GE’s extraordinary CMO Beth Comstsock and GE HealthCare’s design guru Bob Schwartz put on Health By Design, a really important little conference on Thursday. I was lucky to be part of a…
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Preventing Surgical Fires: Important New Recommendations Released By ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute and Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Offer Resources for Reducing Fire Risk PLYMOUTH MEETING, A flash fire on a patient during surgery is a very real tragedy, often leading to disfigurement,…
Sectra Enters the Saudi Arabian Market
The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra (STO:SECTB) has signed a distribution agreement with Attieh Medico, a leading medical technology company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Attieh Medico represents a number…
Can ventilating patients spread H1N1 flu in hospitals?
Article by by Crystal Phend, MedPage Today Senior Staff Writer Plumes of virus-laden air shooting out from the masks of patients undergoing noninvasive ventilation could put healthcare workers at increased risk for…
Foster Wheeler awarded water treatment contract in Saudi Arabia
With water treatment projects gaining momentum in the Middle East, Foster Wheeler AG has been awarded a design contract for the expansion of a wastewater treatment plant in Saudi Arabia. The company…
New figures reveal 285 million people worldwide with diabetes
According to the latest figures from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 285 million people worldwide have diabetes, and far more young people and those living in low- and middle-income countries are…
Institute of Biomedical Engineering Win Top Innovation Prize
2009-10-19 14:49:40 – Institute of Biomedical Engineering Named Overall Winner In “Outstanding Contribution to Innovation & Technology” Category London, United Kingdom, October 19 2009 – The Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College…
New Web Site Calculates Embolization Coil Packing Density
Article by Barbara Kram, Editor dotmed.com www.angiocalc.com helps clinicians optimize deployed coil volume to aid patient outcomes in cerebral aneurysm procedure. A new web site, authored by South Carolina radiologist Mike Hanley,…
Siemens Healthcare to declare FY 2009 results by Dec 31, 2009
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd has announced that the Company shall publish Audited Financial Results for the financial year ended on September 30, 2009 within a period of three (3) months from the…
Oman- VLCC embarks on RO20m expansion plan
(MENAFN – Times of Oman) VLCC, Middle East’s premier preventive healthcare services and beauty brand, has earmarked RO20 million to fund its intensive expansion plan, which includes new VLCC centres in Oman,…
Technology giants bank on UAE and Saudi Arabia for growth
At a time when financial markets have come to a standstill in terms of sales and falling growth, technology giants see the Middle East, especially the UAE and Saudi Arabia, as countries…
FDA Announces LASIK Investigation Plans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it’s starting Phase 2 of a study of the potential dangers from the surgical laser procedure know as LASIK. The FDA said the study to…
Mubadala’s mega lab project to start ops this year
Mubadala Healthcare on Sunday announced that the first phase of its National Reference Laboratory (NRL) project for the UAE will begin operations later this year. The 12,000-square-foot lab, which will be based…
GE Healthcare Introduces CARESCAPE Monitor B850
GE Healthcare announced the FDA-cleared CARESCAPE Monitor B850, which provides caregivers with a unique level of integration between patient monitoring data and hospital information systems. Unlike traditional patient monitors, CARESCAPE Monitor B850…
Nano Magnatic particles to be used to destroy incurable cancers
Times Online UK (https://www.timesonline.co.uk/) has published an article about the ne developments in the Nano Magnetic particales which can be used to destroy cancerous cells in human body. Please read the Article…