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by Bruce Brown | May 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Our kidneys serve the vital function of disposing of dissolved waste products from our bodies such as salts and excess nitrogen. Unfortunately, because the same liquids also include other substances than just urine, the kidneys themselves (we each have two) are...
by Alfred Poor | March 17, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
The problems involved in keeping a heart disease patient alive are complex and interconnected. Keeping a heart beating can require muscular, electrical, and medicinal treatments. A pacemaker by itself is not enough, nor are pharmaceuticals. Researchers at Tel Aviv...
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by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2016 | General News, Medical
Diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic, with current projections that almost 5% of the world population will have diabetes by 2030. About 6% of all adults 65 or older with diabetes in the U.S. develop diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and 0.5% have a lower extremity...
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by Alfred Poor | July 23, 2015 | Medical
Among the many miracles of modern medicine, the increasing survival rate of cancer patients has to be one of the most amazing. Treatments often combine surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy to help beat back the attack of cancer cells. One common side-effect of these...
