SCIENTISTS in London have found a potential new way of boosting the effectiveness of the anti-breast cancer drug, tamoxifen. The work carried out by Professor Clare Isacke and her team at the…
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NIST Chemical Microscopy Shows Potential For Cell Diagnostics
A paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may breathe new life into the use of a powerful – but tricky – diagnostic technique for cell biology….
Watermelon Lowers Blood Pressure
Food scientists announced that the result of their pilot study suggests that watermelon can be an effective natural weapon against prehypertension, a precursor to cardiovascular disease. No matter how you slice it,…
Iran Opens Center for Mass-Production of Optical Bio-Implants
The world’s first center for mass-production of optical bio-implants was officially inaugurated in a ceremony attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here in Tehran on Saturday. Producing optical bio-implants would be a revolution…
Iran to Set Up Special Medical Centers in Pakistan
Iran announced that it plans to set up three special medical centers in three different provinces of Pakistan to help the flood-hit people of the South Asian country. The agreement for the…
Report offers seven-point plan for boosting healthcare in Florida
The Collins Center for Public Policy examines the impact of the federal government’s economic stimulus funding on Florida’s healthcare system in a new report released Oct. 15. It also puts forth recommendations…
Iran, Ukraine Discuss Ways to Develop Health Cooperation
Iranian and Ukrainian officials in a meeting in Kiev on Saturday explored avenues for bolstering mutual cooperation between the two countries in different areas of health, including hygiene and medical affairs. “The…
PMI Labs completes ClearCyte redesign
Perceptronix Medical Laboratories (PMI Labs) has completed the redesigning of its ClearCyte quantitative cytology platform. The ClearCyte platform is redesigned and re-engineered to meet more stringent processing and standardisation performance measures and…
Wireless Internet in remote Makwanpur villages
The E-village programme, with the help of wireless computer network, has been launched in the remote villages of Makwanpur to provide local people and students with the access to information, education and…
Allure Medical Spa launches Coolsculpting by Zeltiq treatment
Allure Medical Spa of Shelby Township in Southeastern Michigan has launched the US Food and Drug Administration approved procedure, Coolsculpting by Zeltiq, for the non-invasive reduction of fat. Coolsculpting by Zeltiq is…
HP offers data integrity enhancements to CMS
HP Enterprise Services has been awarded a task order worth up to $26 million by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain its Integrated Data Repository (IDR) and provide…
VertiFlex enrolls 200 patients in Superion IDE Trial
VertiFlex, a provider of minimally invasive and motion preserving spinal surgery technologies, has reported that 200 patients have been enrolled in its pivotal IDE clinical trial of the Superion Interspinous Spacer (ISS)….
MIP presents data comparing Trofex, ProstaScint for cancer detection
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals (MIP) has presented positive data from Phase 1 clinical studies comparing Trofex (123I-MIP-1072), its lead molecular imaging candidate for the diagnosis and monitoring of metastatic prostate cancer, and ProstaScint…
IT aid to largest Medicare fraud sting in history
Information technology and data mining capabilities had a role in dismantling what authorities are calling the largest Medicare fraud scheme ever, involving 73 members and associates of organized crime and more than…
Abu Dhabi Health Authority Calls on Hajj Pilgrims To Take Vaccines 2 Weeks Prior To Travelling
The Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the regulatory body of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, announced today the 2010 vaccine requirements for participation in Hajj. Dr. Farida…