Category Archives: medicine

Covid-19 Booster

Posted on November 30, 2021 by adelaidepete

The important question is not how soon you should get the vaccine booster shot but when will a version of the vaccine tailored for the Delta & Omicron variants be available in country?

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COVID-19 Oxygenation & Plasma Ideas

Posted on April 8, 2020 by adelaidepete

Why not adapt dialysis machines to optionally oxygenate the blood as done in a heart-lung bypass machine? Given that ventilators are not always adequate to achieve that in cases of the COVID-19 virus and that the problem seems not so … Continue reading →

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Ebola Readiness in Australia?

Posted on October 14, 2014 by adelaidepete

Ebola Readiness or Not? Julie Bishop has said that the Australian Government can not contribute medical teams to try to contain the outbreaks at source in Africa because we have no way of evacuating and treating any who might fall … Continue reading →

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3D Printing Prosthetic Bones

Posted on December 15, 2013 by adelaidepete

Prosthesis Manufacture. Our rather old cat (estimated 17) has had carcinoma diagnosed in the lower left jaw-bone or mandible. I was shocked & horrified at a recommendation for surgical excision of the whole mandible on the effected side with nothing … Continue reading →

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Body Scans – Cancer Screening

Posted on August 23, 2012 by adelaidepete

Last night I attended a great public lecture given by Professor Nico Voelcker who joined the University of South Australia in 2012 as Professor of Chemistry and Materials Sciences within the Mawson Institute. He talked on the fabrication and surface … Continue reading →

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