Search results for 'medical' (40)

DEVA, Hunedoara County, Romania--With 130 Lens Replacement Procedures Performed in 11 hours by a single surge, Opticline Dr. Angelescu, an ophthalmology clinic based in Deva, Romania, has set a world record for the Highest number of lens exchange surgeries (crystalline) 130, performed, in one session.

HOUSTON,Texas, United States--The World's Largest Medical Complex is the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas; the complex includes 21 hospitals, 8 specialty institutions, 4 medical schools, and performs over 180,000 surgeries annually with about 9,000 patient beds, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

BEIJING, China--The Chinese researchers have achieved a remarkable feat by using established stem cell therapy to transplant healthy pancreatic cells to mimic the function of insulin regulation inside the body, the record for the World's first reversal of type-2 diabetes, according to the WORLD RECORD ACA

Cambridge, United Kingdom--Pioneered by Cambridge-based Professor Roman Hovorka pioneered the CamAPS FX app, which continually monitors a person’s blood glucose, then automatically adjusts the amount of insulin given to them through a pump; the NHS launched it as the world's first rollout of the artificial pancreas.

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, USA--Abbott (NYSE: ABT), has secured CE Mark for the Abbott’s Libre Duo system, which combines continuous tracking for both glucose and ketones into a single wearable sensor,the world's first dual glucose-ketone sensing technology for people with diabetes, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Rahway, New Jersey, USA--Merck (NYSE: MRK),announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LIPFENDRA® as an adjunct to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) setting the world record for being the First Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor to Lower LDL Cholesterol, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

BEVERLY, Massachusetts, United States--The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given clearance for the use of its Quanta Dialysis System in the home setting; with this clearance, Quanta becomes sets the world record for World's First FDA approved Home Hemodialysis, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States--A customized therapy was infused into the liver of a baby named KJ, who was born with carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1) deficiency; this event sets the world record for the World’s first personalized DNA editing treatment, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Houston, Texas, United States--Lapsi Health announced the launch of Keikku 2.0, a breakthrough medical tool for clinicians who can listen, document, and diagnose in real time with a single device, the World's First FDA-Cleared Digital Stethoscope with Integrated AI Scribe, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States--The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a source of epidemiologic information on the incidence and survival rates of cancer in the United States; IT is a clinically-based database containing approximately 40 million records and it is considered the world's largest cancer database, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

New York City, New York, United States--Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), founded in 1863, an affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, has the lowest complication and readmission rates in the nation for orthopedics, and among the lowest infection rates and is ranked #1 in the world for Orthopedics according to Newsweek; it sets the world record for being the World's Top Orthopedic Hospital (World’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health), according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia--The Seha Virtual Hospital currently offers its remote healthcare services to over 200 hospitals, specializing in rare and complex medical case and has a capacity of 400,000 patients annually; this enables patients to receive comprehensive medical care in their local areas, eliminating the need for long-distance travel and significantly improving access to quality healthcare across the Kingdom, while setting the world record for being the World’s Largest Virtual Hospital, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States--The Vanderbilt Transplant Center, part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), performed 174 adult and pediatric heart transplants in a year, setting the world record for the Most heart transplants performed in a year, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.






