ADEN, 15th November 2009 (Saba Yemeni News Agency) Deputy Chairman of the Yemen’s General Authority of Free Zones and Chairman of Aden Free Zone Abdul-Jalil al-Shuaibi revealed that the number of licensed…
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Deadlier than Cocaine, Heroin, and the Swine Flu?
Addiction to prescription painkillers which kill thousands of Americans a year — has become a largely unrecognized epidemic, experts say. In fact, prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal…
New Guidelines Recommend Pap Smears Every Two Years To Reduce Risk From Unnecessary Treatment
The new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists or ACOG recommend starting cervical cancer screening at 21 years and extend routine pap smears to once in two years instead…
GE Healthcare presented Centricity Clinical Notification System at Medica 2009
20th November 2009 Dusseldorf GE Healthcare has presented its new Centricity Clinical Notification System at Medica 2009 Exhibition. GE New tool to help avoid clinical incidents, manage care deviation and compliance guidelines….
Oni Medical sells MRI technology platform to GE Healthcare
Nov 20, 2009 Oni Medical Systems has successfully closed the sale of its magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI technology platform to the GE Healthcare. With the purchase of Oni’s high performance, low-cost…
ECRI Institute Releases Roadmap to the Evidence on Finasteride for Prevention of Prostate Cancer
20th November 2009 ECRI Press Release – PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—In response to a recent New York Times article that questions why currently available medications designed to treat and prevent some cancers are…
Islamic Leaders Get Lessons On Birth Control
Marie Stopes, a leading provider of sexual and reproductive healthcare services, is conducting seminars to educate Islamic leaders, ‘Mullahs’, on the benefits of birth control. As an organisation that is committed to…
Yemen to vaccinate the children at the Almezraq refugee camp
HARADH, 19th November 2009 Yemen’s minister of Public Health and Population Abdul Karim Ras’a and governor of Hajjah province Farid Mujawar launched on Thursday a campaign to vaccinate the children at the…
New Hope To Reverse Learning Disabilities Associated With Down’s Syndrome
In a study that appears in the journal Science Translational Medicine, U.S researchers say that they have discovered a new drug that might reverse learning problems associated with Down’s syndrome. In a…
Special exercise program developed for migraine patients
20th November 2009 : Migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by altered bodily perceptions, severe headaches, and nausea. Physiologically, the migraine headache is a neurological condition. There is a good number of…
Experimental Drug May Restore Function of broken Nerves
20th November 2009 : ScienceDaily has reported that Researchers have been able to show how a new experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short…
Antioxidants In Dark Chocolate To Alleviate Emotional Stress
There is new evidence, published online in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research: Gut Microbiota, and Stress-Related Metabolism in Free-Living Subjects, that states that eating about an ounce and a half of dark…
Gene Synthesis Companies to Establish Tough Biosecurity Practices
World’s Top Gene Synthesis Companies Form International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) to Coordinate Best Practices in Risk Reduction Five Member Companies Represent 80 Percent of Worldwide Gene Synthesis Capacity Five of the…
Tricorona and COMP-ANY GmbH to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases waste in developing countries
The Swedish company Tricorona and German COMP-ANY GmbH have signed a cooperation agreement regarding exports of COMP-ANY’s waste management technology for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in developing countries. The partnership combines…
UAE plan to tackle Emirati nurse shortage
The UAE plans to launch a degree programme aimed at tackling the severe shortage of Emirati female nurses, The National has reported. The proposed programme would consolidate existing diploma degrees in the…