SAN JOSE, CA – In what appears to be a medical first, surgeons at Methodist Northwest Hospital have found that using voice-activated Operating Room tables instead of anesthesiologists or CRNAs is working remarkably well. “It’s fantastic,” said orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Wheely. “I don’t have to get anesthesia’s attention anymore! I just say, “table up” […]

You are a patient. Is your surgeon a wonderful doctor, superb under pressure, or is he or she a self-absorbed nervous individual who can’t operate their way out of a paper bag? You don’t know. Your anesthesiologist does. Anesthesiologists watch surgeons for a living. Yes, we happen to give anesthetics to patients at the same […]

For thousands upon thousands of years, we humans got to witness the blessed spectacle of childbirth from only one vantage point. But now, thanks to the wonders of magnetic resonance imaging technology, or MRI, we can see what’s actually going on. Putting a soon-to-be mom inside an MRI scanner isn’t some harebrained idea. The point […]

If you’re thinking about going to school, but afraid to break the bank on a four-year degree, there’s still plenty of great jobs you can get with a two-year degree. Here are some of the highest projected paying gigs in the US. Depending on what you want to do—and who you know—you may not even […]

“Finally!” he exclaimed, throwing his white coat, scrubs, and stethoscope onto a pile of logs. “I can’t believe I made it!” Meet Hunter McCutchen. He is 39 years of age. He is a physician and he has never been more excited in his life. You might be asking why. You see, Hunter just achieved his […]