By Scott McLemee In the 1990s, the anthropologist T.R. Luhrmann did a period of fieldwork among psychiatrists in residency at a hospital, observing young members of that tribe as they acquired its…
Gloved hands can be key source of cross-contamination.
Healthcare workers often use gloves to avoid direct contact with contaminated surfaces and for hygiene purposes. But theses gloves are found to be a potential sources of cross contamination harboring millions of…
Ineffective laundering mechanism of surgical scrubs: Potential source of healthcare-acquired infections.
The issue of surgical attire laundering and storage is not new. There have been several studies, which have looked at the laundering issue and drawn conflicting conclusions over the years. There remains…
Kuwait Center for Autism wins Chaillot Prize
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Center for Autism (KCA) is now the proud recipient of the European Union’s prestigious Chaillot Prize 2009. On this occasion, Luigi Narbone, the Ambassador, Head of Delegation, EU and…
Princess Khuloud research gives insight into breast cancer
RIYADH: Princess Khuloud bint Abdul Mohsen bin Saud, who has conducted research on planting tumor cells outside the body of a patient, said a large number of breast cancer cases have been…
Dynamic maps aid epidemiological investigations
A team of researchers has developed a dynamic mapping tool to gain a more nuanced view of the links between diseases and environmental exposures. The application of the method is illustrated by…
Cell of Origin Identified for Common Type of Breast Cancer
BOSTON (January 19, 2010) — A study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine, the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts, and Tufts Medical Center improves our current understanding…
The lightest helmet of its kind
Lübeck – With the HPS 4300, Dräger introduces its new half-shell helmet for fire departments. The HPS 4300 is the lightest helmet that fulfills the requirements of the new fire department standard…
Siemens Healthcare NOVIUS Lab Named again as Best In KLAS
Recently, Siemens Healthcare announced that renowned research firm KLAS has named Siemens NOVIUS Lab the recipient of its 2009 Best in KLAS award for laboratory information systems (LIS) for large hospitals with…
50% of Care to the Home by 2020 Eric Dishman of Intel
This time of year all the news shows have their “year in review” segments: a fast-edited cacophony of the year’s celebrity scandals, political headlines, media controversies, and, of course, a few new…
GE Healthcare, Intel to market health system in UK
General Electric Co. and Intel Corp. said Tuesday they will begin marketing Intel’s Health Guide patient monitoring and management system in the United Kingdom. The system helps monitor the health of patients…
GE’s Anesthesia Solution Certified for Use in US Veterans Affairs Facilities
BARRINGTON, Ill. – (Business Wire) On behalf of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Document Storage Systems (DSS) has completed the certification process of GE’s Centricity® Perioperative Anesthesia solution, making it…
Philips and Smit Mobile Equipment present mobile breast cancer screening at Arab Health 2010
Royal Philips Electronics, in partnership with Smit Mobile Equipment, will introduce a mobile breast cancer screening vehicle specifically adapted to the requirements of patients and healthcare providers in the Middle East. Smit…
More IVF clinics in Dubai: the need of the hour
Residents of the UAE are living longer and staying healthier, but having dramatically fewer children than they used to, according to the World Health Organisation.While life expectancy rose from 73 years in…
New device may boost IVF success
Jan 19 (ANI): Scientists from University of Michigan have developed a novel device that could one day lead to significantly higher IVF success rates in humans. They built a device that imitates…