A research study has been published by the Primary palliative care research group in Scotland, jointly carried out between Lothian NHS, the University of Edinburgh, and the Marie Curie charity. It found the need for more consistency in care and treatment at an earlier stage in terminal illness. Improvement in service has occurred, and the Scottish Government is funding further improvement under ...
This paper examines the normative framework of the European Union (EU) and member states in the field of radioprotection of individuals undergoing medical exposure, in the light of harmonisation on the basis of the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or EURATOM) directives and enforcement at the national level. It discusses to what extent medical standards in radioprotection vary in member ...
A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging* PRACTICE advisories are systematically developed reports that are intended to assist decision making in areas of patient care. Advisories are based on a synthesis of scientific literature and analysis of expert and practitioner opinion, clinical feasibility data, open forum ...
Health and medical knowledge are essential to the resolution of disputes in law and administrative applications (such as workers' compensation) and provide essential input into public policy decisions. We have worked to develop a framework for applying the knowledge of health and medicine in law and dispute resolution similar to the highly influential concepts of "critical appraisal" and ...