Salt Lake City, Utah 30 December, 2009– 3M Health Information Systems is ranked as the second highest-performing healthcare software vendor*, based on 40 separate performance measures by KLAS, an independent healthcare vendor…
Mushroom derived drug shows promise for cancer treatment
A drug called cordycepin derived from a wild type of mushroom called cordyceps has shown to have anticancer effects. Cordyceps is a type of fungus that has been used in Traditional Chinese…
New approach to hypertension treatment.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers have found a new way for the treatment of hypertension involving an enzyme known as ACE2(Angiotensin Converting enzyme 2).This enzyme inhibits the formation of angiotensin….
Laboratory for testing toys in Qatar to open soon
30th December 2009 DOHA: Qatar will soon open a state-of-the-art laboratory for testing toys, a senior official of the Ministry of Environment has said. Mohammed Saif Al Kuwari, Director-General of the Department…
Researchers Demonstrate Nanoscale X-Ray Imaging of Bacterial Cells
30th December 2009 : An ultra-high-resolution imaging technique using X-ray diffraction is a step closer to fulfilling its promise as a window on nanometer-scale structures in biological samples. In the Proceedings of…
Blood test could hold key to breast cancer
Scottish scientists think they have spotted an early warning sign for breast cancer which could dramatically improve survival rates. Researchers from Strathclyde, Glasgow, and Napier universities have identified a sugar change in…
Scripps research team develops technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines
An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells. The Scripps Research scientists initiated the…
Tooth component, dental health sacrificed by aging
30th December 2009 : Scientists from the University of Maryland and Shanghai University have suggested that a major component of teeth becomes significantly more brittle as people age. Along with enamel, cementum…
Half of Kuwait’s female students overweight
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Healthcare company Gethealthykuwait.com yesterday announced that 45 per cent of the female students analyzed for obesity during school visits over a two month period were overweight or obese, calling on…
Olive oil reduces the risk of breast cancer
UAB( Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) and the “Organización Interprofesional del Aceite de Oliva Españo” have entered into a research agreement to carry out an in depth study on the effect of olive…
EnviroXtract Acquires License For Biomedical ‘Red Bag’ Waste Incineration
EnviroXtract,Inc announced that they have finalized an agreement with RTEX Industrial Supply, Inc to acquire a technology license for the effective incineration of biomedical ‘red bag’ waste and other biohazardous materials. Biomedical…
Autism: A Rare Developmental Disorder That Has Metamorphosed Into an ‘Urgent Health Concern’
Article by Snigdha Taduri for Biomed-ME “Helplessly I sit while Mom calls me to come. I know what I must do, but often I can’t get up until she says, ‘Stand up’….
Research on Molars light up Evolutional history
Researchers, Gary Schwartz and Jay Kelley at Arizona State University’s Institute of Human Origins reveals that the time of molar development and eruption is closely associated with elementary phase of primate biology….
Disinfectants To Promote Superbug Growth
29th December 2009 : Using disinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according to new research, a finding that may have important implications on…
Researchers reveal what makes us eat more even on a full stomach.
Majority believe that a plate of food that looks delicious and mouthwatering makes us want to eat more. But how much would you eat?Obviously until our tummy is full.But we do commonly…