Two surgeries in one day. Thanks to Mission Health’s commitment to bring world-class technology to the people of western North Carolina, 74-year-old Alice McLaughlin, a retired blanket mill worker who lives in Swannanoa and is the caregiver to her 47-year-old son who was paralyzed in a car accident, only spent one night recovering in the… Read More: Providing Excellence: Removing a Complex Hernia with Robotic Surgery »
There’s no need for Covid booster doses right now, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health said Friday, as highly transmissible, new variants test the protections of the available vaccines. “Let me tell you where we are: the data is very clear, if you’ve gotten your two shots of Moderna or Pfizer or… Read More: There’s no evidence a Covid booster shot is necessary, says… »
Shhhhh! The New York Society Library might just be one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Located in a beautiful townhouse at 53 E. 79th St. (near Madison Ave), the members-only library is New York’s oldest. For an annual fee of $ 270 per person ($ 350 for a family), members can check out books —… Read More: The members-only New York Society Library is the city’s best-kept… »
Neurescue, a medtech company based in Denmark, created the NEURESCUE system, a balloon catheter designed to occlude the aorta, resulting in a significant increase in blood flow to the heart and brain. The mechanism is intended to provide emergency treatment for patients suffering a hemorrhage or cardiac arrest. Both hemorrhage and cardiac arrest represent unmet… Read More: Aortic Occlusion to Enhance Blood Flow to Brain and Heart:… »