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Now motorcycle enthusiasts have a better chance for survival…

Therapeutics hypothermia just took a huge leap from the hospital bed onto the streets. Checkout the new ThermaHelm(R) brain bucket that neatly coddles your brain like a new born babe. The manufacturer’s video says it all –>

Cryo Brain Bucket

Now EMS teams can expect more live motorcyclists due to this new cooling therapy.

Excellent intel, ThermaHelm!

Now can you make one for bicyclists?

Amazing, an actual website produced by the federal government that exposes those federally funded agencies’ programs that are at the extremes of the spectrum…either strong performers or huge disappointments.

The agency that ranks these programs is the U.S. OMB (Office of Management and Budget).

Net findings by the OMB? –> “20% of Federal programs are Not Performing.” see ExpectMore.gov

Our solution –> let’s shut down these programs immediately and create accountable programs that effectively fund education, infrastructure development, healthcare efficiency programs and comparative effectiveness research.

A few of our favorite poor performers:

1) Health Information Technology Research (AHRQ) -> Read more…

2) Office on Women’s Health -> Read more…

3) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology -> Read more…

…and these are just three out of 30 major poor performing programs managed by the Dept of Health & Human Service.

No wonder our U.S. healthcare system is bloated and ineffective. Where is the accountability?

We’re sad to see your missions end…



America will miss your amazing adventures

…not spontaneous combustion as previously thought.

Seriously…Researchers at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Northwestern University’s medical school have found that women experiencing hot flashes during the earlier years of menopause tend to have a lower risk of heart attack and death than their older counterparts who experience hot flashes and night sweats near the end of menopause.

The possible mechanism? The “blood vessels dilating in response to the normal hormone fluctuations of menopause” allows more fluid blood flow and, therefore, more efficient heat transfer from more dilated capillaries located at the surface of the skin. This apparently is healthy cardiovascular reaction for a younger woman, but for an older woman in her 60′s can signal blood vessel abnormalities that could affect the heart.

Thus NO spontaneous combustion!

Read more…

Did you ever imagine as a kid, losing the ability to walk and getting a pair of robotic pants that your clumsily staggered around the house in?

Or…did you ever pretend you lost your eyesight and got a pair of ooky biomechanical “popping” eyes to peer at your friends?

Well, here they are 12 recent advances in robotics that even most kids did not imagine…

Advances In Medical Robotics

So goes the $6M Bionic Man…read on…

NASA…no need to say more.

Some of the most weird and heart-warming stories of 2010…

Mother’s touch revives premature twin pronounced dead…

“Kangaroo Cuddle”

Afghani teen receives nose transplant in California…

Afghani Teen Harmed by Family

All 33 Chilean Miners Survive Ordeal…

All Chilean Minors Survive

…and seven more…

Thank you, AOL, TIME, LWA, AP, Getty Images & Youtube.com!

Hypothesis:  If ones’ stomach lining can absorb alcohol leading to the symptoms of intoxication, then the dermal layers of ones’ feet should do the same — ol’ Danish myth.

Method: Place feet in washtub of alcohol for 3 hours.

Tools:

• Washtub

Tune for Foot Tapping

• Feet (preferably two)
• 80 Proof vodka…lots!
• Watch..second hand not necessary
• Patience
• Towel

Results: …read more at…“Washtub Play” or “Scientists dip feet, debunk Danish alcohol myth”

Happy Holidays from your WeirdMedical team at MedIntelliBase!

This is tough to believe given the AHA/ACC guidelines and thousands of healthcare services ranking the leading nutritionally balanced weight loss programs…

Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds

But Professor Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University is proof positive. There’s a dichotomy here – you can loose weight and be healthy but not eat healthy.

The net-net is if you eat too many calories – no matter how healthy their sources – and do not exercise enough to burn the excess – you get chubby!

Can we really be moving into a new era where what the patient experiences – feels, touches and even smells – really matters?

Can our medical device industry be moving in the direction of consumer marketing where patient-based consumer-type-products are becoming reality?

“There’s something called value-based purchasing in [health-care reform] that actually measures patient satisfaction,” according to Bob Schwartz, general manager of global design for GE Healthcare, “— and hospitals are reimbursed, in part at least, on what those patient satisfaction scores say.”

Bob Schwartz, general manager of global design for GE Healthcare

It actually appears that the patient’s feedback and opinions are starting to matter as much as those of our medical professionals. Especially now that U.S. healthcare reform driven by the balance of better procedural outcomes, patient satisfaction through provider rating systems, and cost containment is creating a perfect storm.

Read more about this “Proctor & Gamble” marketing approach…it’s not the science of technology but the science of consumer behavior!