February 2012
4 posts
Decreased Melanoma Mortality Associated with More... →
// Case Western study on population-wide SEER Database statistics:
In counties with no dermatologists, 1.45% at 19 per 100,000 people
In counties with 0.001 to one dermatologist per 100,000 residents, 0.51 percentage points lower (P=0.002)
In counties with 1.001 to two dermatologists per 100,000 population, 0.77 percentage points less than in the no dermatologist areas (P<0.001)
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Quadruple limb transplant performed by doctors for... →
// There is always a first… Amazing work no doubt
The operation took 20 hours to complete and required 50 doctors to help attach the limbs.
Koman, Catholics, and the Pill
Great passage that is very important to understand:
Prior to modernization of childbirth, 1 in every 150 births ended in the death of the mother. As the average woman likely had 4 to 6 pregnancies in the 1920s, probably 1 out of every 20 women died in childbed. Today, that number is 8 in 100,000 births in a large part due to antibiotics and C-sections, but also due to pregnancy spacing afforded...
Amazing new Stroke Therapy using Stents →
\ Wow, great study out of Oregon Health Sciences! New interventional stroke therapy with great results so far…
The stent expands the interior walls of the artery and allows blood to get to the patient’s brain immediately to prevent as much brain damage as possible. The clot seeps into the mesh of the stent. Then, after five minutes, the stent and clot are removed together.
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