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Warning over cosmetic face fillers as scans reveal new details of risks
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 18, 2025 Source:Warning over cosmetic face fillers as scans reveal new details of risks
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Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2025 Source:‘It’s absolutely mind blowing’: Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
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Newly identified cartilage cells will hopefully see clinical use for facial reconstruction when the tech is developed to grow them into resilient parts.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 14, 2025 Source:These Newly Identified Cells Could Change the Face of Plastic Surgery Reference:A long-ignored skeletal tissue filled with oil
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Bill and I review (sun)burn management
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 6, 2024 Source:The Do’s and Don’ts of Burn First Aid
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Faces made of living skin make robots smile. Wider implications to treat people with skin damage from disease and trauma if the technique is perfected.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 2, 2024 Source:Faces made of living skin make robots smile
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FDA approves first treatment for severe frostbite
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 16, 2024 Source:FDA approves first treatment for severe frostbite
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Children + e-scooters = High Speed Pedestrians. Health Canada report reviews the stats and a pediatric ER expert weighs in on the injuries they have seen and provide advice on how to reduce the risk of harm.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 20, 2023 Source:How safe are scooters? A pediatric ER expert weighs in Reference:At-a-glance – Characteristics of outdoor motorized scooter-related injuries: analysis of data from the electronic Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (eCHIRPP)
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Skin banks stretched to limit to provide tissue for volcano burn victims
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 12, 2019 Source:New Zealand has ordered more than 1,290 square feet of skin for volcano victims
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3D bioprinting produces functional transplantable human tissue
Health Headlines Commentary for February 18, 2016 Source: Functional human body parts built using 3D-bioprinting technique Reference: A 3D bioprinting system to produce human-scale tissue constructs with structural integrity, Anthony Atala et al., Nature Biotechnology, doi:10.1038/nbt.3413, published online 15 February 2016.