Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of Korea has just received a US patent for a ‘Vital sign measurement robot and control method thereof’. The company’s humanoid(ish) walking robot can not only measure a patient’s basic vital signs, (pulse rate, etc) but can also perform a series of complex medical examinations. Here he/she/it is performing an […]
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Cockney Rhyming Slang and Medical Terminology
A refinement on a subset of UK medical slang [see my treatise on the general topic] is provided in a short communication by authors Anand N. Bosmia, Christoph J. Griessenauer, and R. Shane Tubbs for the International Journal of History and Philosophy of Medicine, Volumes 1-3: 2011-2013. See: Cockney Rhyming Slang and Medical Terminology. Examples : […]
Who is DR. WHO? Him.
Behold one of the many works of the (or a) real Dr. WHO: W.H.O. Ernst, 1996. “Bioavailability of heavy metals and decontamination of soils by plants,” Applied Geochemistry, vol. 11, nos. 1–2, January–March 1996, pp. 163–167. Dr. Who is or was at the Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The […]
Survey for cardiopulmonary bypass perfusionists
If you are a perfusionist helping to perform a cardiopulmonary bypass, we ask you to take a moment to post a comment here about the following study: “2010 Survey on cell phone use while performing cardiopulmonary bypass,” T Smith, E Darling, B Searles, Perfusion, September 2011 vol. 26 no. 5 375-380. The authors, at SUNY Upstate […]