The UK has one of the lowest ratios of critical care beds in the developed world, according to a review that warns the need for intensive and high-dependency beds is going to…
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Wasted drinking water inundates Quwaizah
Drinking water came sparingly to Quwaizah District in the past years, but when it came, it suddenly came in a torrent gushing into the streets for four months. The resident of this…
Study finds key to high blood pressure in pregnancy
Scientists have discovered a mechanism which raises blood pressure in pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly condition that can occur in pregnancy, and say their work may help the search for new hypertension drugs….
Saudis to get hospital service abroad
Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah announced the launch of specialized treatment facilities in Malaysia and Singapore for Saudis in a move aimed at providing top quality medical and clinical services for…
Hundreds of parents wrongly told their children are overweight because of IT glitch
Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, has ordered a health service quango to stop sending out letters containing the wrong information while the problem was fixed. Millions of children in England are weighed…
HMH receives ACR accreditation
Huntsville Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR, headquartered in Reston,…
Integra LifeSciences to feature Inforce Reinforcement Matrix at ASSH Annual Meeting
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) announced today that it is featuring the InforceĀ® Reinforcement Matrix at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) on October…
WHO Simplifies Treatment Of Mental And Neurological Disorders
Millions of people with common, but untreated, mental, neurological and substance use disorders can now benefit from new simplified diagnosis and treatment guidelines released today by WHO. The guidelines are designed to…
NICE Unable To Recommend Golimumab For The Treatment Of Psoriatic Arthritis
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued a consultation draft on the use of golimumab for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. The evidence considered suggests that golimumab is…
Iran to buy Russian nuclear medicine
“Iran and Russia have had agreements on producing nuclear medicine, under which a Russian-made radioisotope sample will be sent to Iran for testing and if we find it up to our standards…
Novel Test That Identifies River Blindness Developed By Scripps Research Scientists
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have developed the first screening method that rapidly identifies individuals with active river blindness, a parasitic disease that afflicts an estimated 37 million people. The test…
$3.7M NIH Grant To Study Preterm Birth Earned By Women & Infants’ MFM Researcher
Fetal growth is used as a marker of health and well-being in unborn babies as well as children. But, the tools that are currently available to differentiate between a small, healthy fetus…
PSEG Nuclear granted permission to produce Cobalt-60 at its Hope Creek reactor in Lower Alloways Creek
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a plan by PSEG Nuclear to produce Cobalt-60 at its Hope Creek generating station on Artificial Island here, officials announced this morning. Cobalt-60 is a radioisotope…
BIO-key (R) International Exhibiting at the 2010 AABB Annual Meeting and Cellular Therapy and Transfusion Medicine Expo
BIO-key International, Inc. /quotes/comstock/11k!bkyi (BKYI 0.19, 0.00, 0.00%) , a leader in finger-based biometric identification solutions for the healthcare industry, is showcasing donor and patient identity solutions at the 2010 AABB CTTXPO…
Dalli’s health priorities include prevention, cross-border healthcare and active ageing
The key health priorities of European Commission John Dalli, presented today by at the European Health Forum Gastein, include prevention, in particular in the field of tobacco control; an appropriate framework for…