Breast cancer has become a major health challenge worldwide and requires huge efforts to catch the disease at the early stages, Dr Hanif Hassan, Minister of Health, said yesterday. He was speaking…
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GE’s New Infinia Hawkeye HD Enhanced SPECT/CT System
has released the latest version of its SPECT/CT system, the Infinia Hawkeye HD Enhanced. GE is claiming that the new system delivers up to 50% lower radiation dose from the SPECT component…
School of Medicine Teams Up to Bring $200 Million Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment Center to Baltimore
The University of Maryland School of Medicine, through its affiliated clinical faculty practice group, is playing a key role in plans for an estimated $200 million project to bring to Maryland for…
Helping hand: Reshaping lives
Ashwaq Hamoud has made a life out of crafting limbs, breasts and other body parts. However, little did the Emirati prosthetics maker know 14 years ago that she would one day be…
Mesoblast broadens cancer indications for bone marrow transplant product
Australian regenerative medicine company Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB, USOTC: MBLTY) today announced that it is broadening the oncology applications of its “off-the-shelf” cell product for expansion of haematopoietic stem cells in patients…
Taller kids with IVF
A new study has found that children born via IVF are typically taller than those born naturally. Newborn IVF babies created from a fresh embryo transferred back into the mother, also tended…
Egg Allergy No Longer A Reason To Avoid Getting A Flu Vaccine
Along with fall comes flu season, but having an egg allergy is not a reason to avoid getting the 2010-2011 flu vaccination. According to a new paper published on the American Academy…
Brain Imaging Identifies Differences In Childhood Bipolar Disorder, ADHD
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are the first to use brain imaging to examine the effects of emotion on working memory function in children with pediatric bipolar disorder or…
Hope For A New Treatment For Bone Cancer
Children and young people who are diagnosed with bone cancer could benefit from better treatment in the future thanks to new research at The University of Nottingham. The Bone Cancer Research Trust…
Diabetes Hospitalizations Rise Dramatically For Young Women
A study published in Journal of Women’s Health shows a rapid increase in the number of hospitalizations due to diabetes for young adults – particularly young women. Diabetes hospitalizations were up by…
Results Of Innovative Clinical Study Show New Combination For Weight Loss Success
As the weight loss and fitness industry thought leaders gathered this week to discuss the nation’s obesity epidemic, a new research study presented at the conference identified a new formula for weight…
Rb-82 PET has low radiation exposure
Dose estimates for Rubidium-82 (Rb-82) based on quantitative whole-body biokinetics in humans suggest a reasonably low radiation exposure and is at the lower end of effective dose among cardiac imaging procedures that…
Researchers investigate statin drugs to treat lung disease
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast are investigating a potential new treatment for lung disease that could save many lives each year. The research team is studying how statins, drugs which are commonly…
Research may pave way to cure cystic fibrosis
Study recognized for significance and importance in the world’s most common genetic disease A University of Missouri researcher believes his latest work moves scientists closer to a cure for cystic fibrosis, one…
Food allergy increases among children in the United States
The scary reality is that food allergies are becoming more and more common in the United States. In the last 10 years there has been an 18 percent increase in children with…