"Early tests suggested that the sound waves successfully decimated up to 75 percent of liver tumor material in the rat bodies, which enabled the little critters' immune systems to jump into action and beat the leftover cancerous tissues out of existence, preventing reemergence......The new treatment is called "histotripsy," and it noninvasively directs ultrasound waves so that the … Continue reading Histotripsy: Solid Tumor Oblation With Ultrasound
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Chances of Dying From an In-Hospital Medical Error
"Errors in medicine include wrong diagnoses, drug dosage miscalculations, and treatment delays. These errors are likely to be underestimated because studies tend to focus exclusively on hospitals and not on the rest of the healthcare system; because some errors may only have debilitating effects years down the road for a patient and are thus harder … Continue reading Chances of Dying From an In-Hospital Medical Error
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