Nice and short animation of GDC coils (Guglielmi Detachable Coils) being deployed in an aneurysm. Aneurysms of the cerebral vessels occur twice as often in females as males. Rupture of the aneurysm is... continue reading

posted by snoozedoctor 1 decade 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 6,947 views

My prior post demonstrated GDC coiling of an aneurysm. Some still must be surgically clipped. To access the aneurysm, the brain tissue is carefully separated, creating a tunnel down to the blood vessel.... continue reading

posted by snoozedoctor 1 decade 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,749 views

(REUTERS) - Aug. 01 - Six years after losing his arms in an industrial accident on a farm, a 54-year-old man undergoes the world's first double arm transplant. The man had tried and failed to use artificial... continue reading

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 2,419 views • 1:41

On March 13, 2008, Dr. Randy Pausch provided testimony to the Labor, Health & Human Services Subcommittee on behalf of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. This is his personal story about his diagnosis... continue reading

posted by notarobot 1 decade 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,513 views

YT description: "Nanoparticles packed with drugs can be delivered quickly to tissue if they are loaded into larger exploding capsules" Read more here.... continue reading

posted by Ornthoron 1 decade 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 528 views

36-year old, Dede, from Indonesia is afflicted with a terrible disease that is encasing his body with tree like roots. Thick branch like growths on his hands and feet make him incapable of carrying out... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 3,806 views

Inventor Robert Fischell makes three wishes: redesigning a portable device that treats migraines, finding new cures for clinical depression and reforming the medical malpractice system. Robert Fischell... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 2 weeks ago • 1,191 views

At 19 years old, Ian Waterman caught a virus that destroyed half his nervous system. He was left like a rag doll, with no sense of touch below the neck, and no idea of where his limbs were unless he could... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 2 weeks ago • 6,818 views • 48:30

Killers into Cures is an episode on microbes from bacteria to viruses, and how these killers are now being manipulated to provide solutions to certain medical problems in the present day. "Not all the... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 12 months ago • 3,627 views

Inherited genetic diseases are the second most common reason why babies die but people who carry defective genes, such as the ones that cause cystic fibrosis, are being helped by a technique called PGD... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 12 months ago • 2,516 views

Scientists fight against time documenting local knowledge of these medicinal herbs as rapid deforestation continues to wipe out the plant species in increasing pace

posted by legacy0100 1 decade 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 205 views

This episode deals with trauma; our body's reaction to it and how medicine permits patients to survive today what would have been impossible to survive with the aid of our body's natural defenses. The... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 week ago • 2,990 views

Explores certain cases of artificial transplants (cochlea and hand) and natural (hand and heart) transplants, and their effectiveness individually and on comparison to the other (in the case of the hand).... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 week ago • 1,858 views

"In the future it may be possible thanks to stem cell and genetic research to allow for people to grow their own replacement parts to the scale of organs in case of it being damaged. What the show really... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years ago • 3,179 views

This episode deals with cancer. What is cancer and how it is presently being treated is elaborated with the help of four patients undergoing different treatments. Iceland's sad fact of having the highest... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years ago • 3,203 views

Andreas Vesalius was an anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica (On the Workings of the Human Body). Vesalius is often referred... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 12 months ago • 3,033 views

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" hosts a series that highlights the greatest scientific discoveries of all time, from the earliest time to the present day. The series features nine episodes: Evolution, Earth... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 8,023 views