If you’ve considered making a career change and want to work making a difference to the lives of patients, few choices are as rewarding as a career in nursing. Not only does it allow you the opportunity to make a difference in countless people’s lives, but you can also enjoy a career pathway that allows […]
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TomoTherapy in Healthcare
Cancer can be cured using various ways in this contemporary era. Some of them include Surgery, Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Hormone Therapy, Stem Cell Transplant and Precision Medicine. Definition & History: And the latest one that has been gaining prominence is “TomoTherapy”. Also referred to as helical tomotherapy (HT), it is a type of radiation […]
8 Postulated Steps To Successful Hospital Management
Hospital management is a very hectic job, involving multifarious job roles and collaboration of various taskforces. It requires a lot of time and patience to be a successful hospital manager. He/ She is the one who undertakes the task of providing quality care to the patient as well as manage the finances, workforce, operational output […]
Biomedical Discoveries and Advances in the Management of Dementia
With time industries around the world are going through changes in terms of advancements, research, and development, all because of technology. It is devastating to still be able to consider Dementia and Alzheimer’s as a disease with no cure. The Alzheimer’s Association highlights that every 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer’s disease or another […]
ICP Devices Take Pressure Off Brain Trauma Treatment
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Devices—a recent breakthrough— assess and evaluate the intracranial pressure by being induced in an afflicted patient who is encountering an erratic ICP level. These are being ubiquitously used for trauma patients with severe head injuries, subarachnoid haemorrhage, large strokes, or structural lesions. ICP monitoring is deemed extremely pivotal for the administration of […]
4 Vital Perks of Knowing First Aid
Would you know what to do if your child mysteriously stopped breathing? Or your neighbour collapsed while mowing the lawn? Or your colleague started to choke on their lunch? These are just a few of the everyday emergency situations that ordinary people find themselves in. Stressful situations like this can happen when we least expect. […]
Have You Met Micra-the World’s Smallest Pacemaker?
Medtronic’s Micra™ Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) has been titled as the world’s smallest pacemaker, succeeding its approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The uniqueness of this device lies in its practicality and functional output as it is minimally invasive and can be implanted directly into the right ventricle of the patient’s heart, […]
Smartphones for Smart Healthcare: Honeywell’s Dolphin™ CT50h
A new clinical mobile device was launched recently by Honeywell to endow the hospital staff members with a direct link to the digital resources requisite for facilitating more qualitative and satisfactory patient care. This device was contrived like any other Smartphone in shape, form and functionality for convenient usage and hassle-free execution. Dolphin™ CT50h mobile […]
Fraunhofer’s Discovery of Real-Time Radiotherapy Planning Tool Is Cutting A New Edge In Tumour Detection
Tumours aren’t just an affliction but also an insidious depletory of life cells. Thus, in order to tackle with them, utmost and painstaking caution is requisite. Adopting the technique of utilising radiation to assault these traumatic bodies, it is significant to sidestep causing an impact on the surrounding body parts to prevent any serious injury […]
FALSE PRETENDERS IN HEALTHCARE: Supplement not Supplant
Musical chimes of the clock have been replaced by cacophonous beeps of digital timepieces just like the smell of old yellowing paper wafting through thick volumes stacked in a library is replaced by online databases, Wikipedia and other sources. But are these true replacements? Or only alternative substitutes that provide a more convenient, according to […]