Recently developed by researchers at University of Florida, is an optic gas sensor that may use breath or saliva analysis to detect diabetes and breast cancer respectively. The device uses volatile markers,…
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Surprising discovery: X-rays drive formation of new crystals
Crystals resemble some biological structures; finding opens door to new technologies X-rays can do a lot of useful things — detect broken bones, tumors and dental cavities, analyze atoms in diverse materials…
GE Healthcare highlights its comprehensive magnetic resonance (MR) portfolio at Arab Health 2010
Dubai, UAE; January 25, 2010: GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), is changing the face of magnetic resonance (MR) – in the right way – and the company’s…
FDA alerts GE to ‘misleading’ imaging drug claims
The FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communications (DDMAC) has reviewed GE Healthcare’s Web site for its contrast agent, Visipaque (iodixanol) Injection, and deemed the promotional material “misleading because it presents…
GE Healthcare highlights advanced solutions to improve efficiency of diagnostic imaging at Arab Health 2010
GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), is highlighting advanced solutions that drive the efficiency of diagnostic imaging at Arab Health 2010. Complementing the company’s ‘healthymagination’ initiative of reducing…
SoluSoft announces N2 Document Management System for Pharmaceuticals
SoluSoft Technologies (Ahmedabad, India) announces N2 DMS for pharmaceuticals, an electronic document management system for dossier, drug master file, technical analytical document, reports, correspondence, billing information and other paper documents. Users of…
GE Healthcare keeps focus on localised products to cut costs
GE Healthcare is focussing on developing in-country-for-country products here to bring down costs and make diagnostics more affordable and accessible. In a chat with Sohini Das, V Raja, MD of Wipro GE…
Dubai Health Official Denies Report on Isolation Procedures at Al Baraha Hospital
Dubai, Jan 24th, 2010 (WAM) — Director of the Dubai Medical District Dr Ahmed Al Hashimi affirmed today that the isolation procedures adopted at the Al Baraha Hospital are safe and sound…
Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings
We have placed a detailed document about Natural Ventilation presented by WHO (World Health Orgnization) Here is the executive Summery You can Download the complete Guide here Infection prevention and control of…
Electronic Health Records at a Glance
For several years, the healthcare industry has been talking about Electronic Health Records. This article mainly deals with what exactly is Electronic Health Records or EHR and what are its key building…
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008
The Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008, presents evidence- based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of patient- care medical devices and for cleaning and…
Electronic Document Management System (EDMS): A stepping stone to implementing EMR in hospitals
Electronic Medical Record, commonly called the EMR is a software application that manages patient medical information created within a Care Delivery Organization or CDO. It contains the patient’s clinical information and data…
Electron Cryotomography to Study and Obtain the 3D Images of Synapsis
Electron cryotomography is an emerging technique that allows the structures of unique biological objects such as individual macromolecules, viruses, and even small whole cells to be reconstructed in their near-native states in…
Biomedical Scientists Develop New Test for Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers at Barts, the London NHS Trust and Queen Mary University’s Institute of Cancer, have collaborated on a new test, which could help identify victims of pancreatic cancer. Considered the most deadly…
A new target for Childhood Leukemia
Leukemia is the most common form of cancer in childhood. The term leukemia refers to cancers of the white blood cells, which are also referred to as leukocytes or WBCs. When a…