Whole Body Donor Day 2024
https://youtu.be/jvxIPhMCPRk Honoring Sacrifice: MedCure's 6th Annual Donor Day This year, MedCure celebrated its 6th Annual Donor Day in a truly meaningful way at the picturesque Columbia River in Cascade Locks,…
Human Cadavers vs Virtual Cadavers in the Educational Setting
Technology has continued to advance exponentially, taking over various parts of our lives, including education. However, there are some things that can’t quite be learned from technology, or virtual simulators,…
National Women Physicians Day: February 3rd
Today is National Women Physicians Day, in honor of the 201st birthday of Elizabeth Blackwell, which you may have seen mentioned on our social media before. She became the first…
Getting Your Affairs In Order
The best time to get your affairs in order is when you are financially secure and in good health, but regardless of when these documents are completed, it can be…
As Body Donations Increase, So Does The Need for Donors
Just as rates of Americans choosing cremation over burial have risen from only 5% in the 1970s to more than 50% in 2018, more and more people today continue to…
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…
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: AdobeStockWhile 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 century.…
Medical History Moment – First Successful Kidney Transplant
Dr Murray and his team performing the first successful kidney transplantOn December 23, 1954, Richard Herrick became the first person to receive a successful kidney transplant. The 23 year old…