21st November 2009 Dusseldorf Kashif Rai – MEDICA 2009 ended here with many positive notes. Although due to the economic situation the deals and discussions were a bit cautious but overall gesture…
H1N1 poses threat to diabetics
While most people are aware that asthmatics are at high risk of having trouble fighting the H1N1 flu, people with Type I and Type II diabetes also are at high risk and…
New non-destructive testing application center opens in Saudi Arabia
In conjunction with its local partner, Abdulla Fouad Holding Co, GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies is proud to announce the opening of a new $1m non-destructive testing application center in Dammam, Saudi…
A Dissolving Wound Dressing to Fight Deadly Infections
Seventy percent of all people with severe burns die from related infections. Now a new wound-dressing technology from Tel Aviv University could cut that figure dramatically. Prof. Meital Zilberman of TAU`s Department…
Italian University sponsors Iraqi Doctors study in Italy
Nasiriya, Dhi-Qar (Iraqi News Agency NINA) –An Italian university expressed has readiness to sponsor a number of Iraqi doctors from Dhi-Qar province to exchange experiences with the Italian universities and hospitals. Al-Hussein…
UAE to have biotech plant
The Emirates Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Co. has signed an agreement with Korean biomedical firms, G.L. Rapha and Hankook Korus Pharm, to set up the region’s first biotechnology plant in the UAE, The…
164 investment projects at $1 bln in Free Zone says to be set up, says al-Suaibi
ADEN, 15th November 2009 (Saba Yemeni News Agency) Deputy Chairman of the Yemen’s General Authority of Free Zones and Chairman of Aden Free Zone Abdul-Jalil al-Shuaibi revealed that the number of licensed…
Qatar Minister of Health Meets New York First Lady
Doha, November 17 (QNA) – H.E. Minister of Public Health and Secretary-General of Supreme Council of Health Abdullah Bin Khalid Al Qahtani, met here today with New York First Lady Michelle Paige…
Singapore ramps up biomedical sciences effort
SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 Singapore announced on Friday that it will inject 36 million Singapore dollars (25.9 million U.S. dollars) into new programs to give a greater push to its growing medical technology…
Do You Know the Five Risk Factors for Lung Cancer BESIDES Smoking?
By Dr. Mercola Edited By Jamal Panhwar This a great article appeared Mercola.com This tell you the real truth about Lung cancer. Lung cancer is a force to be reckoned with and…
Deadlier than Cocaine, Heroin, and the Swine Flu?
Addiction to prescription painkillers which kill thousands of Americans a year — has become a largely unrecognized epidemic, experts say. In fact, prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal…
New Guidelines Recommend Pap Smears Every Two Years To Reduce Risk From Unnecessary Treatment
The new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists or ACOG recommend starting cervical cancer screening at 21 years and extend routine pap smears to once in two years instead…
GE Healthcare presented Centricity Clinical Notification System at Medica 2009
20th November 2009 Dusseldorf GE Healthcare has presented its new Centricity Clinical Notification System at Medica 2009 Exhibition. GE New tool to help avoid clinical incidents, manage care deviation and compliance guidelines….
Oni Medical sells MRI technology platform to GE Healthcare
Nov 20, 2009 Oni Medical Systems has successfully closed the sale of its magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI technology platform to the GE Healthcare. With the purchase of Oni’s high performance, low-cost…
ECRI Institute Releases Roadmap to the Evidence on Finasteride for Prevention of Prostate Cancer
20th November 2009 ECRI Press Release – PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—In response to a recent New York Times article that questions why currently available medications designed to treat and prevent some cancers are…