Northern Kentucky University is offering two new certificate programs aimed at unemployed professionals, one of which will focus on equipping individuals with computer skills for the healthcare industry. The courses are being…
HHS awards $760M to health IT extension centers, state HIEs
The Health and Human Services Department today awarded grants totaling more than $760 million to jumpstart the delivery of programs and services that aim to get healthcare providers on the road to…
Exposure To Sun Halves Risk Of Diabetes
In a latest study, experts have revealed that a diet high in fatty fish coupled with thirty minutes of exposure to sun twice a week was the key to a healthy life…
Sitting too long can be deadly
Article By Jack Rutherford for https://www.richmondregister.com Health experts have issued a new warning: Sitting is deadly. Researchers now have evidence that sitting for prolonged periods can be harmful to your health, even…
Saudi villagers complain about lack of utilities, health care
ABHA: The lack of basic services in Al-Berak, an isolated village in Asir province, means the village’s 6,000 residents live rather difficult and primitive lifestyles. Residents say that due to poor roads…
High govt: spending will be main engine of Saudi growth
RIYADH: The Saudi economy is expected to improve in 2010. Growth will pick up, credit will become more readily available and the government budget will return to surplus. High government spending will…
Saudi MoH, GOTEVOT join hands in training officials
RIYADH: The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training (GOTEVOT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Sunday. The MOU involves training health officials in…
Qatar-based expert makes device for cancer treatment
DOHA: Cancer treatment is set to become less invasive and more effective with the use of nano-technology, promising a new way of dealing with the scourge, based on innovative research by a…
Pfizer sees the Middle East as an emerging market for women’s healthcar
Woman’s healthcare continues to play an increasingly important role in the growth and strength of the healthcare industry in the Middle East. According to IMS, a leading healthcare market-intelligence consultancy, the women’s…
Bangladeshi telemedicine firm to reach out to South Asian workers in ME
A Bangladeshi telemedicine company is set to provide healthcare services for more than five million South Asian workers in the Middle East and Malaysia in a couple of months. Telemedicine Reference Centre…
Biologists image birth of blood-forming stem cells in embryo
Biologists at UC San Diego have identified the specific region in vertebrates where adult blood stem cells arise during embryonic development. Their discovery, which appears in a paper in this week’s early…
Dubai Conference to dealth with growing heart failure cases
Dubai: A major conference in Dubai will deal with the growing problem of heart failure and its impact on people and society. “New technology is saving more lives and people suffering from…
Hearing loss identification and intervention in children
Hearing loss puts a child’s normal speech and language development in jeopardy so it is imperative that any hearing impairment be identified in the first few years of a child’s life. A…
Beckman Coulter 4Q profit falls on charges
BREA, Calif. — Medical-testing instruments maker Beckman Coulter Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell 14.5 percent on costs for the buyout of Olympus Corp.’s lab-based diagnostics business and restructuring. The company…
Evidence Based Medicine
Article By Dr. Ranjeeta For Biomedme.com The term evidence based medicine is widely credited to have been coined by Dr. David Eddy of Kaiser Permanente. It is believed that its philosophical base…