BandGrip: Skip the Doctor’s Office - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

BandGrip: Skip the Doctor’s Office - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

BandGrip: DIY Removal and Skip the Doctor’s Office A new method that allows doctors to close surgeries without staples or stitches. The BandGrip can even be removed at home with doctor supervision by telemedicine . Continue »

Fighting COVID on the Front Lines: Ventilator App:  A newly developed application that allows care providers to quickly adapt to the interfaces of unfamiliar ventilator systems. This allows for more efficient care to COVID patients and the desperate demand of ventilators Continue »

COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate is Applied Like a Bandaid! The University of Pittsburgh has produced breakthrough cures before, such as the polio vaccine. Now researchers are working hard to develop a potential Coronavirus vaccine called “PITT-CO-VACC.” Continue »

Long Range Pandemic Planning Behavioral health emergency responder Jeff Magill explains how to prepare for the unexpected and make sure that families’ needs are met during the long-term, wide-spread crisis. Continue »

Laparoscopic Living Liver Donor The liver is the only organ that can regenerate. It takes six to eight weeks for a healthy liver to grow back to its original size. Now, a new, minimally invasive transplant procedure allows for a living donor to provide a portion of their liver to a recipient Continue »

Smart Living for this week:

• 5 Basic Interview Questions
• Pandemic Leftovers
• Getting a Divorce? 5 Things to Know
• College Graduates: Job Post Covid-19?
• Cost of Raiding Your Retirement
• Social Recession: Life After Coronavirus

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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
 

Better Breasts and Tighter Tummy After Cancer 
Sebastian Winocour, MD, a plastic surgeon
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
 

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Quote of the week:

“Diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone.” 

— Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street



 

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