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Medical & Health News
April 27, 2010
Flexible Pacemaker
Using flexible circuit technology to wrap around organs and allow many more sensing points
April 18, 2010
The Brain Connection
New probes utilize silk
March 21, 2010
Nepalese Doc Is God Of Sight To Poor
Master Surgeon Offers Services For Free - HETAUDA, Nepal -- Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing.
For nearly a year, cataracts have clouded out all sight from the 70-year-old grandmother's world. With no money, she assumed she'd die alone in darkness. But now she waits quietly outside the operating room for her turn to meet Nepal's God of Sight.
March 20, 2010
Boy receives pioneering stem cell surgery
"It is the first time a child has received stem cell organ treatment, and it's the longest airway that has ever been replaced."
Feb17, 2010
Busting Blood Clots with Sound Waves
New technology being tested could provide a noninvasive approach to treating stroke.
Link to MIT Technology Review story
Feb 26, 2010
Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial
Angioplasty and carotid stenting appears to be as safe, effective, and durable as endarterectomy for treatment of patients with both symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis.
February 2, 2010
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine achieves milestone
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) has awarded preliminary accreditation to the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Classes are expected to begin in 2011.
website http://www.oakland.edu/medicine