For the first time, surgeons have successfully performed a remarkable new heart transplant in which the donor organ never skips a beat in the process, reducing the damage that can occur during such a complex operation. It ushers in a new era of more successful heart transplant surgery.Continue ReadingCategory: Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Cardiovascular, Heart Fai
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Clever coating for medical devices stops clots by imitating a blood vessel
Posted by ArielTechGeek 166 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may form. An experimental new bio-inspired coating could keep that from happening, without the use of blood-thinning drugs.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: University of British Columbia, Blood, Strokes
"Suspended animation" drug could buy time in medical emergencies
Posted by ArielTechGeek 246 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In a medical emergency, quick treatment is critical. But a widely used drug could be repurposed to induce a hibernation-like state, to slow down organ damage and save lives by giving patients more time to reach a hospital.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Sleep, Harvard, Wyss Institute, Neuroscience, Alzheimer's Disease, Drug, Drugs
Worm blob inspires creation of internal medical Band-Aid
Posted by ArielTechGeek 270 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new medical 3D-printing method has been developed that takes its cues from the way tangles of worms interact in nature. The resultant material produced could patch up leaky heart parts or stabilize spinal discs, among other applications.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Hydrogels, Heart, Surgery, University of Colorado
Quitting antidepressants: Lack of medical support drives people online
Posted by ArielTechGeek 311 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Globally, antidepressant use is on the rise, with Australia, the UK and the US among the countries showing a steady increase in the rate of antidepressant prescriptions. Research has shown that this trend can be explained not by new patients being prescribed antidepressants but by patients already prescribed them taking them for longer.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTa
Google's medical AI destroys GPT's benchmark and outperforms doctors
Posted by ArielTechGeek 358 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Doctors treat a multitude of patients daily, with needs ranging from simple to very complex. To deliver effective care, they must be familiar with each patient’s health record and keep up-to-date with the newest procedures and treatments. And then there’s the all-important doctor-patient relationship, built on empathy, trust, and communication. For an AI to come close to emulating a real-world do
Medical nanobots could communicate by releasing molecules into bloodstream
Posted by ArielTechGeek 519 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Implants and tiny machines could eventually be working inside our bodies to help treat disease or monitor activity, but letting them communicate is tricky. Now scientists at EPFL have developed a system whereby devices can communicate by releasing molecules into a patient’s bloodstream.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: molecular biology, Molecules, Communications, Implant, Robotics, Nanomach
Everdrone E2 launched to deliver life-saving medical equipment in minutes
Posted by ArielTechGeek 551 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Back in 2021, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden partnered with Everdrone to test drone delivery of defibrillators to real-world heart attacks victims. Now the company has announced a multipurpose drone to support first responders.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, TechnologyTags: Delivery drone, Emergency drone, Emergency
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