The Patient Education Channel
Drug Repurposing Research Leads to Potentially Game-Changing Treatment to Prevent Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients With COVID
COVID-19
The Covid-19 Early Treatment Fund was launched to provide funding for research in order to "find an existing drug or drug combination that, when given early, reduces hospitalization…
Will Current Approved Vaccines Be Effective Against Newer Coronavirus Strain?
COVID-19
In an interview for NBC News, Vin Gupta, MD, MPA, MSc, affiliate assistant professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at…
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Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement
Anesthesiology
Thanks to a new, state-of-the-art procedure for total knee replacement developed by surgeons at the Detroit Medical Center’s Sinai-Grace Hospital, the rehabilitation time for patients has been reduced…
Weight-Loss Surgery for Chronically Obese
Internal Medicine
Harper University Hospital has been accredited as a Bariatric Center of Excellence by the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons. By employing laparoscopy, this bariatric procedure is minimally invasive…
Minimally Invasive Aortic Heart Valve Replacement
Cardiology
This minimally invasive procedure for the replacement of a defective aortic valve has many advantages over traditional open heart surgery. ~ Detroit Medical Center For more information on…
Minimally Invasive Stroke Prevention
Cardiology
Dr. Schreiber at Harper University Hospital pioneers a new minimally invasive treatment to prevent stroke in patients with carotid artery disease. ~ Detroit Medical Center For more information…
Mission Critical: Health Care Associated Infections Part 2
Infectious Diseases
260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
Mission Critical: Health Care Associated Infections Part 3
Infectious Diseases
260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
Dental Aesthetics
Dentistry
Jason J. Kim, CDT, Master Ceramist, Oral Design Member, Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University College of Dentistry, discusses the importance in today’s dentistry of ceramic design…
African Americans experience hip osteoarthritis as frequently as whites
Patient Education
As part of the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, Dr. Joanne Jordan, director of the University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, and colleagues have found that African…
Fruit fly research flies in the face of political criticism; UNC researchers explain the value of drosophila
Neurology
The fruit fly had 15 minutes of fame during the 2008 presidential general election campaign when it was suggested that money could be better spent than on fruit…
UNC expert: ovarian cancer screening recommended only for women in high-risk groups
Ob/Gyn
In an article published in July 9, 2009 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Daniel Clarke-Pearson, chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at…