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SSM Health Medical Minute: New ER concept coming to SLU Hospital
Please enable Javascript to watch this video ST. LOUIS – The new SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital – opening September 1, 2020 – isn’t only a new home for academic medicine in St. Louis. It will be home to a new concept in patient care that will benefit patients visiting our Level 1 Trauma …
How the world’s first heart transplant almost didn’t happen due to medical ‘rivalries and immense hostility’
The first attempt at a heart transplantation in Britain had actually taken place 11 years earlier, but the patient had lived for only 45 days. Similarly poor outcomes in a number of patients over the following year persuaded health chiefs to ban the practice. But by 1979 the powerful immunosuppressant drug ciclosporin had been discovered, …
Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide by hanging
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s prison death has been ruled a suicide by hanging, the medical examiner’s office said Friday. Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on Aug. 10, touching off outrage and disbelief over how such a high-profile prisoner, known for socializing …
South Jersey Veterinarians Make Medical History By Using 3D Technology To Guide Spinal Surgery On Dog – CBS Philly
WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) — A dachshund in South Jersey is making medical history. For the first time, 3D technology designed for humans was used to guide spine surgery on the dog. The technology allows doctors to see and touch what they’ll be operating on before surgery. Lorraine Young is relieved to see her beloved …
Medical students: Find your place in fast-moving health systems
The health care system is changing fast, and future physicians need to understand their role and ethical obligations in helping ensure patients’ health and well-being is maximized, while the costs are minimized, in an environment that provides a patient-centered experience. An education module offered via the AMA Ed Hub™ helps medical students—and residents and physicians …
Police identify man shot, killed by officer after allegedly breaking into Utah medical clinic
OGDEN — Ogden City police released the name of a man fatally shot by police Wednesday after they say he broke into a Roy medical clinic and then attacked officers with a knife. About 1:50 a.m., Donald Lee Joseph, 37, allegedly broke into the Tanner Clinic, 3443 W. 5600 South, through a window he’d broken …
Police identify man shot by officer after allegedly breaking into Utah medical clinic
OGDEN — Ogden City police released the name of a man shot by officers Wednesday after police say he broke into a Roy medical clinic and then attacked officers with a knife. About 1:50 a.m., Donald Lee Joseph, 37, allegedly broke into the Tanner Clinic, 3443 W. 5600 South, through a window he’d broken with …