May Issue 2008
Medical Breakthroughs

With all the medical breakthroughs by doctors and surgeons, thousands of lives can be saved. Just like those drugs being discovered to safe keep our mind and memories. This can help fight the effects of Alzheimer's which affect many people. It treat memory losses and other symptoms.

Another discovery is the liver tumor killer. It can destroy the tumor inside the body without damaging the neighbouring tissue. This is done with the help of nanotubes. Experiments are first done on rabbits where such tubes are implanted onto its liver tumor. Then the rabbit is exposed to radio waves. The tubes then produced heat and the tumor is destroyed. Since it works on rabbit, this should be able to work as well on humans, and hopefully this method can work for other tumors on other parts of our body.

As symptoms of ovarian cancer are vague, many women die of this disease as it is not detected during the early stages. However, researchers found out that ovarian cancer can be detected during the early stages through the test of the urine. With the help of this discovery, lives of many victims can be saved.

Many senior citizens suffer from heart problems due to their old age, but with these invention, the Chronicles Implantment Hemodynamic Monitor (IHM), stays alert on the patient 24/7. it is very effective for those who suffers from congestive heart failure and other cardiac conditions. If anything happens, the machine will alert the doctor immediately through the internet, who can adjust your treatment accordingly.

As technology advances, even blood can be converted from one blood type to another. For the past few years, many deadly accidents happen because of the many mistakes made when sorting out the different blood types. O blood type is the common and can be used on all patients, thus it is always in demand. But with this new technology, all blood types can be converted to O, which can be used for all, and will hence reduce the high demand of O blood type blood.

Lastly, the invention i think can help and saves lot of lives is the invention of an artificial lung. It is not easy to find a suitable lung for every lung transplant patient. But with the help of this, it can help the patients waiting to find a suitable lung, and at the same time, it can enable the patient to stay at home instead of staying in the hospital. Even if the patient is not able to find a suitable lung, they can still live and depend on the artificial lung.

Despite all these new inventions, not everyone can afford the cost of these technologies. Thus, researchers can try to research and invent one that is cheap and effective.

done by: alexia lee [o6]