The Computed Tomography (CT scan) is a technique that produces 2D or 3D cross sectional images of objects, contrary to the flat imaged conventional X-ray technique. The word tomography gets its name from the Greek word “tomos” meaning, “slice” or…
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Angioplasty is a medical procedure that is used to treat patients with blocked or clogged blood vessels (the coronary arteries) supplying the heart. It makes use of a stent or, in other words, a cylindrical mesh with a lumen in…
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It’s a technology that might have come out of a science fiction story just 60 years ago: the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Today the machinery is real and medical scientists have just successfully used it to communicate with a…
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is also known as LAM. It is a rare medical condition which is characterized by cystic lung changes, angiomyolipomas and enlargement of the abdominal and pelvic lymphatics. This progressive disease affects lungs, kidneys and axial lymphatics. LAM tends to…
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Jakub Halik, a remarkable 37-year-old Czech, is the first man in history to live without a heart or any pulse for an astonishing half a year. Halik’s odyssey began April 3, 2012 when a crack Czech medical team—led by the…
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There are a number of different ways of imaging the living human body non-invasively. The two most common such methods used today are computed tomography (CT, also called CAT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These two imagining methods vary…
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Implants can be defined as objects or material which is inserted or grafted into the body for therapeutic, prosthetic, diagnostic and experimental purposes. A variety of materials, such as stainless steel and titanium, have been used for years for implants….
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Between the years 1537 and 1543, Andreas Vesalius dissected several human cadavers while a professor of anatomy at Padua. With such research he was able to expose for the first time in history the correct anatomy of the human body….
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Biodegradable implants are those implants that degenerate with time, along with the healing process facilitating the healing and regeneration of tissues more than the conventional implants. Implants made of materials such as titanium, stainless steel and cobalt chrome have been…
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There is a theory out there about male & female sperm (that is, sperm which will create baby boys and sperm which will create baby girls). It seems that male sperm are smaller, weaker, and faster. So with plenty of…
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