Category: Healthcare IT

New research holds promise for the thousands of people whose cancer has spread to their bones. A common treatment for such patients is radiation surgery – even though very little is known…

Contaminated pickles have been linked by the Cook County Department of Public Health to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning. According to public health officials, six confirmed cases of salmonella have been linked…

Scientists have discovered an accomplice in breast cancer a master control switch with the power to set off a cascade of reactions orchestrated by a cancer-causing gene (or oncogene) named Wnt1. This…

Professional athletes with repetitive head trauma and possibly others with a history of head injuries many years previously may be prone the development of a motor neuron disease similar to amyotrophic lateral…

Just what causes the birth of a human fat cell is a mystery, but scientists using mathematics to tackle the question have come up with a few predictions about the proteins that…

Is the science of diagnosing pain causing a number of pain sufferers to defend their honor? Research out of the University of Cincinnati is examining the diagnosis of pain that evades scientific…

Building on an enzyme found in nature, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a nanoscale coating for surgical equipment, hospital walls, and other surfaces which safely eradicates methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus…

We all want that summer glow that comes from a day at the beach, but taking in the rays can have long-term implications for our health. Now Dr. Niva Shapira of Tel…

A very aggressive disease with a poor prognosis, gallbladder cancer may be connected to higher exposure to estrogens, according to a group of researchers at the University of Houston (UH). Dr. Jan-Ake…

B vitamins B-6, B-12 and folate all nourish the brain. But much remains to be discovered about the relation between these essential nutrients and our brainpower. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutritionist…

RAS AL KHAIMAH — The RAK Hospital has introduced new age radio frequency (RF) technology to treat patients with heart rhythm disorders. According to Dr Rajeev Lochan, head of Cardiology Department and…

Just 11 hours of learning a meditation technique induces positive structural changes in brain connectivity by boosting efficiency in a part of the brain that helps a person regulate behavior in accordance…

Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that Cardica and Intuitive Surgical, Inc. have entered into a license agreement providing Intuitive with a worldwide, exclusive license to Cardica’s intellectual property, which relates to…

A Michigan State University researcher is analyzing the immune system’s own ability to protect the body against lung cancer. The results of the work by Alison Bauer, an assistant professor of pathobiology…

Normally, when a disease-causing agent enters the body, cells called macrophages engulf and start to destroy the agent. Leishmania-type diseases are resistant to this process. To test the theory on the resistance…