A new study comparing two plans for giving blood transfusion had revealed that patients require less blood following surgery than popularly speculated. There were no negative effects from bypassing transfusion until patients show symptoms of anemia or their hemoglobin concentration falls under a standard. Research was funded by the National Heart and Lung and Blood Institute Read More
Breast Implant Gets Pushed to the Ribs During Pilates Maneuver
An article featured in the New England Journal of Medicine, written by doctors at Johns Hopkins’ University, tell of a 59-year-old female whose breast implants were swallowed by her body at a Pilates session. In addition, the woman just underwent heart surgery, which consequently weakened her ribs. While in their Pilates's stretching phase, the woman didn't Read More
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First HIV Patient Believed Cured in Medical Breakthrough
For the first time in human history doctors have seemingly cured a patient diagnosed with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV.
Experts at the Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin reported that after treatment, the 42-year old HIV patient also battling leukemia seemed to have no signs of the virus in his blood.
The patient, an American currently
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