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News

Man Survives Being Impaled Through Eye Socket With Pruning Shears

8:20AM August 31, 2011 | Casey Chan

Leroy Leutscher, an 86-year-old man from Arizona, was out on his yard when he dropped his pruning shears. As he reached down to grab them, he slipped and fell, landing face down on the handle. The handle went through his eye socket and down into his neck. Amazingly, he’s OK. More »


Software

US Government Will Pay Doctors $US44,000 To Use An iPad

4:40AM July 29, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Obama administration strongly desires that all medical records be electronic. There’s a much-lauded app called drchrono for the iPad which can make that transition happen. Logically, the government will toss up to $US44,000 to any doctor willing to use it. More »


Geek Out

Here Are The Old Pop-Up Books Doctors Used To Learn How To Perform Surgery

9:20AM May 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

It’s always amazing to look back at how terribly simple things once were. These pop-up books, for example, are intricately layered to show the various organs in a human body. Doctors would use ‘em for practice surgery runs. [Laughing Squid] More »


Online

Self Diagnosis Is Bad, Mmmkay?

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12:06PM February 10, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Bupa, the health insurance company behind MBF, HBA and Mutual Community here in Australia, recently conducted a survey across 12 countries around using the net for self-diagnosis. Turns out us Aussies like to take trips to Dr. Google to find out what ails us… More »


Science

Bill Gates Says It’s An Absolute Lie To Link Vaccines And Autism

12:00PM February 6, 2011 | Casey Chan

Dr. Wakefield’s study once showed a link between vaccinations and autism. Too bad it was based on fraudulent data and “an absolute lie”. Bill Gates has pledged 10 billion dollars to make it the “year of the vaccines”. More »


Gadgets

Hands-On With The iHealth Blood Pressure Dock

12:00AM January 5, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Back in 2009, when Apple announced accessory support for iPhone OS, they proposed an at-home medical device capable of sending data to doctors. The iHealth dock is that device, and it could totally transform your relationship with your blood pressure. More »


Science

Doctors Save Girl’s Hand By Grafting It To Her Leg For 3 Months

12:40PM November 18, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

In July, nine-year-old Ming Li lost her hand in a tractor accident. Her arm was too damaged to reattach it, so they grafted it to her leg instead. Three months later, the hand’s back on her arm and regaining function. More »


Science

SPIDER Spreads Out Your Insides, Helps Surgeons Save Lives

9:00AM October 25, 2010 | Jack Loftus

My background is writing partially thought-out gadget blog posts, so you’ll forgive me this brief moment of juvenile amazement:Holy cow surgeons have the craziest tools! Is the SPIDER something you surgeons out there are regularly playing god with, or what? More »


Computing

Doctors Will Use Dell Streak Tablets For Treating Patients

5:08PM September 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

At five inches, the Streak is a lot more portable than the iPad – but still not quite as pocket-friendly (lab coat-friendly?) as the iPhone. Nonetheless, that’s where Dell wants to place its tablets, ramming it with a healthcare software app. More »


Online

Doctors Blog About The Weirdest Stuff They’ve Removed From Patients

8:20AM August 20, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

That’s a fragment of a Wendy’s spork that was removed from a man’s throat last year. It is by far the least weird thing that shows up on a new, cringe-inducing list of bizarre things doctors have extracted from patients. More »