Get ready for your close-up: The 'jelly bean' camera pill joins hunt for ulcers

• The new endoscopy 'jelly bean camera' weighs just three grams
• The camera is swallowed and then controlled by a magnetic wand
• It allows real-time monitoring and the process is over in just 20 minutes

A revolutionary remote-controlled camera  ‘pill’ is now helping doctors accurately diagnose stomach problems including ulcers.

The device, which is the size of a jelly bean and weighs  just three grams, is swallowed and can then be controlled by a magnetic wand held over the body as it passes through the digestive tract.

Although such pills are not new, older versions cannot be guided. In contrast, the new MiroCam-Navi allows doctors to stop and take a closer look  if they spot anything suspicious. It also allows real-time monitoring, meaning the process is over in 20 minutes. Read more http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2763394/Get-ready-close-The-jelly-bean-camera-pill-joins-hunt-ulcers.html

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Bananas 'cut stroke risk for women after menopause': Foods high in potassium found to reduce chance by up to a quarter

• Researchers studied 90,137 postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 79
• Women who ate most potassium 27per cent less likely to suffer stroke
• Experts have warned too much potassium can harm the heart

Eating bananas could cut the risk of strokes in post-menopausal women, a study suggests. Foods high in potassium could help lower the chance by as much as a quarter, it found.

Researchers studied 90,137 postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 79, for an average of 11 years. They looked at how much potassium they consumed, and whether they had strokes or died during the study.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2744318/Bananas-cut-stroke-risk-women-menopause-Foods-high-potassium-reduce-chance-quarter.html

Say goodbye to surgical stitches and staples

• If a new Israeli product from IonMed gets market approval, surgeons will have a revolutionary tool in their hands for scar-free incision closure.

Women giving birth by Caesarean section could be the first to benefit from a revolutionary Israeli invention for closing surgical incisions without stitches or staples. The technique also promises to leave patients less prone to infection and scarring.

BioWeld1, a unique trademarked product from Israeli startup IonMed, welds surgical incisions using cold plasma.

Plasma is a gas in which a certain proportion of the particles are ionized. It has been shown to offer manifold benefits including tissue welding, control of bleeding, enhancement of tissue repair, disinfection and destruction of cancer cells. Read more at: http://www.israel21c.org/health/say-goodbye-to-surgical-stitches-and-staples/