Have you guys read this article?

Published

Some of it are pretty rad....

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/top-10-medical-breakthroughs-2012

i've seen several of these. fwiw, the mouthguard that purports to show the magnitude of head impact is bogus according to follow-up studies, but is still heavily marketed to especially high school teams.

that was pretty cool.

i was esp impressed with the new diabetes treatment, that has the added benefit of pts losing wt as well.

thanks for this.

leslie

Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

The "new" procedure for lowering blood pressure by zapping nerves in the kidneys has been around since 1930 but back then the nerves were cut with a scalpel.

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