The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2015

1. Mobile Stroke Unit - High-tech ambulances bring the emergency department straight to the patient with stroke symptoms
2. Dengue Fever Vaccine - More than 50 to 100 million people in more than 100 countries contract the dengue virus each year
3. Cost-effective, Fast, Painless Blood-Testing - The new art of blood collection uses a drop of blood drawn from the fingertip in a virtually painless procedure
4. PCSK9 Inhibitors for Cholesterol Reduction - Injectable cholesterol lowering drugs, are in development for those who don't benefit from statins
5. Antibody-Drug Conjugates - Delivers cytotoxic agents to tumor cells while avoiding normal, healthy tissue
6. Checkpoint Inhibitors - Allow physicians to make significantly more progress against advanced cancer
7. Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker - Since 1958, the technology involved in cardiac pacemakers hasn't changed much
8. New Drugs for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - Nearly 80,000 American adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
9. Single-Dose Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer - Treating breast cancer in its earliest stages can oftentimes lead to a cure
10. New Drug for Heart Failure - The unique drug compound represents a paradigm shift in heart failure therapy

Source: Cleveland Clinic
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