Courtesy of Bill Marston and company by way of Joe Mills. Living in a medically underserved county is an independent risk factor for major limb amputationPresented as a poster presentation at the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Vascular Surgery, Paradise Island, Bahamas, January 23-26, 2013.Katharine L. McGinigle, MD, MPH, Corey A. Kalbaugh, MS, MA, William A. Marston, MDReceived 13... Continue Reading →
Use your brain, improve your (postural) stability? Can cognitive training reduce falls?
Fascinating work spotted by Joe Mills from a team at UIC.Impact of Cognitive Training on Balance and Gait in Older Adults: Renae L. Smith-Ray1, Susan L. Hughes1,2, Thomas R. Prohaska3, Deborah M. Little4,Donald A. Jurivich5 and Donald Hedeker1,6+Author Affiliations1 Center for Research on Health and Aging, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago.2 Community Health Sciences, School of... Continue Reading →
Just What the Doctor Ordered: An Xbox
Just What the Doctor Ordered: An Xbox | Fast Company | Business + Innovation: SPAIN'S BASQUE COUNTRY HAS BEEN USING MICROSOFT'S GAME CONSOLE TO MONITOR AND TREAT PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES.
"Spray-on skin" product may treat flesh wounds, promote healing
Arizona Daily Wildcat: "Spray-on skin" product may treat flesh wounds, promote healing
The Battle For The Connected Home Is Heating Up | TechCrunch
The Battle For The Connected Home Is Heating Up | TechCrunch
Higher spending on vascular care did not lower amputation rate
Higher spending on vascular care did not lower amputation rate | Orthotics Prosthetics: In a study of 18,463 Medicare patients, researchers found increased spending on vascular care was not associated with a lower amputation rate.Researchers examined the association between regional spending on vascular care in the United States and amputation in regions where Medicare patients... Continue Reading →
Eyes-On Glasses Help See Veins, Place Needles
Eyes-On Glasses Help See Veins, Place Needles via Medgadget:
Nonin’s Investigational iPhone Regional Oximeter and World’s Smallest Regional Oximeter with Bluetooth
Nonin's Investigational iPhone Regional Oximeter and World's Smallest Regional Oximeter with Bluetooth Smart:
Wow…what if you crossed a player piano with a 3d printer with a band-saw? I think you’d get this…
First: press play, below.Second: say "wow"Third: consider the applications for this: imagine guided surgical applications, for instance?!
Virtual Autopsy: Are we finally at a point where Radiology has merged with Pathology?
See this video and tell us what you think.