Seven Angels of Death: Murderous Doctors and Nurses

Posted by Queuebot in Crime & Law, Medicine on January 30, 2009 at 2:42 am

This rogues' gallery of healthcare's most heinous professionals have a combined kill count in the hundreds. Whether out of mercy, to ease their patients' pain, like Dr. Jack Kevorkian, or sheer lust for murder, like Charles Cullen, these doctors and nurses make you think twice about checking into a hospital that you may not check out of.

British physician Harold Shipman may have killed as many as 400 of his patients during his medical career, which would make him the most prolific serial killer of all time. An official audit estimates the number of victims at 236 over 24 years, but the exact number will probably never be known.

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Cell Phone Hack Analyzes Blood

Posted by Miss Cellania in Gadget, Medicine on December 21, 2008 at 6:53 am

A modified cell phone could allow doctors to analyze blood samples for HIV, malaria, and other diseases in remote villages where costly lab equipment and the power to run them are unavailable! The device is called a LUCAS imager (Lensfree Ultrawide-field Cell-monitoring Array platform based on Shadow imaging).

UCLA researcher Dr. Aydogan Ozcan images thousands of blood cells instantly by placing them on an off-the-shelf camera sensor and lighting them with a filtered-light source (coherent light, for you science buffs). The filtered light exposes distinctive qualities of the cells, which are then interpreted by Ozcan’s custom software. By analyzing the cell types present in a much larger sample, a more accurate diagnosis can be made in a matter of minutes. No more sending blood away to a lab and waiting days or weeks for the results.

Ozcan is seeking a manufacture so these devices can be mass-produced. Link -Thanks, Dave Bullock!

 
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