One of the insidious aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is that in most cases, the damage is not visible. The gold standard for diagnosis is a CT scan, but this is not possible on the battlefield or football field. Medical personnel are generally limited to questionnaires and concussion screening protocols. The US Marine Corps has adopted a new product to help identify … [Read more...]
Handheld Ultrasound for First Responders [video]
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When first responders and other emergency personnel arrive at the scene of a medical emergency, they have to make quick decisions about how to treat an injured or ill patient. All too often, they must make these judgments based on relatively limited information because they do not have access to all the diagnostic tools available in a typical hospital emergency room. That is … [Read more...]
Competition to Prevent Elderly Fall Injuries
The statistics about seniors and falling are sobering. One in four older adults fall each year in the U.S., but half do not seek medical care. Still, every 11 seconds another senior arrives at an emergency room for treatment of injuries sustained in a fall. Every 19 minutes, an older adult dies from a fall. Injuries from falls cost $34 billion in 2013, and the costs could … [Read more...]
Diagnose 17 Diseases with One Breath
Starting way before royal physicians smelled the stools and urine of infant noblemen, doctors have used their sense of smell to detect disease. According to an article in Scientific American, physicians have "known that the breath contains clues to many diseases" since 400 B.C. In the journal Biomedical Chromatography, Buszewski and others wrote, "It has been demonstrated that … [Read more...]
Researchers Show Implants Can Be Hacked
Digital electronic technology has made modern medical miracles possible. We now have "smart" connected devices that can be implanted inside our bodies to provide tracking and treatment for a variety of chronic conditions and diseases. But this technology is a double-edged sword; unless implemented correctly, these devices can be both a benefit and a risk. Researchers in … [Read more...]
