OR-Live is the world’s leading surgical broadcasting company,
providing communication solutions to hospitals, device manufacturers,
and pharmaceutical companies that demonstrate, communicate, and
educate the latest clinical and technological advances in surgery to
surgeons, physicians, allied health professionals, and consumers. The
OR-Live broadcasting network provides an intimate look at over 600
live and on-demand surgeries to a global audience, Read the rest of this entry »

CLEVELAND, OH –
On Tuesday, February 24th,
performed from University Hospitals Case
Medical Center Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. A cochlear implant is
an electronic device that helps provide a sense of sound to children and
adults who are deaf or severely hard-of-hearing.
, The Richard and Patricia Pogue Chair in Auditory Surgery and
Hearing Sciences at University Hospitals Case Medical Center Implants will
perform the procedure and Read the rest of this entry »

MERRIAM, KS –
Shawnee Mission Medical Center (SMMC) will host
an angioplasty stent placement webcast on Wednesday, February 18, at 6:30
p.m.
, of Clinical Cardiovascular Associates, PA, will
perform the procedure and his partner
, will serve as the moderator.
, February
17, at 6:30 p.m.
“This procedure has become the first choice of treatment for heart attacks
when it can be performed in a timely manner,” said Mukharji.
The purpose of Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Casey’s work at Weill Cornell Medical College attempts to
identify types of interventions that are helpful to improve core
aspects of the disorder. As an example, a computer program is being
developed that may help children with autism address their reluctance
to engage in eye contact, which is so important for reading other
people’s emotions. The computer screen shows a face with targets that
appear in the eyes, but also at other places Read the rest of this entry »

ANAHEIM, CA–(Marketwire – September 9, 2008) -
WHAT Precision Fitness, a fitness business model focused on affordable
personal training, will be exhibiting at this year’s National
Fitness Trade Show, presented in association with the
International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA)
and the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Precision Fitness
founder and fitness entrepreneur Mike Read the rest of this entry »

Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is a 777-bed nonprofit teaching
affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners
HealthCare, an integrated health care delivery network. In July of
2008, the hospital opened the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular
Center, the most advanced center of its kind. BWH is committed to
excellence in patient care with expertise in virtually every
specialty of medicine and surgery. The BWH medical Read the rest of this entry »

Normally, urine travels from the kidneys to the bladder via the
ureters. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) occurs when urine that dwells in
the bladder flows back into the ureters and often back into the
kidneys. Children with VUR may present before birth as prenatal
hydronephrosis (an abnormal widening of the ureter) or with a urinary
tract infection. Some may be diagnosed because of a family history,
even though they may be without symptoms. Others Read the rest of this entry »