Fact Based List:
The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2015
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/30/2014 - 18:01
- Mobile Stroke Unit - High-tech ambulances bring the emergency department straight to the patient with stroke symptoms
- Dengue Fever Vaccine - More than 50 to 100 million people in more than 100 countries contract the dengue virus each year
- Cost-effective, Fast, Painless Blood-Testing - The new art of blood collection uses a drop of blood drawn from the fingertip in a virtually painless procedure
- PCSK9 Inhibitors for Cholesterol Reduction - Injectable cholesterol lowering drugs, are in development for those who don't benefit from statins
- Antibody-Drug Conjugates - Delivers cytotoxic agents to tumor cells while avoiding normal, healthy tissue
- Checkpoint Inhibitors - Allow physicians to make significantly more progress against advanced cancer
- Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker - Since 1958, the technology involved in cardiac pacemakers hasn't changed much
- New Drugs for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - Nearly 80,000 American adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Single-Dose Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer - Treating breast cancer in its earliest stages can oftentimes lead to a cure
- New Drug for Heart Failure - The unique drug compound represents a paradigm shift in heart failure therapy
Source: Cleveland Clinic
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