Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/a1x_V_O4q5Q   Here are the quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries this 4th week of June, 2022.   New technology may not only show the brain blood vessel pathology that caused a stroke but also exactly when the stroke occurred.  Canadian and Australian researchers have been able to employ mid-infrared spectromicroscopy to date and time stamp brain tissue oxidative damage.  This vital information guides clinicians in their application of therapeutic clot-busting and other measures to help minimize brain damage and improve recovery speed and completeness following the stroke.   https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/58133     Besides triggering guilt-free kissing during the holidays, mistletoe may be the source of an advanced superglue that capably fuses tissues.  German biomaterial engineers have taken the mistletoe berry’s gummy substance called viscin containing tiny flexible fibers and processed it into thin sheets with powerful adhesive properties.  Thi