Universal Medicine

Gemisha Cheemungtoo  Disneyworld. It is often referred to as the happiest place on Earth. According to a few American researchers, it could be of particular enjoyment for patients with kidney stones, too.    For most people, renal calculi, also known colloquially as kidney stones, may not be an obvious condition. The majority of stones are too small to cause symptoms so if a diagnosis is made, it is likely to be an incidental finding on a CT scan. Although a common urological problem, only 1 in 11 people will experience symptoms associated with renal stones in their lifetimes, such as flank pain, nausea, vomiting or blood in the urine. These symptoms usually arise if a large enough stone causes a blockage within the urinary tract.    The treatment for kidney stones depends on the severity of presentation. A small painless stone could pass out naturally with the urine, but larger stones might need to be split into smaller fragments first. Outside of the known and...

Trisha Banerjee Virtual reality (VR) is a cutting-edge technology that has been implemented in the healthcare industry in recent years. It has proven to be beneficial for uses such as medical training, patient treatment and surgery. VR is the computer-generated simulation of a 3D image or environment that can be interacted with using special electronic equipment.  Dr. Shafi Ahmed conducted the first VR surgery in 2016 and since then VR has been increasingly used in this field. VR is used in robotic surgery as it enables the surgeon to control the delicate robotic arm movements which would be difficult to perform by a human surgeon. Robotic surgery combined with VR improves accuracy, reduces blood loss and leads to a faster recovery. Medical professionals have more recently been using VR to plan heart surgeries as the technology helps them to understand the patient’s complex anatomy in greater detail before making an incision. Moreover, in neurosurgery surgeons use VR to practice th...