After I saw an amputee drag himself up Mt.Everest with his prosthetic leg, I knew that the world of prosthesis still has a long ways to go. Although, many would argue that it has come a long ways already. The artificial hands and legs are being...
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A new X-Ray scanner, developed by Phillips, allows the radiologists to check out our body parts in detail. The Brilliance Computerized Tomography machine allows the body parts to stand out and present themselves in 3D format. Basically, it strips the...
Imagine how painful it is for a thin tube with a camera sent from the groin to inside the heart. Imagine the risks involved; of the catheter rupturing or bruising any of the delicate blood vessels. Now think of a heart patient getting simply a less...
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