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The scientist He Jiankui at a medical conference in Hong Kong last year, when he announced he had created the world’s first genetically edited babies. Image Credit…Kin Cheung/Associated Press He…
A patient has died after she was set alight during surgery for cancer, succumbing to burns on 40 percent of her body. Surgeons had used an electric scalpel and flammable…
The difference between the Rod of Asclepius and the Caduceus. The Rod of Asclepius is an ancient Greek symbol associated with medicine, consisting of a serpent coiled around a rod.…
From unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness. We expect to feel no pain during surgery or at least to have no memory of the procedure. But it wasn’t always so. Until…
The earliest surgeries in history were crude at best and likely to have been performed out of desperation or ignorance. Surgery as we know it did not truly begin until…
Debakey forceps are a type of atraumatic tissue forceps used in vascular procedures to avoid tissue damage during manipulation. They are typically large (some examples are upwards of 12 inches…
An Israeli company is helping doctors treat cancer by freezing tumors with liquid nitrogen. IceCure Medical, a company based in Israel’s northern coastal city of Caesarea, claim their non-invasive ProSense™…
This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized. Afferent vs efferent Afferent connection arrives and an efferent connection exits. Anterior leg Compartment “The Hospitals Are Not Dirty…
NHS/Royal Derby Hospital A hospital trust has become the first in the UK to introduce disposable sterile hijabs for staff. The Royal Derby Hospital launched the headscarves earlier this month…
For a split second, the ER is totally silent.All eyes – and there are a lot of them: nurses, doctors, techs, an EMT standing just off to the side –…
I’m Interested In The Surgeon’s Ego… Social sciences fascinate me. Social psychology, influence, compliance gaining, emotional intelligence, interpersonal dynamics, how to lead change…all of these topics run rampant in our…
The Osia system bypasses the damaged parts of the ear and then sends vibrations through the bone to the cochlea. Australia-based Cochlear has received clearance from the US Food and…
Adult ALS includes advanced interventions after basic life support has started and when appropriate an AED has been used. The transition between basic and advanced life support should be seamless…
Halo-gravity traction is a way to pull the head and spine upward carefully, applying a slow stretch to the spine. Doctors do this by attaching a halo (a metal ring…
The point of surgical procedures is to save or improve the quality of our lives, but things can and do go wrong because of system or human errors. In too…