Abuse of the anaesthesia drug propofol is a ‘rapidly progressive form of substance dependence’ that is being more commonly seen among health care professionals, reports a study. ‘Propofol addiction is a virulent and debilitating form of substance dependence’ with a ‘rapid downhill course,’ write Drs. Paul Earley and Torin Finver of Georgia Health Professionals Program, […]
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In a world first, a donated human liver has been ‘kept alive’ outside a human being and then successfully transplanted into a patient in need of a new liver. So far the procedure has been performed on two patients on the liver transplant waiting list and both are making excellent recoveries. Currently transplantation depends on […]
The European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) is to launch a safety starter kit containing a wide variety of essential resources to help raise safety standards in anaesthesiology across Europe. The kit will be distributed on a memory stick at this year
Chemists have developed a prototype medical dressing that detects the first signs of the lethal Toxic Shock Syndrome along with other burn wound infections and could potentially save the lives of children with serious burns. Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a serious complication of burn infections and particularly dangerous in children under four due to […]
A tiny, EPFL-designed implantable device that can be positioned within the eye and controlled remotely may well revolutionise the treatment of glaucoma. The device should be through testing this year and on its way to the market in 2014 via Rheon Medical, an EPFL spin-off. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness globally, after […]
EPFL scientists have developed a tiny, portable personal blood testing laboratory: a minuscule device implanted just under the skin provides an immediate analysis of substances in the body, and a radio module transmits the results to a doctor over the cellular phone network. This feat of miniaturisation has many potential applications, including monitoring patients undergoing […]
Researchers at Papworth Hospital, the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered why a new type of dangerous bacterial infection has become more common among people with Cystic Fibrosis around the world. Through their ground-breaking research, the team has developed new measures to protect Cystic Fibrosis patients. People with Cystic Fibrosis […]
White blood cells, or leukocytes, are the immune system’s warriors. So when an infection or disease attacks the body, the system typically responds by sending more white blood cells into the fray. This means that checking the number of these cells is a relatively easy way to detect and monitor such conditions. Currently, most white […]
Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System recommend radiosurgery for treating unruptured arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), because the procedure has a reasonable benefit-to-risk profile. They base this recommendation on an evaluation of clinical and radiographic outcomes in 444 patients treated with radiosurgery for unruptured AVMs at their institution. Arteriovenous malformations are vascular anomalies in […]
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