Search results for 'medical' (21)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States--The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, opened in 1840, the culmination of the efforts of Dr. Horace H. Hayden and Dr. Chapin A. Harris; it was the first school established to teach courses exclusively in dentistry for the purpose of granting degrees in the profession; the school was the birthplace of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree and sets the world record for being the World's First School of Dentistry, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Newark, Delaware, United States--Hidden away in the Apex Medical Center in Newark, Delaware, United States, rests a giant medical bag with a stethoscope, just like they used to carry door to door; it stands about 20 feet high and approximately 15 feet across, making it the World’s Largest Doctor’s Bag Monument, according o the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada--Dr. Stephanie Attwater of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, has received 32 educational degrees between May 2004 and June 2023, including 3 PhD, MRSc., BSc., Post-Graduate Diplomas, and Professional Certificates, thus setting the world record for having the Most academic degrees held by a female, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States--Venger Wind and US renewable distributor SWG Energy installed a rooftop wind farm atop the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States; the installation of the 18 wind turbines makes the entire project the World’s Largest Rooftop Wind Farm, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Bloomington, Indiana, United States--The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University is home to a brain sculpture, designed by Bloomington artist Amy Brier in conjunction with limestone carver Mike Donham and his team at Accent Limestone; standing at 7 feet tall and weighing over 10,000 pounds, it sets the world record for being the World's largest anatomically-accurate brain sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://shorturl.at/oKLRW
NEW YORK CITY, New York, United States-- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced the world's first patient implants of a dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system as part of its AVEIR DR i2i™ pivotal clinical study; the first implant was performed at Na Homolce Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, led by site principal investigator Petr Neuzil, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Department of Cardiology, and assisted by site co-investigator, Vivek Y. Reddy, M.D., the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY reports.
Mountain View, California, United States--AliveCor, the leading innovator in FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram (ECG) technology, announced the launch of KardiaMobile Card; at the size of a standard credit card, KardiaMobile Card fits easily into any wallet and delivers a medical-grade, single-lead ECG in 30 seconds; it is the world’s first credit-card-sized ECG ever cleared by the FDA and sets the world record for being the First Credit-Card-Sized Personal ECG, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Gwangju, South Korea--Dr. Jae Hoon Chung, the director of the Segyero Hospital, has performed a total of 8,133 minimal invasive artificial knee joint surgeries (MIS) from May 1, 2005 to February 19, 2021, thus setting the new world record for the Most Total Knee Replacements (TKR) performed with Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS), according to the World Record Academy.
RATODERO, District Larkana Sindh, Sindh province, Pakistan--Dr. Ghulam Shabir Imran Akbar Arbani is considered the first doctor to report the HIV Outbreak in Ratodero, Pakistan, after he diagnosed many cases of HIV patients in the region and informed the local authorities and the media about it, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
SEOUL, South Korea--The Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine treated 1,001,554 patients with spinal conditions with its “Jaseng non-surgical and alternative treatment method” from June 1999 through May 2015, thus setting the new world record for the Most patients non-surgically treated for their spinal conditions, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
SARATOGA, California, United States---Mojo Vision is building a contact lens with a built-in display that gives people the useful and timely information they want without forcing them to look down at a screen or losing focus on the people and the world around them; the lens sets the world record for being the first true smart contact lens, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines -- Dr. Julius Carlo Razo Rustia, an Interventional Gastroenterologist from St. Luke's Medical Center-Global City, successfully performed ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) with a F10 x 12cm plastic stent for 4 Choledocholithiasis, on March 17, 2019 on Natalio Garcera Tabaong who was 99 years and 107 days old at that time (born November 30, 1919), thus setting the new world record for the Successful ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde holangiopancreatography) On the Oldest Patient, according to the World Record Academy.
SEOUL, South Korea -- Guk Young Lee, 34, managed to maintain his body fat at less than 4% for 100 days naturally (without using supplements, drugs or any other substances), thus setting the world record for being the World's First to maintain less than 4% body fat for 100 days naturally, according to the Academy Of World Records.
BUCHAREST, Romania -- On 8 November 1946, by Decree-Law no. 895 given by King Michael - approves the report of the Minister of Health, establishing and organizing the National Institute of Endocrinology C. I. Parhon, which sets the world record for being the World's first Endocrinology Institute, according to the Academy Of World Records.
BUCHAREST, Romania -- In 1909, Romanian neuropsychiatrist, endocrinologist
Dr. Constantin Ion Parhon, MD, co-authored with Dr. Moise Goldstein, MD, the world's first book on endocrinology, Secrețiile Interne ("Internal Secretions"), which sets the world record for being the World's first medical treatise on endocrinology, according to the Academy Of World Records.
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Dr. Leon Danaila, 85, (also known as 'The Brain Sculptor', is a Romanian neurosurgeon, Academician (and a prolific author and senator) who
had performed more than 40,200 surgical interventions, out of which 21,779 using the operation microscope, 729 through the use of laser and 18421 classic, without microscope and without laser, thus setting the new world record for the Most Neurosurgical Operations Performed, according to the Academy Of World Records.
OTOPENI, Romania -- Founded by Prof. Ana Aslan , MD, in 1952, The Ana Aslan National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics (former Ana Aslan Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics) is the first Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology in the world; the Institute treats more than 14,000 patients from around the world annually, using Gerovital H3 in their Aslan therapy method; famous patients included: Mao Tse-toung, Charles de Gaulle, Pablo Picasso, Sir Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietriech, Nicolae și Elena Ceausescu, Konrad Adenanuer, Aristotle Onasis, and John F. Kennedy.
MESA, AZ, USA -- Dr. Greg J. Marchand of Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery has performed a hysterectomy which involved removal of a uterus, ovaries and Fallopian tubes all through an 11mm incision (the diameter of a AAA battery), thus setting the new world record for the Total Hysterectomy Performed Through The Smallest Incision, according to the Academy Of World Records.