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Mobile Machine Saves Lives

There is now a new machine that has the ability to add oxygen a patient's blood stream suffering from smoke inhalation. This added oxygen can help prevent organ failure and save lives. The machine, called Cardio Help, can help any patient whose blood is not getting enough oxygen. Cardio Help helps enrich the blood with oxygen, thus giving patients a better chance to recover from smoke inhalation, infections, and much more. Check out the video above to see this small machine with big life saving potential.

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"Medical Technology at the Medical Trade Fair in Düsseldorf/G". Youtube.com. 25 November 2008. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CllYxHrX3G8&feature=PlayList&p=CEE20E07AC0E6CEF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=45>. 13 August 2009.

Can digital health protect your privacy?

As patients` records making their way to the digital world did you think how it will affect your privacy?
Digital record is a good idea say experts, what do you think?

http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/11/technology/electronic_health_records_privacy/?postversion=2009081115

Work Cited:

David Goldman, CNNMoney.com staff writer, “Can digital health protect your privacy”, August 11, 2009: 3:27 PM ET

TED Talks: Eva Vertes

An interesting video that features Eva Vertes talking about medical breakthroughs that might lead to the cure of Alzheimer's. She is a microbiology prodigy, at the age of 17 she found a compound that stops fruit-flies brain cells from dying. It has been regarded as a step towards the cure of Alzheimer's. She continues to research the roots of such diseases as cancer and Alzheimer's. Fully understanding these diseases may lead to cures.

Practicing Medicine in the Web 2.0 Era

Practicing Medicine in the Web 2.0 Era

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This video peaked my interests simply becasue of the title of it. Right after I finished my paper on Web 2.0 I began to surf the web looking for interesting medical things to post on my blog. And this is what I found, it ties in perfectly to what we were researching in class. It shows a real life application of Web 2.0. An internet that collects data, provides services, and practicall thinks for itself. Enjoy!

The Future, Personalized Medicine

When Steven Burrell addressed the AdvaMed 2008 conference, a medical technology conference in Washington, it would seem that he was writing part of a plot to the movie. He said that medicine will soon be so advanced that you will walk into a Wal-Mart like store, give a sample of your blood, and leave with a bag that contains the cures for everything that could be wrong with you. This of course is a very general idea, but one that may be plausible. Medicine has advanced at an alarming rate in the past 50 years, and if it continues along the same evolutionary path will one day reach this potential. He said that soon our cloths will be filled with senors and probes that will monitor our health. Most of the technology is already around, people just need to find a cheap and practical use for it. Nike has already partnered with Apple to create a senor that fits in some Nike brand shoes that monitors different things when your running. The possibilities for this new industry are endless, and will undoubtably lengthen the life expetency around the world.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092802482.html

Microchips, Can They Cure Diseases?

Scientific researchers at the University of Florida have recently received a $2.5 million grant to be used for researching microchips. These microchips are supposed to be implanted into the brain and will help cure some human illnesses. Initially they are looking to cure epilepsy and paralysis, but as all evolution goes one day they may be able to cure almost anything. The mini computers that they are going to be implanted into the brain and meant to interpret the signal being sent out and correct it.

There researchers feel extremly confident that within the next four years they will have a prototype to test on humans beings, they are currently testing on rats. Much of the technology is already there, scientists have been able to decode brain activity for years. They do feel however that more work needs to be done, scientists will need to pinpoint exact casuses of diseases before they can be fixed.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070724145124.htm