Is medical treatment as we know it a thing of the past? Prof Harald Schmidt of Maastricht University certainly thinks so. In our interview, he describes the future of therapy as holistic rather than organ-based, with diagnosis supported by smart AI algorithms. What else is new? Keep reading to find out!
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Article • Time for a revolution?About the end of medicine, as we know itCurrently many researchers and experts assume that the next great socio-economic revolution will include a completely new definition of health and how we define illnesses and therapies. “Our health system today can no longer be sustained in its ... |
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Article • Minimally-invasiveEndoscopy: Through the keyhole or open surgery?Physicians in Germany remove around 200,000 gall bladders annually, mostly by minimally invasive surgery, the so-called keyhole surgery. While gall bladders and appendices can be removed through a tiny aperture in the body, large tumours cannot. ... |
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Article • EndoprostheticsJoint efforts: New guidelines for arthroplastyAccording to the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register, knee arthroplasty – with a revision rate of five percent after ten years – is one of the most successful surgical interventions of the post-World War II decades. The most frequent reasons for ... |
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News • ICU alarm algorithmsMachine learning eliminates false alarms in intensive careIn intensive care units (ICU), some monitoring device or other is always sounding the alarm. Whether it’s a patient whose blood oxygen level is too low, someone in the next bed whose intracranial pressure is rising, or someone else whose blood ... |
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Interview • New technologiesRobots in medicine: Weak knees and hard factsAlthough robotics is now an established arm of medical technology – with the Da Vinci surgical system a trailblazer – many basic issues need to be resolved before nurse Robot can report for the morning shift in a ward. Since centre-forward ... |
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Article • Therapeutic progressCancer: riding the wave of innovationIn haematology and medical oncology, there is always something new. However, the increasing stratification of cancer therapies presents an enormous challenge for clinical research. Tumour cells – those altered genetically by mutation and thus ... |
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Article • Wound careHealing helped by fish skin or bio-inkMany methods to treat current or chronic wounds are available. However, the differences in general conditions prevailing in hospital, or for out-patient care, make effective therapy more difficult. Each patient also has other preconditions for ... |
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News • Virtual realityGlaucoma detection with brain-based VR deviceA wearable brain-based device called NGoggle that incorporates virtual reality (VR) could help improve glaucoma diagnosis and prevent vision loss. Duke University researchers funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) have launched a clinical study ... |
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