Heart Monitor Smaller Than A Postage Stamp - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

Heart Monitor Smaller Than A Postage Stamp - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

Heart Monitor Smaller Than A Postage Stamp A new device, smaller and thinner than a postage stamp, is allowing doctors to measure patient’s cardiovascular health in an innovative way and obtain more accurate readings from wearable medical technology then ever before. Continue »

COVID Stress And Newborn Brains Chronic, prolonged stress can cause serious health problems, like anxiety and depression, high blood pressure, heart arrhythmias, obesity and so on. Now, researchers are exploring if long-term stress could affect mens’ fertility ... and their offspring Continue »

Partial Knee Replacement: Less Is More! More than 790,000 knee replacements are performed each year in the United States. Previously, a patient’s only option was to get a total knee replacement. Now, orthopedic surgeons have developed a new option Continue »

TMPRSS2: Kids Provide Answers To COVID Lung experts from Vanderbilt University are exploring the reasons as to why COVID-19 has been devastating to the elderly community yet is continuously sparing kids. Children may hold the key that unlocks the secrets of the virus. Continue »

Coated Catheter Decreases Infections and Clots Catheters are one of the most commonly used medical devices. However, they are also the source of the most healthcare-acquired bloodstream infections. But now researches are developing a coating that could help future patients. Continue »

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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
 

Superbugs: Antibiotic Resistance A Growing Problem During the Pandemic 
Karl Klose, Professor of Microbiology 
University of Texas San Antonio

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Quote of the week:

“If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” 

— Charles Darwin

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