LifeStraw Saving Lives, Sometimes by Saving the Environment
Here at Medgadget we cover the latest in high tech medicine, so it is no surprise that many of the devices we profile help doctors save lives, but cost millions of dollars. That is due primarily to the fact that the developed world has overcome diseases and conditions, such as diarrhea and dysentery, that continue [...]
Comparison of cement pressurisation in flanged and unflanged acetabular cups
Published: 3 February 2012 Background This biomechanical study examined difference in cement pressures generated by flanged and unflanged acetabular cups in hip arthroplasty. Method Using a model acetabulum, cement was inserted and pressurised followed by cup insertion and pressurisation. Pressures were recorded using transducers in the acetabulum. We compared Charnley Ogee (flanged), Exeter contemporary (flanged) [...]
Nuns should go on the pill for anti-cancer protection
Lifelong nuns, like all women who never have children, are at an increased risk of dying from breast, ovarian and uterine cancers, compared with mothers. Writing in The Lancet yesterday Roger Short from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Kara Britt of Monash University, Melbourne, call for nuns to be given the contraceptive pill to [...]
HEALTH Reports Pertussis Outbreak in Barrington; Works With School Officials, Providers
On December 22, HEALTH received a report from a Barrington pediatrician that a student had been diagnosed with pertussis. After working with Barrington school officials and other healthcare providers, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) has confirmed a total of eight cases of pertussis in students who attend either Hampden Meadows Elementary School or [...]