Archive for the 'Engineering' Category

Acne Treatment

American Chronicle publisher an article on “Acne Treatment With Topical Antibiotics“.

Acne infection is commonly treated with topical antibiotics. Topical antibiotics kill the bacteria P. acnes and also help keep the gland unblocked. As topical antibiotics are safer to use for a long period compared to oral antibiotics, they are preferred for moderately infected acne. The common antibiotics used topically are- Tetracycline, Erythromycin, Metronidazole and Clindamycin. Clindamycin is the most popular antibiotic for topical application. Before we discuss about them individually, let us first know more about the cause of acne.

Again antibiotics? Eh oh… What, is there nothing else? Well, whatever the case, I think it’s time for dermatologists to unite and look for alternate solutions to all this nonsense. This about it… We’re all infected with all sorts of things… What’s the story with that?

Now, what am I blabbering about? Like as if I have a solution… Not really… Or do I? Perhaps UV therapy or plasma-produced nitrogen oxide therapy could aid in this type of treatment? Perhaps… Quite possibly. Something to think about.

The trully best invention on the planet (and I mean it)

Seriously, this is one of the… NO! this is THE best thing I have seen online…

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What you think this is? … IT IS A HIT COUNTER…

WOW

Mechanical webpage hitcounter“… very nice article on hot to connect a MECHANICAL counter to a meta-physical webpage.

WOW…

Something I have always dreamt about…

I will try to make this for myself, but in the meantime you should check out that writeup if you’re engineeringly-inclined and/or you just like very cool things.

Quotables

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny …’
- Isaac Asimov

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn’t, I would die.
- Isaac Asimov

Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.
- Isaac Asimov

More at: http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Isaac_Asimov/

This man is a genius, yet I’ve never read a single book of his. Perhaps I will give a whirl.

Unpealable Graphics

DigiPrint is a state-of-the-art system that utilizes breakthroughs in printing mechanics and digital technology for precise, extremely durable graphical design on a wide array of surgical cases and trays. DigiPrint’s non- toxic, biocompatible graphics print below the aluminum metal surface, making them impervious to scratching, peeling and fading. The graphics withstand repeated medical steam sterilization and cleaning for optimal appearance. The permanent process also eliminates the need to replace silk screens when graphics are updated and is compatible with any digital source, from simple, one-color drawings to complex photography.

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Got this when I was looking for “medical instruments”. Well, I suppose everything is a medical instrument these days, even a toy that print on a medical instrument :)

This toy’s pretty cool though. Ink that survives autoclaves and is non-toxic has got to be worth something… At least so this press release posted on Sys-con.com makes me believe.

More: http://www.symmetrymedical.com/

Medtronic Wins Medical Design Excellence Awards

Something to lookup to. A great company, making good products, winning awards, raising its market value. Overall, I think, if I was investing in a stock market I would think about these guys.

Take a look at this press release from Medtronic on Medical Design Online.

Minneapolis, MN - Medtronic, Inc. has been awarded three Medical Design Excellence Awards — two for products related to Activa Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy, a treatment for common movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, and one for an ear, nose and throat (ENT) image guidance system used in sinus surgery.

The winning DBS products are the Nexframe stereotactic technology system in the “surgical equipment, instruments, and supplies” category and the Stimloc lead anchoring device in the “implant and tissue-replacement products” category. The winning ENT surgery product is the LandmarX Element endoscopic image guidance system in the “radiological and electromechanical devices” category.

Official Medtronic’s website: http://www.medtronic.com/

grab that martini, light up that cuban, and read these stories

Rhoda, a person from Omaha who posted a reply on my post about webmd and mrsa has a blog.

Read it. http://www.rhoda.mrsastory.com/.

If this is real [and I am a known skeptic], this is some crazy stuff.

This post here talks about crazily insane shit I never consider a possibility:

 I took my daughter to the ER last night or a broken finger and a UTI. While we were checking her in I asked if they needed to be notified if she has MRSA.
“Has what?”
“MRSA. M-R-S-A.”
M-R-S-E? I can check her records.”
“No, Mam. M-R-S-A.”
She checks her computer and finds there is no previous note of it although we have been there before so she scribbles it on a piece of paper for us to give the admitting nurse which we dutifully did. She glanced at it and went on with getting us registered and proceeded to put us in a double room with another patient. Then when they came in to examine and work on my daughter not one of them thought or bothered to even put on gloves or wash their hands before leaving the room. I wonder if they ever did before going on to other patients.
Why didn’t I make a fuss at the time instead of calling to file a complaint today? I suppose it is because my daughter was in their hands and I hate to piss off the people who are going to make her feel better and it definitely seems to piss off medical professionals to correct them. It was 3 a.m. and I wanted to get out of there some time before day light. Whatever, I see it as unconscionable in that daylight. I should have yelled loudly to save the lady in the next bed and the patients seen after my doctor and nursed left with MRSA on their hands. Of course, I have found their attitude here in Omaha to be pretty much, Oh, we are all carriers any how!!! Which is another reason I didn’t speak up. Still wrong. I still should have. I have to be stronger than the opposition in this war even if it means staying up all night and going from hospital to hospital. I should use every opportunity to spread the word instead of the disease no matter how late at night or how mean everyone might be about being corrected. I will do better!!!! See you!

Is this possible?

Things like this exist? I mean most hospitals are Tenet-owned… I’ve seen what they do… But I never thought Rhoda’s story possible. Is it? Ooof…