| transplant is a long process because you have to | | | | called a computer vision syndrome. So an |
| wait for a potential heart that is suitable for you and | | | | ophthalmologist, Richard Yee, saw how people suffer |
| your condition. But there is a new device now that | | | | from dry eyes, light sensitivity and difficulty to focus |
| will no longer make a heart patient wait – the | | | | at the computer that made him create special specs. |
| Berlin heart. One of its great advantages is it comes | | | | It’s like having your eyes in the sauna making |
| with different sizes, from the smallest fitted for | | | | it comfortable for the eyes and screens out wind, |
| babies and large sizes for adults. The Berlin heart | | | | drafts, dusts and anything in the environment that |
| takes over the patient’s heart for a while | | | | can irritate your eyes. |
| that allows it to rest and this will let the | | | | There are at least three million Americans that have |
| patient’s body to gain strength thus, making | | | | epilepsy and 30 percent of this has seizures that |
| them a better candidate for heart transplantation. | | | | cannot be controlled by medicine. But as of now, |
| And 77 percent of patients who uses Berlin heart | | | | new imaging techniques have stridently increased the |
| survive to their transplant surgery. | | | | number of people who are possible candidate for |
| Out of 1,000 children, there are three to five who | | | | epilepsy surgery. And the children have more benefits |
| are diagnosed with scoliosis and it is more prominent | | | | on this since their brain is still flexible. Surgery is the |
| in girls. Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine that can | | | | only way to completely cure epilepsy but this is |
| have severe consequences if the curvature gets | | | | crucial because many things can happen inside your |
| worse like effects in heart and lung function. Surgery | | | | brain during surgery that can cause further damages. |
| is the process to mend scoliosis which in the | | | | And to accurately map the brain during surgeries, |
| operation cuts a large piece of bone from the iliac | | | | surgeons place dozens of tiny electrodes directly on |
| crest in the pelvis that will be used to create a spinal | | | | the surface of the brain and these sensors allow a |
| fusion so the curve would not get worse. But the | | | | digital brain wave machine to generate a high-tech |
| problem with taking a bone from the iliac crest is it | | | | image of what is happening inside the brain. |
| can cause pain and sometimes even permanent pain. | | | | It is a disheartening fact that stroke is the third |
| But today, there is a brand new therapy that will | | | | leading cause of death and the leading cause of |
| require using stem cells harvested from your own | | | | disability in the US. But there is a new tool called |
| bone marrow. This stem cells will act as a sort of | | | | Penumbra which is a device suction for blood clots |
| catalyst to support the growth of new bone along | | | | from the brains of stroke patients. It gives possibility |
| the spine and moreover, it is less painful and more | | | | of life and cuts the risk of death and disability. A |
| effective. | | | | catheter is used as it goes from a small incision in the |
| For those of you who spend almost 12 hours in front | | | | groin through blood vessels up to the brain where |
| of your computer, there is a specialized specs to | | | | this is a blockage and Penumbra suctions out the clot |
| prevent eye irritation. Some of the people who | | | | thus, saving a stroke victim’s life. There is a |
| spend lots of time in front of a computer screen can | | | | new study in fact that shows it restored blood flow |
| suffer from eye problems that may feel like sands in | | | | in 82 percent out of 125 patients. |
| the eyes and makes your vision blurry and teary. It is | | | | |