New Mexico Software, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NMXC), a developer of medical IT services and solutions that enable improved and faster communication within the healthcare community, announced today that it has signed…
Marion General Hospital telemedicine makes stroke care quicker
Every minute lost in treating a stroke could negatively impact the outcome for a patient. Time lost is brain lost. That is why the medical and nursing staff at Marion General Hospital…
Women with melanoma seem to experience more health-related quality of life issues than men
Women seem to experience more health-related quality of life issues than men for up to 10 years following a diagnosis of the skin cancer melanoma, according to a report in the February…
Early appendectomy appears to reduce time away from normal activities in children with appendicitis
For children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy appears to reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events as compared to another common option, the interval appendectomy, which…
New technique allows early identification of metastasis in women with breast cancer
A quarter of all women who suffer from breast cancer are at risk of metastasis – a recurrence of the cancer. In recent years, researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have developed a…
Radiologists who interpret more mammograms can determine breast cancer effectively
Radiologists who interpret more mammograms and spend some time reading diagnostic mammograms do better at determining which suspicious breast lesions are cancer, according to a new report published online on February 22…
Cancer-Related Pathways Reveal Potential Treatment Target For Congenital Heart Disease
Cross-disciplinary teams of scientists studying genetic pathways that are mutated in many forms of cancer, but which also cause certain forms of congenital heart disease – including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a thickening…
Researchers identify practical strategies to implement environmental practices in operating rooms
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified practical strategies to implement environmentally friendly practices in operating rooms and other hospital facilities that could result in vastly reduced health care costs and pose…
Health care facilities warned against excessive charges
No licensed health care practitioner or facility in the country is permitted to charge their customers excessively and above the declared fees, a senior official of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH)…
SCH lab conducts more tests as number of outlets increases
The central food laboratory at the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has seen a 15 percent increase in the number of samples tested last year, following a rapid increase in the number…
Childhood cancer cases on the rise
The survival rate for children diagnosed with cancer reaches 75 per cent if the cases are discovered in the early stages, paediatric oncologists said on Monday. Around 100,000 children worldwide die annually…
Educational intervention effectively increase awareness of kidney transplant recipients’ risk of developing skin cancer
Sharing printed educational materials about the risk of squamous cell carcinoma with kidney transplant recipients appeared to be effective at increasing skin self-examination and encouraging follow-up with a dermatologist to determine risk…
Early detection of hearing impairment may prevent chronic disease in middle-aged adults
Several factors may be associated with hearing impairment in middle-aged adults, including cardiovascular disease risks, being male and having a noisy job, according to a report published online first in the Archives…
GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft for hemodialysis access receives CE Mark approval
W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced the GORE® PROPATEN® Vascular Graft for hemodialysis access has received CE Mark. Arteriovenous (AV) Grafts are used to create a conduit for repeated blood access…
MedTrust, Avantra collaborate to develop molecular diagnostic assay for cancer care
MedTrust Online (MedTrust) and Avantra Biosciences (Avantra) announced today a novel collaboration to involve clinicians in the earliest stages of molecular diagnostic assay development for Avantra Biosciences’ revolutionary QPDx™ multiplex immunoassay system….