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Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia developed a device to make brain surgery safer. A tiny imaging probe, encased within a brain biopsy needle, lets surgeons ‘see’ at-risk blood vessels as they insert the needle, allowing them to avoid causing bleeds that can potentially be fatal. Their project... 25 January 2017
Saint Joseph’s College has received a $1.5 million grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation to support the creation of a new academic center in Standish to address critical shortages in Maine’s nursing workforce. According to the foundation, the number of Maine nurses on the verge of retirement is up significantly,... 24 January 2017
Nearly two decades after Minnesota State University leaders began envisioning a new building for the College of Allied Health and Nursing, a scaled-back version of their vision is now open. The university's new $27 million Clinical Sciences Building welcomed its first students this week as they returned from winter break. 23 January 2017
Surgery sometimes can yield surprises for physicians as they operate on the human body. Now, three-dimensional modeling can take away some of that guesswork. In fact, for many physicians, there’s little that can replace the ability to hold and manipulate an accurate model of the exact area of a patient’s... 23 January 2017
The need for hormone therapy often prompts transgender patients to seek treatment from endocrinologists, but many clinicians have received little formal training in this area, according to study results published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.1 "As awareness and insurance coverage of transgender healthcare has increased, there is growing... 20 January 2017
As 2017 begins, around 81 percent of Americans live in urban areas, up from 79 percent in 2000. At the same time, urban and suburban areas where vacant land exists (so, not you, San Francisco) have been expanding, redefining what used to be rural. With this demographic shift comes a... 20 January 2017
The Roanoke Valley Regional Fire & EMS Academy #20 consisting of 23 personnel representing the Cities of Roanoke and Salem, and Roanoke County graduated on December 15 at the Berglund Center, Performing Arts Theatre. Each recruit was called to the stage and pinned with their official firefighter badge as their... 19 January 2017
If an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) needs a medical tool, such as a surgical instrument or a finger splint, they normally have to wait for a resupply mission. But that is about to change this month, when NASA astronauts will use a 3D printer aboard the ISS... 19 January 2017
The American Academy of Pediatrics and Kognito launched Artificial Perfection: Talking to Teens about Performance Enhancement – a free, role-play simulation designed to prepare pediatricians and other child health professionals to lead real-life conversation with teens about appearance and performance-enhancing substances. The use of appearance and performance-enhancing substances among youth... 19 January 2017
SOMERSWORTH - He has been a nurse, an EMT, a police officer, a state trooper and a member of the governor's security detail. Now as the deputy chief and operations manager for American Ambulance, John Cody is using some of the skills he has in new and different ways. Paul... 18 January 2017
The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Modeling and Simulation and Virtual Humans and Synthetic Societies Lab are developing an emotive “Virtual Reality Patient,”, in conjunction with Southwestern Medical Foundation, that medical students will be able to use to improve their patient communication skills – and the Virtual Reality... 18 January 2017
Touch Surgery and DAQRI launched new surgical training capabilities that let people perform next to ‘real-life’ surgical procedures. The development brings Augmented Reality (AR) into the operating room, letting surgeons practice in a virtual OR on a virtual patient. “Surgeons no longer need to refer to outdated books or medical... 17 January 2017
eNewsChannels NEWS: LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Everest Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3), has made it its core passion to help the Graduate Medical Education community. The foundation is renowned in circles of Medical Schools, Universities and Residency Programs. The foundation, in part, assists with funding of research, personnel, edu-initiatives, and... 17 January 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For more than a century, going to medical school has meant basically the same thing across the country: four years of learning about human anatomy and physiology, and how to diagnose and treat the diseases that afflict us. Every med student got roughly the same education,... 17 January 2017
57% of U.S. Pharma Medical Education Teams Support Products Across Multiple Therapeutic Areas RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC--(Marketwired - December 27, 2016) - New analysis of more than a dozen life sciences medical education teams partially attributes poor performance to strategic misalignment of educational and external facing medical groups' – such as... 16 January 2017
RIYADH — Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services (PSCEMS) at King Saud University has received accreditation for pre-hospital trauma life support (PHTLS) and advanced medical life support (AMLS) training from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, a nonprofit organization based in in Clinton, Mississippi, US. PSCEMS... 16 January 2017
Most physicians are familiar with the necessity of Continuing Medical Education (CPE), although many ignore the impact of education on the medical practice’s employees -- one of the major assets of any practice. Fortunately, the cost of continuing education, as well as training and educating the practice’s employees can often... 13 January 2017
Attrition rates in general surgery programs remain high, with many would-be surgeons switching to another program or specialty, according to a meta-analysis in JAMA Surgery. Reviewing 22 studies on residents from general surgery programs, the authors concluded that overall attrition prevalence among residents was 18% (95% CI 14%-21%), reported Mohammed... 12 January 2017
Physician's Weekly, a point-of-care company that provides continuing medical education services to physicians, has launched its first CME course using Facebook Live. Physicians like to consume information on sites such as Facebook, which are already part of their daily lives, said Ezra Ernst, CEO of Physician's Weekly. With that idea in mind,... 12 January 2017
DEERFIELD & CHICAGO, Ill. – Dec. 20, 2016 – As Walgreens focuses on new ways to help support the development of next-generation healthcare technology, products and services, today the company joins Chicago-based healthcare incubator and innovation community, MATTER, in announcing a new strategic relationship. Walgreens will collaborate with healthcare innovators across... 11 January 2017