"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
The United States, Pro-Life as Sickness
When visiting Brussels, Belgium, Engelhart speaks to Wim Distelmans, an oncologist and euthanasia proponent, about whether assisted death should be offered to more people in the United States. “It’s a developing country,” he tells her. “You shouldn’t try to implement a law of euthanasia in countries where there is no basic healthcare.” A reader wonders, … Continue reading The United States, Pro-Life as Sickness
Lipid Nanoparticles TED Talk by Kathryn A. Whitehead
https://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_a_whitehead_the_tiny_balls_of_fat_that_could_revolutionize_medicine "What if you were holding life-saving medicine … but had no way to administer it? Zoom down to the nano level with engineer Kathryn A. Whitehead as she gives a breakdown of the little fatty balls (called lipid nanoparticles) perfectly designed to ferry cutting-edge medicines into your body's cells. Learn how her work is … Continue reading Lipid Nanoparticles TED Talk by Kathryn A. Whitehead
CRISPR Enzyme Programmed to Kill Viruses in Human Cells
"Many of the world's most common or deadly human pathogens are RNA-based viruses—Ebola, Zika and flu, for example—and most have no FDA-approved treatments. A team led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has now turned a CRISPR RNA-cutting enzyme into an antiviral that can be programmed to detect and destroy RNA-based … Continue reading CRISPR Enzyme Programmed to Kill Viruses in Human Cells
Clinical Trial Society
"One implication is that 25, 50, 250 years from now, we become a kind of clinical-trial society in which empirically driven decisions are constantly popping up. But by clinical-trial society, I mean all sorts of questions, because the information net becomes so rich — and the capacity to understand or deconvolute that information, because of … Continue reading Clinical Trial Society
Who the Fuck is SWIM?
"SWIM has done it all, from the most obscure pharmaceuticals to the hardest street drugs, at every dosage, in every combination. SWIM has shot black tar heroin in Thailand, drunk ayahuasca in Peru, binged on Quaaludes in Beverly Hills. SWIM has been to hell and back, cheated death, seen God. SWIM has survived hospital stays, … Continue reading Who the Fuck is SWIM?
Amazon Health – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
"At the same time, the U.S. healthcare system is inextricably tied up with the post-World War 2 order; indeed, the entire reason employers are so important to the system is because of World War 2 regulations that instituted price controls on wages, incentivizing employers to use benefits as a means of attracting workers (this was … Continue reading Amazon Health – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Reuters Investigates “The Body Trade”
"Each year, thousands of Americans donate their bodies in the belief they are contributing to science. In fact, many are also unwittingly contributing to commerce, their bodies traded as raw material in a largely unregulated national market. Body brokers are also known as non-transplant tissue banks. They are distinct from the organ and tissue transplant … Continue reading Reuters Investigates “The Body Trade”
UK Scientists Create World’s Smallest Surgical Robot to Start a Hospital Revolution
"For robots to revolutionise surgery, he said, they need to be versatile, easy to use and small so that surgical staff can move them around the operating room or between operating theatres, or pack them away when they are not being used. “Our robot does all of this and is the first robotic arm to … Continue reading UK Scientists Create World’s Smallest Surgical Robot to Start a Hospital Revolution
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