Technologies developed and in use for the management of acute and chronic [tag]wound[/tag]s have diversified from traditional dressings, bandages and wound closure techniques to include an increasing number of diverse technologies ranging from tissue engineering, growth factors, physical therapies (e.g., negative pressure) and others. Traditional dressings and bandages have evolved to contain more active elements [...]
Just a quick public thank you to the fire crews in the Foothill Ranch, CA, area fighting the Santiago fire this week. Their professionalism and skills during a harrowing week cannot be praised enough.
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A scary graphic showing the rapid progression of obesity in the U.S. was shown on CNN, illustrating the percent population by state that was obese (body mass index ³ 30) from 1985 to 2006.
This graphic coincides with the increasingly high percentage of populations globally that are obese. From report #S825, “Worldwide Obesity 2007″, we reference [...]
Surgical interventions necessitated for clinical obesity are growing in number rapidly to match not only the rapid increase in the incidence of obesity but also its increasing acceptance by patients, clinicians and third party payers as a disease, removing much of the stigma that limited intervention. At right are shown actual bariatric surgical device unit sales through 2007 (highlighted), [...]
One of the most commonly heard complaints about advanced medical technologies is the associated cost. However, an important consideration is frequently lost in these complaints. Fundamentally it is the fact that technologies become advanced when they accomplish an endpoint not previously possible. The technology either enables treatment of a patient not previously treatable (at all) or [...]
