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Let’s Create A National Kidney Donation Exchange
In this innovative talk, transplant surgeon Dr. Jayme Locke shares an idea that could literally save thousands of lives. She explains how if we change the conversation around organ donation and assume altruism, we can exponentially increase the number of live donor matches. Dr. Jayme Locke is an abdominal transplant surgeon and director of the Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Locke specializes in innovative strategies for the transplantation of incompatible organs, disparities in access to and outcomes after solid organ transplantation, and transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients. Dr. Locke also serves as coordinator of the UAB Kidney transplant chain and has helped UAB…
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Medical Innovation Running Wild – A Dystopic Future
I’m truly excited for the future of medicine – sometimes it feels like we’re living in a sci-fi novel. But genetic discrimination and the elimination of privacy are just some of the problems we’ll face if we let medical innovation run wild. Join the global discussion: Like: https://www.facebook.com/medicalfuturist Follow: https://twitter.com/Berci Browse: http://www.themedicalfuturist.com Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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A Pill That Can Measure Vital Signs – MIT News
Using technology invented at MIT, doctors may one day be able to monitor patients’ vital signs by having them swallow an ingestible electronic device that measures heart rate and breathing rate from within the gastrointestinal tract. (Learn more about the sensor:http://news.mit.edu/2015/ingestible-s…) Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Device animation: Diana Saville, Albert Swinston and Giovanni Traverso Device photo courtesy of Albert Swinston/MIT Lincoln Laboratory Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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Top Trends And Technologies Shaping Medicine in 2015 – The Medical Futurist
A solid video of top trends and technologies coming to the medical field put together by The Medical Futurist. Let’s see the top trends and technologies that will shape the year 2015 in medicine and healthcare! Every year, I come up with a list of trends and technologies that I think will shape the coming year in medicine and healthcare. I don’t like to call these predictions, rather I call them extrapolations form today’s trends. I try to choose those research directions which might make the biggest impact on our lives in the coming year. So let’s see the list right now. Read more about these trends in “The Guide to…
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Portable X-ray Units #DigInfo
Portable X-ray Units (http://www.diginfo.tv/v/13-0109-n-en.php) 12/3/2014 Job Portable X-ray Units DigInfo TV – Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
