IS GEORGE W. BUSH stupid? It’s a question that occupied a good many minds of all political persuasions during his turbulent eight-year presidency. The strict answer is no. Bush’s IQ score is…
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Can evolution and religion can happily coexist
It has been the year of evolution. To coincide with the anniversaries of both Darwin’s birth and the publication of On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins published The Greatest Show on…
Tajik Health Care Workers To Work In Saudi Arabia
DUSHANBE — Saudi Arabia’s Trade Chamber and the Tajik Interior Ministry’s Migration Service have signed an agreement allowing Tajik labor migrants to work in Saudi Arabia, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports. Saudi Employment…
Official opening of iconic Burj Dubai announced
Dubai: The Burj Dubai will finally be opened on January 4, 2010, coinciding with the accession to power of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of…
Connect software will embed meaningful use
Chicago USA The updated version of the Connect software tool-set will make it easier for health care organizations to conduct transactions such as electronic prescribing and file sharing called for in the…
Novel Protein Hope For Possible Parkinson’s Disease Cure
By ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2009) Researchers at Iowa State University USA have found an essential key to possibly cure Parkinson’s disease and are looking for others. Anumantha Kanthasamy, a distinguished professor of…
Paragon Biomedical Collaborates to Conserve Clinical Research Resources
IRVINE, CA — 10/30/09 — The stakes in clinical research have never been higher. Now operating in an environment in which a one-day delay can result in millions of dollars in lost…
Saudis smoke cigarettes worth SR8bn annually
JEDDAH: About six million smokers in Saudi Arabia burn SR8 billion woth of cigarettes every year, disregarding the dangerous effects of the habit on their health, according to a statistical report published…
Imaging Systems from GE Healthcare Spotlight the Possibilities of Connected Oncology Care at ASTRO 2009
According to the American Cancer Society, more than one million people are diagnosed with cancer each year. In the United States, about 1 out of every 2 men and 1 out of…
GE offers healthcare solutions at F1
Abu Dhabi 31st October 2009 GE Healthcare and GE Consumer & Industrial have installed medical and industrial solutions at the Formula 1 Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, which will help keep…
For People on Dialysis, Too Thin Can Be Risky
SUNDAY, Nov. 1 2009 : A new study has found that Dialysis patients with very low body fat are much more likely to die than healthier/fat people on dialysis, even those with…
MMC’s disposal of biomed waste fails to take off
MARGAO: Ten months after the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) set the ball rolling to put together a system for safe disposal of biomedical waste generated in the city, the process lies in…
Beginning of the end for the Latin-letter web
The future of the internet came into slightly better focus today when International Domains regulator ICANN, announced it will allow the use of web addresses written wholly in non-latin characters. “Right now Internet…
The role of biomedical research in malaria eradication
Although malaria has been controlled in many local and regional populations, the permanent elimination of malaria parasites throughout the world remains an elusive goal, and the disease continues to claim nearly one…
Scottish Start Up Acquires A Breakthrough Global Healthcare Technology Firm In A Stock Swap
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, October 2, 2009 – “Offsurance, Inc., a Delaware headquartered global healthcare company will now become a wholly owned subsidiary of Offsurance, Limited, a Scottish technology startup”, says a beaming CEO,…