Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, however, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain (thrombectomy) may lead to better outcomes.

A theory that colonoscopies go better when patients are positioned on their right side rather than the left failed to win support in a randomized trial conducted in eastern Canada. Against the ...

Positioning patients with large vessel ischemic (clot-caused) stroke with their heads flat (0-degrees) before surgery to remove the blood clot resulted in significant improvements in neurological ...

The experimental setup, showing a mannequin training head on the couch of a TrueBeam linac. The cameras of the Catalyst HD optical surface tracking are attached to the ceiling. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/J.

Increasing health literacy, quality of patient-physician relationships, and ultimately patient health and wellness outcomes is the goal of Wills Robbins, Founder and CEO of Constant Media. Constant ...