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Surgeons Are Being Prescribed Serious Face Time With the Wii
Let's just hope that if you ever need surgery, your MD is an avid gamer! USA Today is reporting on a study performed by the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, which found that surgical residents who got their game on for an hour before diving into virtual surgery scored 48 percent higher on tool control and performance. This isn't the first time we've heard of hospitals incorporating the Wii into their practices: Rehab and physical therapy physicians have already been successfully using the Wii to remedy movement and balance issues.
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Nurse Puts Surgery Pics on Facebook, Risks Her Job
If it wasn't bad enough that a Scottish nurse violated privacy codes of the hospital she worked at to take photos during a surgery and display them on her Facebook page then consider that the photos in question were from a brain surgery procedure.
She was also kind enough to show her Facebook audience pictures of her "holding indeterminate parts of the patient's body." All together now: EEWWW!
Do You Listen to Your iPod in Uncomfortable Situations?
A teenager who had surgery to remove a brain tumor made news when he also listened to his iPod during the procedure (well, while he was conscious). It reminded me of how I always listen to my iPod when I'm at the dentist; not having to hear the drill as loud saves me from having minor freak-outs.
It's not just the sound of my preferred music that I like, either; having something I'm so familiar with is comforting, and a great distraction if I'm enduring something painful or uncomfortable.
Would You Want a Robot to Operate on You?
CNET News reports that robotic surgery is gaining in use and popularity, which frightens and excites me. Intuitive Surgical makes the Da Vinci machines that provide robot-assisted surgical technology and number over 650 in hospitals around the country. Human surgeons direct the machines, which have been cleared for chest, cardiac, urological, and gynecological procedures.
Oh No, Puppy! Dog Swallows Cell Phone Whole
I'm trying to use this story to make myself feel better about not having a dog, but I can't get past being freaked out for this poor doggie: You see, a Doberman-Great Dane in South Africa, Nero, was far far hungrier than his owner calculated.
While she was feeding Nero his meal, he ate her Nokia cell phone right out of her hand and swallowed the whole thing!
After a trip to the vet and a next-day surgery (where a bunch of rocks were also found in Nero's tummy), puppy was fine.
Beauty and the Geek: Even Makeup Has Taken Blu-ray's Side
First Netflix chooses Blu-ray, now makeup manufacturers are! Recently Bella alerted us to Cargo makeup's subtle entrance into the tech world with their new line of products, including a mattifier, powder, mascara, gloss, and highlighter, that have been specifically formulated for use by makeup artists on the set of high-definition shoots. The line is called "blu_ray" — it's interesting that they used an underscore instead of the official hyphen of the real Blu-ray, plus, this naming is just the latest visitor to HD-DVD's funeral.
How To Replace Your iPod's Battery
PartySugar's slightly robust first generation iPod has been sitting at geeksugar central for longer than we want to admit. (We joke with the "robust" comment - Party gets major vintage geek points for owning and still using the first gen iPod!) Despite our fear of blood, we finally decided to perform the surgery. You'll be pleased to know it went well.
iPhone Deconstructed: First Operation
It was only a matter of time before someone decided it would be a good idea to take their shiny new iPhone and open it in an effort to explore its innards. Apparently despite the fact that most people still haven't gotten theirs (Apple Stores release more every morning at 9 am but the San Francisco stores were sold out by 10 am yesterday morning), the people over at Anand Tech have already given theirs a little Dr. 90210 work over.
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