Amir Belson, MD, CTO, Neoguide Systems, discusses his invention of the Neoguide colonoscope. Filmed at FutureMed, in February, 2012, at Singularity University.
Twenty years ago knee replacement surgery was a relatively new procedure in the United States. Now, it’s estimated that about 600,000 people have their knee replaced and about…
Dale Bredesen, MD, Professor & Founding President, Buck Institute, explains the model of Alzheimer’s Disease as a prion loop disorder, and the implications of that model for future…
Jeremy Bailenson, Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University, talks about the power of virtual reality technology to effect behavioral change, especially in the challenging area of lifestyle…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After platinum failure in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, adding aflibercept to standard second-line docetaxel treatment does not improve overall survival (OS),…
It’s projected that 31 million people in the United States can qualify for gastric bypass surgery. Just ten years ago, this surgery was new and little was known about…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using a hybrid of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) to look for positive lymph nodes in melanoma patients helps…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the first-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, the combination of cediranib and chemotherapy is comparable to bevacizumab plus chemotherapy in terms of…
Inhaled corticosteroids are the most widely used drugs for controlling asthma. Currently, U.S. guidelines recommend that adults with mild to moderate asthma should take this medication daily whether…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of developing lung cancer is significantly lower in people with excess body weight compared to those of normal weight, according to…
Author Sonia Arrison, MA, talks about the implications of relatively inexpensive, widely available genome sequencing, which she says is not far off. Filmed at FutureMed, in February, 2012, at Singularity…
Jeremy Bailenson, Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University, talks about the power of virtual reality technology to effect behavioral change, especially in the challenging area of lifestyle…
