Researchers Tried to Curb Opioid Abuse By Sending Letters to the Doctors - and It Made a Difference
These researchers are trying to find practical ways to curb opioid abuse in America - and they recently found success through letters.
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After Century of Removing Appendixes, Docs Find Antibiotics Can Be Enough Two-Thirds of the Time
The intriguing new study highlights how avoiding invasive appendectomy surgery can be far safer and cost-effective for patients.
These Paralyzed People Are Beginning to Walk Again Thanks to Electrical Implant
This groundbreaking new therapy has restored mobility to four paralyzed patients who have not been able to walk for years.
When Hospitals Can't Afford Equipment, Doctor Uses Discarded Shampoo Bottles to Cut Mortality by 75 Percent
This Bangladeshi doctor's ingenious device only costs $1.25 to make, but it has already saved hundreds of lives, and will save probably thousands more.
After 15 Years in a Vegetative State, Nerve Stimulation Restores Consciousness
The 20-minute surgery was shown to restore a renewed state of consciousness to a patient who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years.
Caring Ambulance Workers Take Detour to Grant Dying Man's Simple Ice Cream Wish
Ron McCartney was being taken to the hospital when ambulance personel discovered he hadn't eaten anything, so they asked what he wanted most of all.
Woman Discovers Her Co-worker is the Very Infant She Nursed Back to Health 28 Years Ago
Vilma Wong couldn't put her finger on how she might know Brandon Seminatore until he told her his last name, and replied that his father was a policeman
'Groundbreaking' Type 1 Diabetes Drug Has Just Been Trialed on First Human Patients-With No Side Effects
The research facility is now looking for more adult patients to participate in the treatment.
Scientists Have Developed a 'Breakthrough' That May Defeat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
The breakthrough could bring dozen of old medications back into the game.
Woman Stunned to Find Out That 'Anonymous' Kidney Donor is Actually Her Best Friend
Doncella Liggins had no idea who her anonymous kidney donor was - only that the transplant was going to save her life.
Person Leaves Refreshingly Positive Thank You Note on Windshield of Ambulance Blocking Their Driveway
People don't often find good things tucked under their windshield wipers; which is why these paramedics were delighted by what they found earlier this week.
First-of-its-Kind Clinical Trial Will Try and Cure Parkinson's Disease Using 'Reprogrammed' Stem Cells
This will be the world's first clinical trial in which researchers use iPS cells to cure Parkinson's disease.
Lab-Grown Lungs Successfully Transplanted into Living Animals Without Any Complications
With proper funding, the team believes they could be growing lungs for transplant patients much sooner than expected.
To Repent for Their Part in Patient Hardship, Doctors Team Up to Forgive $1.4 Million in Medical Debt
The coalition of doctors and nurse practitioners wanted to atone for their part in causing financial distress amongst their patients.
Human Trials for Artificial Kidney Could Begin This Year, With First Patient Implants in 2020
A new update from this research organization says that human trials for an implantable bioartificial kidney could be on the horizon.
Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Stirs Hope After Early Trials Reduce Toxic Protein Clusters by 70%
Hopes for the drug's success were dashed after it failed to show any improvement - but this new trial shows that it is successful after all.
Ultrasound Waves Applied to Brain Could Be a Treatment for Dementia-Free of Side Effects
This new study from Tohoku University may reveal a promising new non-invasive treatment for dementia and Alzheimer's patients.
One Month After Med School, He Was the Only Doctor Aboard Overseas Flight to Save Woman's Life
Dean LaBarba had only finished with school one month before his skills were put to the test on a 12-hour flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
HIV Vaccine Inspires Hope After 'Promising' Results in Human Trials
The treatment was shown to evoke an anti-HIV immune response in all of the healthy patients who received the treatment.
The Sight of Legless Girl Walking With Tin Cans Spurs Good Samaritan Doctor to Make Sure She Walks Tall
This 8-year-old Syrian refugee has been given a whole new lease on life after a Turkish doctor saw photos of her using tin cans for prosthetic legs.
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