WASHINGTON — NASA’s Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston will fund 11 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future…
Month: April 2010
United Pharmaceuticals Adopts Sermon’s ERP Solutions
United Pharmaceuticals UP, the leading global healthcare company, and Sermon Solutions announced concluding the installation of the Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solution for UP, a member of Munir Sukhtian Group. According to…
Microfluidic Integrated Circuit Could Help Enable Home Diagnostic Tests
As a way to simplify lab-on-a-chip devices that could offer quicker, cheaper and more portable medical tests, University of Michigan researchers have created microfluidic integrated circuits. Just as electronic circuits intelligently route…
Abu Dhbai Corniche Hospital turns eco-friendly
The Abu Dhabi Health Services healthcare facility aims to become an Eco-Baby Hospital by focusing on saving energy, using eco-friendly materials and cutting down on waste Abu Dhabi: An eco-friendly campaign to…
Enigma Diagnostics Showcases the Enigma ML as a Service Provider at InnovHealth Summit 2010 in Abu Dhabi
OXFORD, England and SAN DIEGO, April 22 — Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralised and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it will be a product provider at the InnovHealth – Middle…
DM Healthcare INTRODUCES new corporate brand identity ‘Aster’
DM Healthcare, a $300m group and one of the largest healthcare service providers in the region, introduced their new corporate brand identity ‘Aster’ today. The new brand identity was revealed by the…
Study positive for 18F-flutemetamol PET in Alzheimer’s disease
A multicenter phase 2 study has found that 18F-flutemetamol PET is a potential biomarker for AD-related amyloidosis, according to the results presented on April 16 at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)…
Malaria Awareness Week underway in Oman
MUSCAT: ‘Malaria Awareness Week’ is being observed uptil April 23 in the Sultanate of Oman. Indigenous malaria has been eradicated totally by the ceaseless efforts of the Malaria Eradication Department of the…
Biomedical Visualization At UIC Used To Save Lives
CHICAGO (CBS) Biomedical visualization takes doctors into the 3-D world of the operating room. The software and images actually allow doctors to step inside the body of a patient, virtually touching veins,…
Lower radiation dose possible with New cardiac CT scan era
A conventional cardiac CT scan images a larger portion of a patient’s body and then extracts the data pertinent to the cardiac question. A new approach being researched portends to image only…
200 experts will attend 3 day Newborn Screening Symposium in Doha
DOHA: Discussing the scope of the initiatives in the region to include screening for developmental disorders beyond the neonatal period, the third Middle East and North Africa (MENA) symposium on Newborn Screening…
DSM Biomedical and CID Partnership Continues to Advance Device Deliverability with the Use of DSM ComfortCoat® Hydrophilic Coating
DSM Biomedical, leader in biomedical materials science, today announced the extension of its partnership with CID based on the use of DSM ComfortCoat® Hydrophilic coating technology on the Optima Jet Stent Delivery…
FDA grants Proteus Biomedical 510(k) wireless, adhesive sensor clearance
The FDA announced today that it has cleared Proteus Biomedical’s wireless, adhesive sensor technology Raisin, which can track and record a patient’s heart rate, physical activity, body position and other biometrics. Raisin…
HFMA’s 2010 ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference from 20th June
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) annual conference will take place from June 20 to June 23 in Nashville. Last year’s turnout was more than 4,000 people, including attendees and exhibitors. HFMA…
EIN Gulf Lamboo Mobile Clinic in Oman
As part of a free two year Roadshow and Screening Campaign, a Mobile Clinic of EIN Gulf Lamboo has arrived in Oman and is on display in front of Khoula Hospital. The…