Dubai: The Burj Dubai will finally be opened on January 4, 2010, coinciding with the accession to power of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of…
UAE MoH, Microsoft Corp sign cooperation agreement
WAM Dubai, Nov 04th, 2009 (WAM): The Ministry of Health signed today a cooperation agreement with Microsoft Corp. to study the information systems in place in the ministry and work to improve…
DHA holds workshop on importance of evidence based data.
Dubai, 4th Nov. 2009: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is conducting a workshop to encourage healthcare practitioners and policy makers to use evidence based medicine and nursing in their field of work….
KU to take over Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital in 2013
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr Hilal Al-Sayer announced yesterday that Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital will be handed over to Kuwait University in 2013. “The handover of the hospital will coincide with the…
Bahwan Healthcare unveils Nasa-developed AiroCide
MUSCAT — Bahwan Healthcare Centre, a SBG Suhail Bahwan Group venture in Oman, has partnered with Green Air Technology of the UAE to introduce the Nasa-developed AiroCide technology, a unique and patented…
Electronic clinical decision support for Middle Eastern hospitals
Hospitals in the Middle East are set to benefit from sophisticated electronic clinical decision support following a new commercial agreement between First DataBank International (FDB International) and GE Healthcare (GE). This new…
Philips betting on remote healthcare for future
AMSTERDAM reported by Reuters Philips Healthcare Unit is betting it can help doctors monitor patients remotely to keep an aging population healthier and battle rising medical costs in the Netherland. Hospital equipment…
One of the most modern healthcare and dental facility opened in Dubai
One of the region’s most modern and advanced healthcare and dental facilities “THE CLINIC” has opened its doors to the public. Located within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) premises, THE CLINIC…
Experimental agent reduces breast cancer metastasis to bone
BOSTON (November 3, 2009) Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer. In…
Over 1,000 biologics jobs to come in Singapore
SINGAPORE: More than 1,000 highly skilled jobs will be created when the six biologics plants being implemented in Singapore are fully operational, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. These jobs will appeal to…
A*STAR of Singapore to launch an online publication promoting its research
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Macmillan Scientific Communications (MSC) have launched a new open access website, A*STAR Research to highlight some of the best research published by A*STAR’s…
Chocolate Inhaler invented
Harward University’s doctor David Edwards has created the most unusual inhaler that actually tastes like chocolate. When first unveiled as a inhaler which puffs micro-particles of chocolate into your mouth David Edwards…
Connect software will embed meaningful use
Chicago USA The updated version of the Connect software tool-set will make it easier for health care organizations to conduct transactions such as electronic prescribing and file sharing called for in the…
Bahrain’s SHHS plans $1.5 bln expansion
DUBAI – Safe Hands Health System Holding Co (SHHS) of Bahrain plans to spend $1.5 billion on medical facilities across the Gulf region over the next 10 years, the company’s chairman Abdul…
Malawi body grants US$40m to gov’t ministry to fight HIV/Aids
Lilongwe Malawi The Malawi National Aids Commission (NAC), a coordinating body for all HIV/Aids activities in the country, on Tuesday granted US$40 million from Global Fund to the health ministry to help…