The Curious Beginnings of 5 Common Surgical Tools
The Mother Nature Network posted an article about how surgical stapling and anesthesia are common sights in a modern operating room, but it wasn’t always that way. Some of these tools and processes have interesting and even downright weird origin stories. Learn more about how one surgeon’s hungry pet monkey helped him invent absorbable sutures. LearnMore
“A Most Exciting Story”: Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Stephen Hauser, one of the world’s leading authorities on Multiple Sclerosis, discusses important new findings that link Vitamin D deficiency to the development of MS — as well as their significant implications for the prevention and management of the disease. LearnMore
Information Technology in Patient Care
After many decades of trailing other sectors of the economy, health care and health professional education have embraced information technology as a strategic resource in the last decade. Computers and the Internet have become standard means for performing other information-intensive, high-consequence activities. Most of the population now uses computers for planning travel, banking, bill payment,... LearnMore
Viral Video: Dr. Anthony Fauci on “The Colbert Report”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of NAIAD and co-author of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine visits “The Colbert Report” to brief Steven Colbert on the serious business of public health policy and the battle against infectious diseases. LearnMore
