Taipei, Nov. 11 2009 Reported by CNA Biomedical companies in Taiwan and China have reached an agreement for cooperation on 10 projects of Biomedical, a step that is expected to lead to…
GE creates $250 million fund for health entrepreneurs
GE has created a $250 million equity investment fund, called Healthymagination, to put money into promising healthcare technology companies. The new fund could be a source for Orange County ventures in medical…
Saudi economy forecast to grow 4% in 2010
RIYADH: Saudi economy is poised to grow by 4% in 2010, while it is projected to register real GDP contraction of 0.9% in 2009, according to a survey released here on Tuesday….
CENIGENT to fight prevalence of chronic diseases in the UAE
DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): With chronic medical illnesses such as heart disease and hypertension being among the top causes of death in the UAE, health experts are now concerned that the residents’…
Abudhabi 3 MoUs signed on dealing with major crisis and clamities
Abu Dhabi, Nov 07th, 2009 Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister HE Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has attended the signing of three Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation…
15 Kidney Transplantation Surgeries performed at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi- By the end of October 2009, fifteen kidney transplants with excellent clinical outcomes were performed at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) – managed by Cleveland Clinic. The multi-organ transplantation program…
Kuwait MoH mulls IVF gender selection
KUWAIT: The Health Ministry is mulling the implementation of gender selection of in vitro fertilization (IVF) babies based on medical bases, and not for social reasons, a Health Ministry official said yesterday….
HMC seeks to improve healthcare
DOHA Qatar: A Center for Healthcare Improvement (CHI) was launched yesterday for Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Doha, to make improvement in patient care. CHI will be a unique and one-of-its- kind body…
Big help at hand for premature, tiny babies
A premature baby’s arm can be as thing and small as two adult fingers, hence inserting a needle into the little limb to draw blood is not an easy job for a…
Sunlight May Halve Risk Of Advanced Breast Cancer
A recent study conducted by Northern California Cancer Centre, the University of Southern California, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has shown that women with increased exposure to sun have a…
Palmerolide A: A New Treatment For Skin Cancer
Palmerolide A is a natural substance that is today thought to provide better treatment and improve survival rates of patients suffering from melanoma. Synthesised by a team headed by professor Dennis G….
HealthcareTechnology advances critical for patients
Preparing to speak at the major HealthcareTech Summit in Dubai on 7-8 December, Mr Adil Ameer of Dubai Healthcare City talked about why the event is so important for medical information officers…
Qiagen buying test maker for $90 million
NEW YORK — Netherlands-based diagnostic products maker Qiagen NV said Monday it is buying privately held diagnostic test maker SABiosciences Corp. for about $90 million in cash. Qiagen said the Frederick, Md.,…
Medical physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of…
The Future of Cooling – Novel Cooling technologies
This Technology is to develop novel cooling technologies to improve patient outcomes after acute ischemic events such as cardiac arrest, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. The RhinoChill System has been developed as…