AIDS has long been a heartbreaking illness. It has had much attention throughout the last several years and the public in now actively fighting for advances in cures for this illness. This has been a long time coming and many have waited for medical breakthroughs and did not make it. Others are hoping upon hope that they will see advances successful enough to put them in remission or resolve the symptoms altogether, while waiting for a cure.

Even though there is yet no cure, medical advancements have found ways to keep this Read the rest of this entry »

Real advancement has been made in prosthetic devices since the Vietnam War and our wounded U. S. soldiers coming back as amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan are benefitting. There are no bionic men and women yet, but we are coming closer.
Advances have come in the form of lighter and more durable composite materials, better socket design, and the increased use of microelectronics.
Perhaps the biggest advancement in prosthetics is the “C leg”, which uses a hydraulic piston and a 40,000 lithium-ion battery (30 hours of Read the rest of this entry »