News tagged with medical cases

Protecting medical implants from attack

Millions of Americans have implantable medical devices, from pacemakers and defibrillators to brain stimulators and drug pumps; worldwide, 300,000 more people receive them every year. Most such devices have ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research: Schwartz Center Rounds encourage compassionate health care and better teamwork

Caregivers who participated in a program where attendees discuss medical cases that were complex for psychosocial and emotional reasons were more likely to be attentive to the psychosocial and emotional aspects of patient ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Students who have difficulties at medical school more likely to face

Doctors who are male, from lower income groups and have experienced academic difficulties at medical school are more likely to find themselves in front of the General Medical Council (GMC) for professional misconduct, according ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physician training 2.0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital team up with the New England Journal of Medicine to create online medical cases that can teach better than lectures.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research identifies in-flight emergencies

Fainting is the most common in-flight medical emergency. Research recently published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care details the number, type and frequency of medical emergencies on board two airlin ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0