By the dozens they came to Kasr Al Ayni Al Qadima Hospital on Monday to stretch out their arms and give blood in solidarity with fellow Cairenes demanding regime change in Egypt….
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Jeddah Stop TB sets up medical help call centers
The Jeddah Stop TB group has called upon medical professionals who wish to volunteer their time to help those affected by the floods that ravaged sections of the city last Wednesday to…
Health ministers to discuss organ donations at meet
GCC Health Ministers Council’s 63rd session of the 70th Conference will open here today titled “Donation and Organ Transplantation”. A detailed report on the activities and achievements of the Executive Board of…
Health Council approves federal law concerning to labor check up tests
The health council held its 13th meeting in the ministry’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi under chair of Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim, Minister of Health approved the minutes of the previous…
Silicon dioxide coated rust nanoparticles to fight cervical cancer
The next big thing in medical diagnostics could be minutes particles of rust, iron oxide, coated with the material from which sand is formed, silicon dioxide. These magnetic nanoparticles, a mere 29…
HighRes Biosolutions to build High-Throughput Laboratory Network for LANL-UCLA
HighRes Biosolutions selected to build LANL-UCLA system for testing A compact, self-contained, automated system for surveillance and screening of potential pandemic strains of influenza and other deadly infectious diseases is a step…
Johnson & Johnson deal may bring HIV/AIDS drugs to developing countries faster
Johnson & Johnson’s Tibotec Pharmaceuticals unit on Thursday announced it had granted multiple licenses to generic drug manufacturers “to provide copies of [the experimental HIV/AIDS drug rilpivirine hydrochloride] TMC278 in sub-Saharan Africa,…
DNA Direct implements four new health plan clients for molecular diagnostic and genetic tests
DNA Direct, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and a provider of guidance and decision support for genomic medicine, today announced four new health plan clients that are implementing…
Radiologists should provide first-rate physiology education for medical students
In order for medical students to ultimately provide quality patient care medical schools should turn to radiologists to help them teach physiology, one of the core disciplines of medicine, according to a…
Tonsillectomy increases risk of pediatric obesity
Tonsillectomy is the most common major surgical procedure performed in children. Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy), with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy), are at…
Study finds E2F5 transcription factor commonly overexpressed in primary human HCC
E2F5 is a member of the E2F transcription factor family, and plays a key role in cell growth and proliferation. Overexpression of E2F5 has been reported in various human cancers, but not…
Southampton Scientists Begin Patient Trials Of New Leukaemia Cancer Vaccine
A new cancer treatment which strengthens a patient’s immune system and enables them to fight the disease more effectively is being trialled on patients for the first time in the UK. The…
New study finds link between race and treatment delay in women with breat cancer
At a time when access to prompt treatment might affect survival, a large new study finds that African-American and Hispanic women newly diagnosed with breast cancer often face delays in care of…
Current prevention efforts delay but do not prevent HCV among injection drug users
Research suggests improvements in prevention and treatment efforts needed A recent 20-year study of injection drug users (IDUs) in Baltimore found a significant decline in new cases of HIV infection but only…
Scientists create ‘reporter mouse’ to close gap between kidney injury and diagnosis
The current check for kidney disease is a simple blood test for serum creatinine, but it can take longer than two days for this metabolite to accumulate to levels that are significant…