The UAE medical device market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of more than 11% during 2009-2012, says RNCOS. The Middle Eastern countries tend to devote a high proportion of total…
Cancer centre to boost UAE health care
Latest diagnostic facility in Al Ain city is the UAE’s latest weapon in the battle against cancer in the country. It shows what can be done when the public sector uses its…
Huge new Saudi investments provide impetus for Gulf Industry Fair 2010
Huge new industrial sector investments in Saudi Arabia are driving interest among local, regional and international companies in the third Gulf Industry Fair (GIF) to be held in Bahrain early next year,…
Close to 500,000 Saudis without Healthcare Saudi MOH
Written by Adam Gonn Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, 480,000 Saudis still lack access to health care. A new report by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health…
New Telehealth Device Brings Health Management Home
Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product design and development firm, has recently unveiled VenaHub, a data collection and aggregation system that promises to simplify personal health management in a connected health environment….
Imaging Systems from GE Healthcare Spotlight the Possibilities of Connected Oncology Care at ASTRO 2009
According to the American Cancer Society, more than one million people are diagnosed with cancer each year. In the United States, about 1 out of every 2 men and 1 out of…
GE offers healthcare solutions at F1
Abu Dhabi 31st October 2009 GE Healthcare and GE Consumer & Industrial have installed medical and industrial solutions at the Formula 1 Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, which will help keep…
For People on Dialysis, Too Thin Can Be Risky
SUNDAY, Nov. 1 2009 : A new study has found that Dialysis patients with very low body fat are much more likely to die than healthier/fat people on dialysis, even those with…
MMC’s disposal of biomed waste fails to take off
MARGAO: Ten months after the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) set the ball rolling to put together a system for safe disposal of biomedical waste generated in the city, the process lies in…
Functional Human Germ Cells Created in the Laboratory for the First Time
Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education, has released results of their recent research showing the ability to take embryonic stem cells and prod them…
Beginning of the end for the Latin-letter web
The future of the internet came into slightly better focus today when International Domains regulator ICANN, announced it will allow the use of web addresses written wholly in non-latin characters. “Right now Internet…
Diabetes Congress in Dubai from November 7th 2009
DUBAI — International experts are expected to address the growing prevalence of diabetes in the United Arab Emirates at the two-day Emirates Diabetes Congress (EDC 2009), which will take place in Dubai…
Siemens Delivers Flash Speed, Lowest Dose to Arnold Palmer Children Hospital
MALVERN, Pa., Oct. 28 Siemens Healthcare’s SOMATOM® Definition Flash dual-source computed tomography (CT) scanner is now poised to assist Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Fla., to better serve its pediatric patients….
The role of biomedical research in malaria eradication
Although malaria has been controlled in many local and regional populations, the permanent elimination of malaria parasites throughout the world remains an elusive goal, and the disease continues to claim nearly one…
Scottish Start Up Acquires A Breakthrough Global Healthcare Technology Firm In A Stock Swap
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, October 2, 2009 – “Offsurance, Inc., a Delaware headquartered global healthcare company will now become a wholly owned subsidiary of Offsurance, Limited, a Scottish technology startup”, says a beaming CEO,…