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HEART LUNG MACHINE
In 1925, Soviet scientist Sergei Brukhonenko developed world's first heart-lung machine 'Autojector' - The remarkable milestone that changed the future of heart surgerySergei Brukhonenko's 1925 Autojector machine pioneered external blood circulation and oxygenation. This invention allowed surgeons to tempo...- In 1999, Swedish doctor Anna Bågenholm was trapped beneath river ice in Norway for 80 minutes, and her heart stopped; five months later, she returned to workAnna Bågenholm survived 80 minutes trapped in freezing water after a skiing accident. Her body temperature dropped to a record low of 13.7 ...
- Harvard study finds spending just two hours a week on this habit could help you live longer, cut heart disease and dementia death risk; combining it with aerobic exercise may lower early death risk by up to 45%New research suggests strength training offers significant health benefits. Just 90 to 120 minutes weekly lowers death risk from all causes...
- Scanning cancer, up close & personal: A revolution is underway in cancer diagnosisA gene-based test called next-generation sequencing can identify precise mutations, which can then be treated with targeted therapies. Sinc...
- China’s EV boom is cleaning the air, and may have prevented 262,000 deathsElectric vehicles are proving to be life savers. Studies show China's shift to electric cars has prevented thousands of premature deaths. A...
- Sleeping over 8 hours daily? Senior Neurologist at Apollo Hospitals explains its underlying health issues and potential risksAre you sleeping more than 8 hours? New research has revealed that a study of nearly 500,000 people found a 'sweet spot' of 6.4 to 7.8 hour...
- President Nelson’s lasting legacy beyond the Church: A surgeon who transformed thousands of livesRussell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and former heart surgeon, died at 101. His transformative 2...
- Over 1.4 million people could die per year due to deadly Wildfire smoke. Experts blame this reasonResearchers predicted that between the period 2010–2014 and 2095–2099, global fire carbon emissions could rise by 23 percent under mid-rang...
- 'Robots will become less metal, humans more machine': Sci-fi writer’s eerie 1965 warning goes viralIsaac Asimov's 1965 BBC interview has resurfaced, revealing his prediction of a future where humans and machines merge. His vision of robot...
- PM Modi inaugurates new facilities at AIIMS-KalyaniPrime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated new facilities at AIIMS-Kalyani in West Bengal, including a cardiac laboratory and a gen...
- As high-tech era tips the scale in favour of newer devices, stethoscope's fate hangs in balanceThe revered art of “auscultation”— the act of detecting maladies from listening to sounds from the heart, lungs or other organs—might actua...
- Lucknow hospital made 28-year-old woman 'die' for six minutes to keep her aliveDoctors at King George's Medical University in Lucknow successfully used a technique called deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) to i...
- What is ECMO & why are doctors worried to see ICU patients being put on it for advanced life support?ECMO is a vital tool but it requires highly trained staff and a huge amount of hospital resources.
- Gilead’s remdesivir mainly helped healthier Covid-19 patientsThe publication also allowed greater insight into which patients seemed to respond best to treatment. The only group to do significantly be...
- Indian Railways develops low-cost ventilator 'Jeevan', seeks ICMR approvalThe prototype is now awaiting ICMR clearance to go into production, the Railways said.
- Technique used on Jayalalithaa revived techie’s heart function in 24 hoursWhat came to Srinath's rescue was ECMO, the same procedure used by doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, to treat late Tamil Nadu chief min...
- This e-device can monitor heart, recognise speechNew York, Nov 17 (IANS) US researchers have developed a tiny, soft and wearable acoustic sensor that can measure vibrations in the human bo...
- Lab-on-a-chip device to better diagnose asthma, TBA novel low-cost lab-on-a-chip device to analyse sputum from patients with pulmonary diseases such as tuberculosis and asthma has been deve...
- Artificial heart lung machine used to cure H1N1-affected childAn artificial heart lung machine has been used to cure a child suffering from swine flu at the Apollo Children's Hospital, Chennai
- 'Dead' hearts transplanted into living patients in world firstThe team at the lung transplant unit of the hospital announced they had transplanted three heart failure patients using donor hearts that h...
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