Six years ago, the CEO of French manufacturer Poly Implant Prosthese, Jean-Claude Mas, was convicted and sent to jail for using non-medical […]
Posts Tagged ‘Surgery’
Cancer in the Crosshairs
Research Contracts & Innovation (RCI) is the department at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that’s responsible for signing research […]
Pseudoscience and Debunking Myths
David Gorski is a surgical oncologist at the Karmanos Cancer Institute and Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit. He specializes in […]
Pioneers in Immunotherapy
The intramural research programme within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland lives by its byline: “Our research […]
A Computer Algorithm Failure
On Wednesday 2 May 2018 the Health Secretary for the UK government, Mr Jeremy Hunt (seen right, © The Independent), stood up […]
What a Great Idea!
Not too many people know that the world’s first digital laser was invented in South Africa, or that in the 1980s two […]
The Time is Now
The majority of specialists working in medical imaging are diagnostic radiologists, while a relatively small number practise interventional radiology, with […]
Courage and Innovation
The title for this week’s blog – courage and innovation – was the theme for a conference held at Groote Schuur Hospital […]
The Evidence is Mounting
As demonstrated by randomized clinical trials, mammographic screening provides a mortality benefit for women diagnosed with breast cancer. In addition, […]
A Dangerous Outburst
Iatrogenic derives from the Greek words iatros, meaning physician, and genein which means to produce, and may be defined as any adverse […]