UAE Minister of Health Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali issued a ministerial decision to adopt the standards of converting treatment hospitals, including private hospitals overseen by the Ministry of Health, into medical educational…
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Covidien Receives FDA Approval For Fentanyl Transdermal System Patch
Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that Mallinckrodt Inc., a Covidien company, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Abbreviated New Drug Application…
Addiction To Self-Digestion Process Can Aid Cancer Cells In Tumor Growth
A team of investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and Princeton University, have determined that cancer cells are “addicted” to a self-preservation…
Clinics accused of stopping cheap IVF
OWNERS of private IVF clinics are putting profits ahead of progeny by not offering cheaper treatments that would give more Australian women access to reproductive therapy, one of the world’s leading fertility…
How much vitamin D do girls need?
In the winter, pre-teen girls may need more vitamin D—either from diet or supplements—to have healthy bones, a new study says. The goal of the study was to figure out how much…
‘Curry’ drug could help rebuild brain after stroke
Studies on animals suggest that a new hybrid drug, made in part from the chemical in the yellow spice turmeric, could help regenerate brain cells after a stroke, US researchers said. The…
Purdue University Researcher’s Technology “Listens” To Cancer Cells, Shows Effects Of Drug Therapies
A Purdue physicist has created technology to detect motion inside three-dimensional tumor spheroids, which may enhance the pharmaceutical industry’s early drug discovery capabilities. David Nolte has developed Holographic Tissue Dynamics Spectroscopy, a…
Elderly Patients With Vulvar Cancer Four Times More Likely To Die From Treatment Complications
Research by the American Academy of Family Physicians demonstrates that vulvar cancer occurs most frequently in women age 65 to 75 years of age. Thirty percent of patients with vulvar cancer are…
Homogeneous Tuberculosis Treatment Ineffective In Children
The realization of medically treating different children uniquely may start with one of the deadliest diseases in existence: tuberculosis. New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers indicate that the type of…
How Progesterone Prevents Preterm Birth
Research presented at the 31st Annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) – The Pregnancy Meeting™ has found that three proteins known as XIAP, BID, and Bcl-2 are responsible in…
Arm, Shoulder Mobility After Stroke Can Be Improved By Robot Therapy
Therapy in which robots manipulate paralyzed arms, combined with standard rehabilitation, can improve arm and shoulder mobility in patients after stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke…
HIV Protection Without Circulating Blood Antibodies
New research shows that protective immunity against HIV can be achieved without the presence of virus neutralizing antibodies in the blood. The study, published by Cell Press in the February issue of…
Folate Does Not Offer Protection Against Preterm Delivery, Study Finds
In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers presented findings that show that folate intake before and during pregnancy…
Magnesium Sulfate May Offer Protection From Cerebral Palsy
In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that showed that in rats, the use of…
Mutation In Adrenal Gland May Cause High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure may in some cases be caused by benign hormone-producing tumours of the adrenal cortex. A joint Swedish-American research effort has now uncovered a genetic cause behind the occurrence of…