Around the web this week 20/04/10

Each week we like to trawl the internet for interesting and unusual medical articles to bring to you, dear reader.

Around the web this week 13/04/10

Each week we like to trawl the internet for interesting and unusual medical articles to bring to you, dear reader.

Here’s a bunch of interesting articles that caught our attention this week at SCHILLER Australia.

CareFlight pilot hailed as a hero

A CareFlight medical evacuation flight operated by Pel-Air from Apia (Western Samoa) to Melbourne was scheduled to land at Norfolk Island for a planned fuel stop on Wednesday evening when it encountered deteriorating weather conditions.
After several unsuccessful approaches and with diminishing fuel, the pilot-in-command, Captain Dominic James, made the decision to carry out a controlled landing onto the water off the coast of Norfolk Island.

ECGs May Misdiagnose Common Heart Condition

Orlando, FL (AHN) – A common test prescribed to detect heart problems can often lead doctors to misdiagnose a common heart condition, according to a recent study.

Researchers at the Henry Ford Hospital studied 500 patients and found a false positive reading for the condition, known as left ventricular hypertrophy, between 77 and 82 percent in patients screened by electrocardiogram. The researchers said they found a false negative reading between 6 and 7 percent in the same sample.

Nintendo Wii Vitality

Nintendo’s newest groundbreaking product, the Wii Vitality Sensor, expands the appeal of video games. It will initially sense the user’s pulse and a number of other signals being transmitted by their bodies, and will then provide information to the users about the body’s inner world.