Spotlight: Improvements in Wound Treatment
Everyone will experience a wound at some point in their life, be it a scrape, a small cut, or a surgical incision. What people once consider to be a life threatening injury…
Medical History Moment – First Artificial Heart Implant
Source: Adobe Stock In April of 1969, a patient by the name of Haskell Karp was in desperate need of a new heart. Karp, who was suffering from severe heart…
Spotlight: Organ Transplant Training for Surgeons
One of the most amazing and impactful medical advancements in the last century was the development of life-saving organ transplant techniques. Over 28,000 people in America receive much needed organ…
Spotlight: Less Invasive Dental Surgery
The practice of dentistry has a long history, dating back as far as 2600 BC. However, these early methods are virtually unrecognizable as dentistry by our modern standards, and may…
Medical History Moment – Human Blood Types Discovered
Source: AdobeStock While doctors had been experimenting with human blood transfusions since the early 1800s, the practice was largely considered dangerous within the medical community prior to the start of the 20th…
Medical History Moment – First Successful Kidney Transplant
Dr Murray and his team performing the first successful kidney transplant On December 23, 1954, Richard Herrick became the first person to receive a successful kidney transplant. The 23 year…
Spotlight: EMT and First Responder Training
EMTs are quite literally life savers. In a medical emergency, a patient’s life often relies on EMTs’ prompt response time and medical care. One of the most helpful skills an…
Spotlight: Advancements in Orthopedic Medicine
As we age, so too do our bones and joints. Through the years, our bones may suffer breaks or fractures and our joints may sustain injuries or develop arthritis. The…
Medical History Moment – The Founding of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Image: Adobe Stock On August 4th, 1893, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine opened in Baltimore, MD as the first medical research university in the United States. In its 124…
Medical History Moment – First IVF Baby Born
July 25th, 1978, 11:47 pm, Louise Joy Brown, the first baby successfully conceived via In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) was born. This method, pioneered by Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards, has led…