NHLBI funds multi-year, multimillion dollar project to focus on stem and progenitor cell tools and treatments Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and Stanford University School of Medicine will…
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A Day in the life of healthcare professionals
Part of our series A Day in the life of healthcare professionals A typical day in the life of a biomed engineer at a 500 bed hospital in the Middle East By…
Mass Production of Spider Silk for Medical Uses Takes a Step Closer to Reality
A recent discovery by researchers in molecular biology at the University of Wyoming, USA, brings scientists closer to being able to mass produce spider silk for commercial use. The key in being…
Drug Delivery Method Introduced Using Magnetism and Nanotechnology
A new solution to deliver drugs into the body more effectively has been devised using magnetism and nanotechnology. In order to deliver drugs into the body effectively for various medical conditions such…
Saudi Arabia’s pharmaceutical market attracts multinationals
JEDDAH – The Saudi Arabian pharmaceutical sector is becoming increasingly attractive for multinationals to enter, driven by the expansion of private healthcare and altering patient demographics and also for domestic generics companies…
Al-Jouf governor opens development projects
AL-JOUF Saudi Arabia: Governor of Al-Jouf Prince Fahd bin Badr opened a multimillion 220-bed hospital here on Saturday at a function that was also attended by Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah….
Saudi Arabia Researchers Develop Cancer Antigens
Arab News has reported that researchers at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have developed antigens that can prevent the spread of cancerous cells by boosting a cancer patient’s immune…
UAE Medical Device Market to Grow at CAGR of Over 11%
The UAE medical device market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of more than 11% during 2009-2012, says RNCOS. The Middle Eastern countries tend to devote a high proportion of total…
Cancer centre to boost UAE health care
Latest diagnostic facility in Al Ain city is the UAE’s latest weapon in the battle against cancer in the country. It shows what can be done when the public sector uses its…
Huge new Saudi investments provide impetus for Gulf Industry Fair 2010
Huge new industrial sector investments in Saudi Arabia are driving interest among local, regional and international companies in the third Gulf Industry Fair (GIF) to be held in Bahrain early next year,…
Close to 500,000 Saudis without Healthcare Saudi MOH
Written by Adam Gonn Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, 480,000 Saudis still lack access to health care. A new report by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health…
New Telehealth Device Brings Health Management Home
Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product design and development firm, has recently unveiled VenaHub, a data collection and aggregation system that promises to simplify personal health management in a connected health environment….
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…