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Smart glasses let nurses see veins through skin. News November 20, 2013 11:50 AM ET Computerworld - Epson and Evena Medical today unveiled smart glasses that allow nurses at the bedside to see "through" a patient's skin to the vasculature beneath.

Smart glasses let nurses see veins through skin

The companies claim the new Eyes-On Glasses System technology makes even hard-to-locate veins easy to find for intravenous placement. The Eyes-On Glasses System is based on Epson's Moverio Smart Glasses Technology, an Android-based, see-through wearable display launched earlier this year that allows users to interact with apps and games.

Evena Medical, a maker of high-definition imaging for precise venous access, said the new glasses incorporate its multi-spectral 3D imaging and wireless connectivity. The glasses work by using the multi-spectral lighting to see veins beneath the skin and two digital cameras that transmit images wirelessly using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or 3G connectivity. Transcend II Travel CPAP Machine. When his PSA score spiked, prostate surgery loomed, but NIH offered another way. We made an appointment and unknowingly entered into the contentious arena of how to respond to potentially worrisome prostate cancer tests.

When his PSA score spiked, prostate surgery loomed, but NIH offered another way

Originally used to track the progress of cancer treatment, the PSA test is now widely used to detect possible signs of early-stage prostate cancer. But it is an imperfect tool — so imperfect, in fact, that recently the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which is charged with tracking medical practices and treatments, said the test should no longer be part of routine standard of care.The test does more harm, through unnecessary surgery, than good, the group said. The recommendation, which reversed the task force’s previous position, has been extremely controversial, with many urologists, cancer doctors and prostate cancer survivors decrying it, saying the PSA test had saved lives.

All of this, though, was well in the future.

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Diet: Weight Loss and Metabolism. The last time it happened, it was the girl who cuts my hair.

Diet: Weight Loss and Metabolism

"So, what kind of diet are you on? " she asked. Since I'm a nutritional biochemist, it's a question I'm used to. My instinct was to skip the scientific details, spit out a four-word answer, and hope she'd move on to the neck shaving. There are plenty of experts who claim that all that matters is the number of calories you eat: If you want to lose weight, eat fewer calories than you burn. Case in point: carbohydrates. But here's what's surprising: High-sugar carbohydrates aren't always bad. Lose weight around the clock with The 8-Hour Diet! The automatic diet planner - Swole.me. Sleep Apnea Therapy System. Preventive Care Services. Chemotherapy Game Changer For Stage 4 Cancer. A new and exciting discovery that can give hope for late stage and complex cancer patients is here.

Chemotherapy Game Changer For Stage 4 Cancer

For years patients and doctors have been asking the question “why does chemotherapy only work for some patients and why sometimes not at all?” For example a patient may try a different chemo regiment over and over or may “respond” to chemotherapy and have a 30% shrinkage of a tumor only to find it returns even more aggressively later. Envita’s new form of treatment aims to eliminate this problem altogether which means that many patients will become cancer survivors.

This new treatment was designed and developed by Envita’s medical team to outperform conventional therapies by using each patient’s specific tumor information and genetic profile. The treatment is called Envita’s GTF (Genetically Targeted Fractionated Chemotherapy). The current model and approach being used by numerous cancer centers and hospitals is the “germ theory.” Accidental condom inha... [Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2004 Jan-Mar. Come on, everybody! Do the toilet squat! X-Ray Pin-up Calendar - Pics. Medical imaging firm EIZO wanted to come up with a catchy giveaway that highlighted their expertise in “high-precision displays for the examination and diagnosis of radiographs.”

X-Ray Pin-up Calendar - Pics

The result, dreamt up by German ad firm BUTTER: A pin-up calendar in which women, truly, truly bare all. As the promotion concept puts it, “Very popular among craftsmen but quite new for medics: Pin-up calendars. At last, one which shows absolutely every detail.” The photo for January is above.

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547928_315076591903694_250949118316442_709239_1104050918_n.jpg (JPEG Image, 600 × 574 pixels) Justin's Rattlesnake Pics. Click to read the story of my snake bite Pictures If you would like to ask me any questions or make any comments about my story or these pictures, feel free to email me.

Justin's Rattlesnake Pics

Click on any picture to see it at a larger size. How Pregnancy Happens. Free software downloads. ResMed S9 CPAP Setup. For instructions on how to set the optimum pressure on your CPAP Machine, CLICK HERE Step One:Plug the machine in and turn the Push Dial until the device is showing the Home position (Home Icon is illuminated).

ResMed S9 CPAP Setup

Step Two:Press and hold the Push Dial and Setup Menu buttons down at the same time, and hold them both down for 3 seconds. The machine will then enter the Clinician Setup Mode: Step Three: Turn the Push Dial to select which option you wish to change, then press the Push Dial down to select your change. For more information, or if you have questions regarding your ResMed S9 machine, please join the Apnea Board Forum and post your question there.