Biomedical engineers at Rice University have designed a device that uses suction cups attached to the skin to lift belly fat out of the way during surgery. The fat-lifter was designed at the request of cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehdi Razavi.
Dr. Robert Barchi has been named the 20th President of Rutgers University, school officials announced today. Barchi, a neurologist by training, is currently the President of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelpha. Disclosure: the author is a former student and staff member at Jefferson
Dr. Payman Houshmandpour, a medical resident at Virtua Health Systems in Camden County, New Jersey was shot to death at close range by a gunman who fled the scene. The shooter may have been Dr. Giocondo “Joe” Navek, who shot himself in the head when he was stopped by police a short distance from crime Continue Reading
Former Vice-President Dick Cheney has been released from Inova Fairfax hospital 10 days after undergoing a cardiac transplant.
Highmark executive Kenneth Melani has been fired by the board after details of an altercation with his mistress’s estranged husband emerged. The insurance company is being run on a temporary basis by J. Robert Baum.
Highmark executive Kenneth Melani was arrested and charged with simple assault and defiant trespass when he allegedly got into an altercation with the husband of his mistress Melissa Myler.
Ex-Temple University ophthalmologist Dr. Joseph Kubacki was sentenced to seven years in prison for fraudulently billing patients and insurance companies $1.8 million.
Results of an autopsy have shown that Anna Brown died of a pulmonary embolism in a jail cell after she sought help at an emergency room and was arrested for trespassing. St. Mary’s Health Center says that she correctly treated the patient and that a small percentage of deep vein thrombosis are missed even with Continue Reading
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