3D-Printed Heel Bone Saves Cancer Patient’s Leg From Amputation in Pioneering Procedure A CT scan of the patient’s right foot with the 3D-printed titanium heel implant(St Vincent’s Hospital, Anatomics and CSIRO) Melbourne doctors, a government agency and an implant manufacturerhave come together to save a man’s leg from amputation in a pioneering procedure by implanting the world’s first…

Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor Patricia Wanderlich, who suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2011, decided to forgo a brain scan this year because of the cost. Credit Rob Hart for The New York Times Patricia Wanderlich got insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, and with good reason: She suffered a…

The doctor will see you now — through Google Google seems to be getting smarter all the time. It’s already a sort of virtual encyclopedia. Now, for at least some users, it’s behaving like a wise, caring parent that will not only tell you to see a doctor but will actually make it happen. Developer Jason…

Temple Podiatrist Gabriela M. Yurkanin, has collaborated with Vascular Surgeon, Dr. Eric T. Choi, Director of Limb Salvage at Temple Hospital, Dr. Peter Axelrod, Infectious Disease, Dr. Elias S. Siraj, Endocrinology, and Dr. Roy Steinhouse, Psychiatry.  Studies support that a multidisciplinary approach reduces diabetic complications and decreases the incidence of hospital re-admissions.  This collaboration will…