Medical School Articles & Analysis
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Children spend a lot of time away from home, whether it is at school, nursery or clubs, therefore, it is important that when they are away from home, they are safe. ...
The following article is a repost of an interview that originally appeared in OR Today “Spotlight On: John W. Cromwell, MD” with Caresyntax customer, John Cromwell, MD, FACS, associate chief medical officer and director of surgical quality and safety at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. ...
Caresyntax hosted a roundtable discussion on how digital transformation—specifically the collection of data in the surgical suite—can drive both quality and return on investment (ROI). The participants included a panel of esteemed healthcare professionals in surgery, nursing, investing, sales, healthcare technology, and academics. The following is a summary of the new pathways and ...
In recent years, there has been a growing trend of using video technology in surgical procedures to enhance precision, communication, and training. While the benefits of video in surgery are many, there are also concerns regarding the legal risks that may arise from its use. Medical professionals fear that video footage of a surgery could potentially be used against them in legal proceedings, ...
In a breakthrough discovery, scientists from the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lim School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) have identified a feature of CPS that helps bacteria colonize the human airways. ...
So, can the heart-kidney benefits of these new hypoglycemic drugs in clinical trials be translated into practical applications, and can their first-line therapeutic effects stand up to real-world testing? In May 2022, the Harvard Medical School research team published a paper entitled Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Initiating First-Line Treatment of Type 2 ...
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a major unmet medical need that accounts for 85% of pulmonary malignancies and effects approximately 450,000 individuals. ...
You might avoid it altogether. In a study at Dartmouth Medical School, researchers observed brain activity while participants did tasks related to either social working memory (deciding how TV characters would feel based on other characters’ feelings) or regular working memory (alphabetizing names). ...
We are excited to announce a beta release of our Calypso tool on the latest Phase II Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) data. This is a project performed in collaboration with the UDN, and we encourage our initial set of UDN investigators to trial this release and provide any feedback, comments, questions or requests to info@frameshit.io. ...
Some of my earliest memories are of accompanying her to medical school classes, which inspired me to eventually pursue a PhD in molecular biology and biochemistry. My studies brought me to the U.S., where my interests shifted towards computer science and after school, I landed a role where I could apply both my software engineering and molecular ...
The corresponding author of this article is Harvard Medical School Investigator Mark Cobbold, whose team focuses on the development of new immunotherapies, having previously investigated the combination of anti-PD-1 and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 inhibitors in liver cancer, among other things. ...
Dr. Kandace P. McGuire shares how 3D tomosynthesis assisted her during two cases (The Case of the Missing Magseed & Imaging a Bracketed Lesion). In addition, Dr. McGuire discusses how she evaluated the specimens in multiple ways using KUBTEC’s MOZART ...
But after his strict high school experience, he felt overwhelmed by Brown’s famously flexible curriculum. “If you’re intellectually self-actualized, there’s nothing better than a school that gets out of your way,” he says. “But if you are used to running in the narrow gauge of a parochial high school, you feel ...
Affiliations and Disclosures From the 1Wing Tech Inc., Menlo Park, California; 2Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; 3University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. ...
I always had a dream of curing my younger sister, who has a severe intellectual disability due to a medical error at birth. Toward the end of middle school, I was focused on becoming a medical doctor. ...
New data generated by Richard Simely, a collaborator of Cone Lab and Vanderbilt Medical School, published in this latest study, confirms this effect and believes that MC3R plays a role in conveying nutrient deprivation to the reproductive axis. ...
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. ...
A suture practice kit is a must-have for anyone who's aspiring to become a medic, veterinarian or physician. It should be noted that not all suture kits are alike, and you'll find that some are better than others. ...
Some vaccinations, such as those for highly contagious diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and diphtheria, are now commonly required for children to attend school, unless medically contraindicated. However, as the first COVID-19 vaccine has just been approved by the U.S. ...
Airborne detection of COVID-19 can be used by medical centers, schools, and other locations to safely reopen. Click here to learn how BioFlash, our portable environmental monitoring solution, can help ensure indoor environments are free of infectious virus particles or detect the presence of airborne COVID-19 to stop the spread. ...