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Baby's Life Saved with Groundbreaking 3-D Printed Device that Restored His Breathing
A bioresorbable splint has been created and used for first time at the University of Michigan, where doctors implanted the device in an infant and stopped a life-threatening condition called tracheobronchomalacia.
This volumetric printing business is really starting to make some medical advances possible. Last time it was 3-D printed liver lobule, this time it is a tracheal splint to help a baby breathe. Science and technology are awesome.
The Gunner Song by the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine Class of 2016.
A well done parody video of “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Bravo.
What Your Body Does In 30 Seconds.
Book Autopsy by Kathleen Sawyer.
Reminiscent of the anatomical books of yesteryear, this book autopsy begins with the sutured incisions on the first page and move through many layers of tissue and organs as the reader continues. From lungs, to heart, to bowel, this is a wonderfully conceived project.
Coffee Propaganda.
This is an interesting and cute video about coffee with the flair of 1940s and 50s propaganda. Despite everything the video touches upon, I drink coffee for the simple reason of staying awake on those very bad days.
Trend of Drug Overdoses in the United States.
While the interpretation of the data is somewhat imprecise and makes many assumptions and condensations, it is still shows a very concerning trend.
Of course, prescribed medications plays a large part of this picture. As my attendings often say: “we, as healthcare providers, are the single largest supplier of medications, appropriately used and abused.”
Most of those within the pharmaceuticals category had unknown intent but a strikingly large number exacted unintentional self-harm. This is from such issues as drug interactions, improper dosing, improper medications et cetera. Death in this portion, perhaps greater than any other category here, is an avoidable outcome.
What can we do as a health care system to curb this growing trend in prescribed pharmaceuticals? Is it a simple matter of education and systematic checks or can we do more? Discuss below.
3D Printer Makes World’s Smallest Human ‘Livers.’
3D printing technology just keeps getting better and better. This time, scientists at Organovo in San Diego were able to create a 3D printer that prints using liver cells. Layering these cells into a histologically correct lattice, the team plans to model disease processes and medication effects more accurately.
The plan is to eventually be able to print fully functional human livers that are viable for transplantation.
Harpoon Pierces Man's Skull in Cleaning Accident, Doesn't Damage Brain
Despite accidentally shooting himself in the face with a speargun last week, Bruno Barcellos de Souza Coutinho of Brazil will somehow manage to leave the hospital with his brain intact.
This man lost the vision in his left eye when the harpoon penetrated the eyeball but beyond that and a bit of “negligible brain trauma,” he is set to make a full recovery. And hopefully he has learned a valuable lesson:
Make sure that a weapon is not loaded before you proceed to cleaning it.
This has been a public safety announcement.
Plate 81 from The anatomy of the arteries of the human body, with its applications to pathology and operative surgery by Richard Quain.
When I look at this illustration, I am truly impressed with the detail of it all. I also find myself unable to shake the thoughts of compartment syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis, and deep vein thrombosis as I inspect its details, says the medical mind that does not know when to quit.
Heart by Aleksandr Kuskov.
The heart is special. In a lifetime, our hearts will beat over 2 billion times. It is a pump, a hard working machine, that drives us through the day and night, through the good and bad. It is the first organ to fully function when we are conceived; it is one of the last organs to fail.
And of course, it is the only organ that falls in love.
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