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The new coronavirus kills by inflaming and clogging the tiny air sacs in the lungs, choking off the body’s oxygen supply until it shuts down the organs essential for life. But clinicians around the world are seeing evidence that suggests the virus also may be causing heart inflammation, acute...

Link Removed Last year around this time I had the chance to write a post about one of my favorite mixed reality uses cases – healthcare. Since that time, we have continued to see remarkable momentum for mixed reality across numerous facets of the industry. This week at Link Removed our team...

When Dr. Ian Crozier arrived in West Africa this past summer, he was stepping into the epicenter of the Ebola hot zone. The American doctor was working in the Ebola ward of a large, public hospital in Sierra Leone's dusty city of Kenema. The trip nearly cost him his life. First came a fever...

As the latest of the six British-built Ebola treatment centres in west Africa admitted its first three patients this weekend, some of the volunteer NHS staff working there over Christmas said they felt insulted by a draconian ramping up of the protocols they have been told they will have to...

assigns you a ‘threat level’ Related Topics Link Removed CHICAGO (Reuters) - The worst Ebola outbreak on record, and its spread beyond West Africa, has accelerated changes in how U.S. hospitals address the threat of infectious diseases, say health IT companies and industry experts. After...

He weighed 220 lb. pre-Ebola, but lost 30 A doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone and was evacuated to the U.S. for care in September revealed his identity in a report published Sunday. Ian Crozier, who had been working with the World Health Organization in Kenema...

Massachusetts General Hospital is treating a patient suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus, Public Affairs Officer Noah Brown has confirmed to Boston.com. Dr. Paul Biddinger, Director Of Emergency Preparedness at MGH, said the patient involved in the suspected Ebola case meets the CDC...

Britain’s flagship facility in Sierra Leone has treated just 28 patients so far, despite £230million investment to fight disease. The Department for International Development has put £230million towards helping Sierra Leone fight Ebola, but only 28 people have been treated in the new facility...

Researchers say that a new device that yanks Ebola virus from the blood may have saved an infected doctor’s life Battling a virus is all about timing, and Ebola is no exception. Our immune systems are capable of destroying Ebola, but once in the body, the virus multiplies furiously, spreading...

Procedure could be permanent cure ! A radical therapy that zaps the kidneys with radio waves could provide a permanent cure for high blood pressure, research shows. The procedure may be available on the NHS as early as next year after trials showed it produced dramatic improvements in the...

Link Removed As a baby boomer entering the AARP and Medicare world, several thoughts come to mind and are of concern. Would it be better if I knew less about medicine, health care policies, need for cost containment, the abuse of self-referral, the potential that my own future health...

Dr Ted Eisenberg holds the world record for the most breast operations – and finds time for a spot of knife-throwing in his spare time. Dr Eisenberg has conducted 3,460 breast ops and has a Guinness World Records certificate to prove it. ‘I absolutely love my work,’ said the...

December 10, 2010 Weird News: Bad lung beats none at all Britain’s National Health Service acknowledged in November that, because of a shortage of healthy lungs and other organs available for transplant, it was offering those on waiting lists the option of receiving them from former...