Published on: 2025-04-20 19:36:12
Image: Ocutrx A loupe is a small optical magnifying device that surgeons, jewelers, watchmakers, and anyone working with the fine details of small items can use to magnify and provide close-up views. Loupes can be handheld or mounted to eyeglass frames. They differ from traditional magnifying glasses because they have considerably greater magnifying capability and are designed to be used at very close range. At the beginning of this year, Ocutrx Technologies introduced DigiLoupes, an AR/XR hea
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-01 19:25:01
The booming popularity of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs for weight loss has led to a flurry of companies vying to make new and improved anti-obesity medications. One of those is Boston-based Syntis Bio, which is working on a daily pill that mimics the effects of gastric bypass—no actual surgery required. Today, the company announced early data from animals and a small group of human volunteers showing that its approach is safe and may be able to suppress hunger. The company presented the findin
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Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving. While still years away from being tested in humans, the wireless pacemaker was hailed as a "transformative breakthrough" that could spur advances in other areas of medicine. Millions of people across the world have permanent pacemakers, which stimulate hearts with electrical pulses to ensure the
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If you have the chance to plan your next surgery, you might want to avoid Fridays. A study out this week shows that surgeries scheduled right before the weekend tend to be riskier than those done earlier in the week. Researchers in the U.S. and Canada conducted the study, published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open. Analyzing data from nearly a half million people, they found that pre-weekend surgeries had a slightly greater risk of death, complications, and readmissions compared to post-weekend sur
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As It Happens 7:03 For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons are putting teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight When Brent Chapman's doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt "a little apprehensive." But then he spoke to a woman in Australia who had undergone the same procedure to tremendous success. "She had been completely blind for 20 years, and is now snow skiing," Chapman, 33, of North Vancouver,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 20:26:52
As It Happens 7:03 For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons are putting teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight When Brent Chapman's doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt "a little apprehensive." But then he spoke to a woman in Australia who had undergone the same procedure to tremendous success. "She had been completely blind for 20 years, and is now snow skiing," Chapman, 33, of North Vancouver,
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