In support of GE’s healthymagination vision, the company is currently developing a low-cost transducer for portable ultrasound systems capable of maintaining high quality images. The intended use for these machines is beyond…
SKMC Organizes the First KIDNEY and Liver Transplantation Symposium UAE
Abu Dhabi, 12 Nov. 2009 First annual Kidney and Liver Transplantation Symposium is being organised today by Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), at the Intercontinental Hotel, Abu Dhabi. SKMC is owned and…
Dubai Harvard Foundation For Medical Research To Launch ’Healthcare Education And Research Week’ In Dubai
Harvard Medical School Dubai Center (HMSDC) Institute for Postgraduate Education and Research and Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research (DHFMR), both members of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center…
MENA 100 Results Announced
Manama, Nov. 11. The best project schemes of the mena 100 competition were announced today in a conference held in the movempick hotel in Muharraq. Many economic and investment experts, businessmen and…
Mehrabian’s Rule: Is 93% of communication really nonverbal?
Both in business and in private life we have all regularly heard or ourselves made the claim that 93% of communication is non-verbal (facial expressions, body language and voice tonality), while only…
Al Mazaya Profits Reach AED 131 Million In The First 9 Months Of 2009, With
Al Mazaya Holding has announced its financial results for the first nine months of 2009 from Jan to september 2009, showing profit of AED 131 million and earnings per share (EPS) amounting…
DOTmed Industry Sector Report: Medical Equipment Parts Providers
An interesting report by Dotmed News Editor by Barbara Kram, Editor It may take a long time to read it but its quite informative and well written. Dotmed is a Medical Equipment…
Harvard talk addresses Racial diversity in science faculty
Racial and ethnic minorities traditionally under-represented in biological and biomedical science fields are earning doctoral degrees at a higher rate in the United States than ever before — but they continue to…
SANYO Accelerates Biomedical & Environmental Solutions Business at Greenbuild International Conference
PHOENIX SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO), as a “leading company for energy and environment,” a subsidiary of and the North American regional headquarters of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., announced during the 2009…
UAE-based doctor gets one-year jail term for costly errors during delivery
Abu Dhabi November 2009: A doctor was sentenced to a year in jail and was also fined with a AEDh10,000 fine for committing several medical errors. The court, presided over by Chief…
Taiwan, China to cooperate on biomedical projects
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…