By Tom Ulrich
Pediatrics
Influenza, MRSA and why flu vaccination can save children’s lives
Influenza A H1N1 model
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Cancer genetics: Learning the rules for breaking chromosomes
By Tom Ulrich
MassDevice.com +3Blogs | 8 steps to succeed at a medical first, The end of off-label promotion, Serendipity in science
Say hello to MassDevice +3Blogs, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech blogs of the week. This latest feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our three favorite blogs of the week to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
If you read nothing else this weekend, make sure you’re still in the know with MassDevice +3Blogs.
8 steps to succeed at a risky medical “first”
Dr. James Lock,
cardiologist-in-chief at
Children’s Hospital Boston.
Serendipity in science: Robotic clothing for brain-damaged children
Countless scientific epiphanies never leave the bench – unless there’s the kind of serendipitous encounter that set Children’s Hospital Boston psychologist Gene Goldfield on a path he never expected to follow.
Too many robots in the OR? | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Extra robot hands in the operating room may not be conferring much benefit compared to the increased cost in some cases, according to University of Louisville professor Dr. Resad Pasic.
While robot-assisted surgery has boomed in the 6 years since it was approved for gynecological procedures in 2005, the debate about whether the extra cost is really worth it has heated up as well.
Today’s adolescents “unhealthiest in U.S. history,” researchers say | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Today’s teens may be at risk of succumbing to heart disease younger than their parents will, according researchers at Northwestern University.
A combination of high blood sugar, obesity, poor diet, smoking and little exercise makes modern adolescents the "unhealthiest in U.S. history."
Athletes’ knees and OCD: Between ROCK and a hard place
When screening teenage athletes for sudden cardiac arrest risk, history matters
Before reaching for tests like EKGs to screen teen athletes, we should first ask ourselves if we’ve taken a careful history:
The whole tooth: Mechanics may aid in building organs
How do cells figure out how to build three-dimensional organs with multiple kinds of tissues? A group of engineers, geneticists, biochemists and cell biologists at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering sunk their teeth into this mystery –starting, in fact, with the tooth.