- Headaches
- ElectrocardiogramFDA approval was just granted for a new device combining a digital stethoscope and electrocardiogram for home use. This gadget that patients can use at home to automatically alert them and the physicians of aggravated cardiac functions. By developing machine-learning algorithms, in future also a suspected decline in the heart activity is detected.
- MRIBy combining a MRI device and a radiation device, cancer patients would need less radiation because of the greater effectiveness of the radiation. A further great advantage is that less healthy surrounding tissue is affected by the radiation.
- X-Rays
- Computed TomographyEspecially in cranial surgery the technology could be useful, because of brain shape change after releasing the pressure in opening of the cranium. This makes actual images more important than pre-surgical MRI or CT scan images.
- OrthopedicsOver $1 billion in damages was awarded by a federal Dallas jury this week to six different residents of California as compensation for injuries caused by inadequate Pinnacle hip implants. Clients of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and their Unit DePuy Orthopedics were not warned about the risk of the Metal-on-Metal hip implants called ULTAMET.
- Allergies