This technology is amazing. I have included a video from YouTube that is home made and not related this this patient or case, but shows the procedures used with the machine and how the unit and dressing is changed. The cancer was so rare that it has only been seen twice at the M.D....
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Surgery, Medical Devices, Cancer, tumors, Heatlhcare, Wound care, wound VAC, M D Anderson, incision
It is still at the mice testing stage, but 80% tested had a reversal of diabetes and in other cases it prevented the onset of diabetes. Side effects, etc. will need to be studied as well, but this looks very promising if in fact the drugs can prevent diabetes for many, especially children if their...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, healthcare, Cancer, Diabetes, R and D, San Francisco University of California
Part of the cure for his cancer involves hormones and, yes he is getting a taste of what females deal with all our lives, but if it offers a cure for him, it is worth every minute. Good article to read if this therapy would be applicable to you or someone you know as it offers a lot of information...
It keeps getting smarter out there, and this looks to be something that I hope moves along very quickly, so instead of waiting days or weeks for blood tests, this could be done at bedside at the hospital, or for that matter even at the office perhaps down the road. BD When you're sick, getting...
One of the big changes just like everywhere else in healthcare is integration. It is all open source software and using some nice Web 2.0 applications and now includes a dashboard for easy management and locating program modules and relative information. BD The National Cancer Institute for...
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on 11-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, clinical trials, Heatlhcare, National Cancer Institute, Health 2.0, Web 2.0
This is a real interesting merger with a biotech company patient-specific immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases of the immune system merging with a company that provides personal health records, both companies from California. Favrille is involved in clinical trials...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Biotech, PHR, Google Health, Cancer, clinical trials, Personal Health Records, R and D
The software receives demographics, lab results, medication and allergy lists, and height and weight data and sends detailed prescribing and nurse note information, as well as individual drug administrations. The software can also maintain complete medical charts. All the the software requires...
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on 11-03-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Medical Records, Cancer, Business Intelligence, software, integration, Chemotherapy, Treatment plans