Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Medical Light

Jessie Atkin posted a blog on Digital Landing about the latest medical advances involving lasers.

Lasers are big today. I’m not talking Star Wars, I’m talking a slightly more constructive less destructive type. The medical field, as always, is working its way forward.

In both Tel Aviv and Massachusetts doctors are using laser light to heal wounds. Forget stitches, in Israel they’re practicing with controlled light beams to close wounds. In Massachusetts they’re healing surgical incisions with a balanced blast of heat. I don’t know about how painful either technique is but it certainly sounds cooler than getting yourself stapled back together.

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