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From person to cyborg: a synthetic chest created using 3D printing
It seems that a person has every chance to turn into a cyborg. Arcam AB specialists have created perhaps the most difficult prosthesis to date, designed to replace part of the patient’s chest. An innovative implant was created using 3D printing.
The Swedish company Arcam AB, with the support of the Australian company Anatomics, set about implementing an ambitious project. The essence of the project was to create an artificial chest, for patients who may need to replace several ribs at once. Continue reading
Deadly advertising: a joke with skeletons that claimed many lives
Creation
Today, everyone is used to pharmaceutical advertising, which uses pastel shades, pastoral landscapes and rave reviews of the new “miracle drug”. But in the late 1800s, a St. Louis-based company put ads for its analgesics and antipyretics on the market in the form of a series of creepy calendars. On them, medicine was offered by creepy skeletons. And everything would be fine, but, ironically, the product that this company advertised turned out to be deadly. Continue reading
10 alternative medical procedures that could have saved people, but were banned
Controversial, questionable, forbidden…
Medicine is one of the most controversial areas, around which there are always disputes and scandals. Although there are rumors that the governments of many countries simply do not put on the market and prohibit miracle drugs that could save humanity from many ailments. Whether this is the case or not, we can only guess.
But we know exactly about 10 alternative medical procedures that are currently prohibited.
1. Cyanide Continue reading