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Lab-made organ implanted for first time
Jul 8, 2011, 05:50

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Gallery: Military’s Freakiest Medical Projects
Nov 9, 2010, 17:54

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Link Between Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease Strengthened
Aug 26, 2010, 19:48

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Cardiac device AngelMed Guardian gets test run at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Aug 26, 2010, 14:10

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»  Transparency: How You Will Get Hurt at Burning Man


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Study Says Brain Trauma Can Mimic Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Aug 17, 2010, 18:28

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First Batch of DARPA's Synthetic Blood Delivered to FDA, Could Be on Battlefields Soon
Jul 19, 2010, 04:03

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AHA Scientific Statement: Management of Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain and Myocardial Infarction
Jun 20, 2010, 02:11

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»  Tracheostomy Tubes Recalled After 3 Deaths


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Device zaps airways to help asthmatics breathe
May 4, 2010, 14:35

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»  Erectile dysfunction a red flag for mortality, cardiovascular events


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»  A must listen 911 call


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»  Paramedic's invention clears throats of stroke, heart-attack victims


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ACLS: Close the Drug Box
Jan 13, 2010, 15:47

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»  Johns Hopkins study says shooting/stabbing patients twice as likely to die if immobilized before transport


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»  Introducing the bra that is meant to be taken off


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The Bloodbot Project
Sep 27, 2009, 12:59

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»  Device safely removes Taser darts


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Video of Live RPG removed from soldier - Afghanistan
Jun 11, 2009, 23:14

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»  Tattoo medical alerts raising eyebrows


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Triage technology with a Star Trek twist
In partnership with the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), Boeing and Washington University's School of Medicine in St. Louis, S&T's Tech Solutions group is developing the Standoff Patient Triage Tool (SPTT), a device that classic Star Trek fans will recognize for its resemblance to the medical diagnostic tool known as the tricorder. May 28, 2009, 17:14

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»  Man's head is speared


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Should ABC be CBA in treating wounded officers? An important clarification
Apr 3, 2009, 16:47

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Endless, Pure New Blood From Stem Cells?
Mar 30, 2009, 18:39

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»  Ambulance Stethoscopes May Carry Deadly Bacteria, New Research Finds


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»  Saving lives in a virtual world


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»  Hope rekindled for blood substitute


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»  Wound treatment device tested on flights
On this Sunday in late June, the 52-year-old is also serving as patient No. 14 in an Air Force medical study exploring the use of the V.A.C. Freedom device on medevac flights from Germany to the U.S.

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»  Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial


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»  Filling the Blood Gap with a Substitute

A phase III multi-center trial was the first to compare the safety and effectiveness of substitute blood and across 46 sites in the United States, Europe and South Africa the bovine sourced, hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier called HBOC-21 did the trick.



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»  Medical ID Bracelets Made Fashionable; Even Halle Berry Wears One


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»  Medical community warming up to freeze therapy


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»  Post potential pathogenic exposure germ-killing spray hits market


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»  Agents warn of new drug hitting U.S.


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»  Top Product Innovations for 2007


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»  CPR and Shock Simultaneously Aids Resuscitation, Safe for Workers


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»  FDA Approval for FlexWarmer
A portable fluid warmer that requires neither battery nor electric power

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»  Back From the Dead
New resuscitation technologies and paradigms; A report from the border between life and death.

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»  Noninvasive Pneumothorax Detector
One of the R&D Magazine's prestigious 100 Awards for innovation was just presented to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for developing a technology that is capable of detectingt a pneumothorax

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»  New Drug-Dispensing Gun Saves Lives
Designed by anesthesiologist Dr. John Lafferty of Miami, Florida, the DRAGON DRUG GUN was originally intended for emergency personnel.

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»  PPH - Heart Failure or Just Plain Weakness?
People with PPH are very crucial cases since it could prove to be fatal. One more problem related to this is that, the symptoms of this disease don’t surface until the sufferer is in his late twenties or thirties.

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»  Enzyme Discovery Could Greatly Expand Blood Supply
Scientists say they've found a way to change type A and B donated blood -- which can only be used by people with those types -- into universally usable type O.

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»  THE Glove

Michael Jackson's Got Nothing On These Inventors
(w/ cool video)



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Medicine races to keep up with street weaponry
As it leaves the barrel of a gun at 1,200 feet per second, a bullet flies in roughly a straight line. Until it strikes a human. Then a bullet does astounding, awful things. W/multimedia)
See also: "Trauma center: The state of the art in gunshot wound treatment"  on same page
Nov 16, 2006, 12:41

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»  Use of Caffeine Supplements Getting Dangerous
Almost half its calls on caffeine misuse involved folks who were already in the hands of a paramedic or health professional.

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»  Promising new liquid seals off wounds in just seconds
That's the promise of a new biodegradable liquid that has halted bleeding in surgical wounds in laboratory rats in less than 15 seconds. The liquid doesn't expand when it is applied, meaning that it doesn't bring additional pressure to surrounding tissue or constrict blood flow in nearby areas.

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»  First fully mine-protected battle ambulance


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»  Wake County NC paramedics use new 'cool aid' method
Paramedics with Wake County Emergency Medical Services and the county's two 24-hour cardiac care hospitals will begin using a novel therapy that protects patients' brains from damage by quickly dropping their body temperature. (w/ video)

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»  Have you used this?


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»  The Battle Against Bleeding

A sonic blood coagulator; It uses sound waves to encourage clotting. It's a device that could be used by a layperson, a medic on the battlefield.



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