Nouf Khamis Al Ali of the Health Education Department, Ministry of Health, stated that there was a remarkable progress in the services of the Iphone applications that enabled the audience to get…
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Recommendations Issued To Counter Patent, Proprietary Barriers To Sharing Stem Cell Data
An international group of stem cell scientists, bioethicists and experts in law and public policy have called urgently for specific measures designed to counter secrecy and self interest. The recommended measures focus…
Researchers First To Use Tiny Transistors To Detect The Kinetics Of DNA-DNA Binding
An interdisciplinary team from Columbia University that includes electrical engineers from Columbia’s Engineering School, together with researchers from the University’s departments of Physics and Chemistry, has figured out a way to study…
New Microscopy Method Opens Window On Previously Unseen Cell Features
Despite the sophistication and range of contemporary microscopy techniques, many important biological phenomena still elude the precision of even the most sensitive tools. The need for refined imaging methods for fundamental research…
Ministry of Health Launches Blackberry Health Education Services
The UAE Ministry of Health announced the health education services through the blackberry mobile-one of the main well known spread technology in the region-to enable the community members received health news and…
Taiwanese research team develops large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype
A Taiwanese research team, led by Prof. Ming-Shing Young of Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), has successfully developed a large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype which…
Fixed Phage to develop products based on Strathclyde’s patented technology for tackling infections
A new company has been launched to commercialise an award-winning technology, developed at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, for tackling bacterial infection and contamination, including superbugs such as MRSA. Fixed Phage…
LHSC performs complicated aortic valve bypass surgery using Correx AVB device
Complicated Surgery simplified by New Device. Doctors at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) are the first in the world to use a new implantable surgical device that promises to revolutionize aortic valve…
New study finds disparities in chlamydia screening
A new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute has found that Black and especially Hispanic young women are screened for chlamydia at a significantly higher rate…
Researchers discover new treatment for difficult-to-control high blood pressure
Researchers were surprised to discover what may be a potential new treatment for difficult-to-control high blood pressure, according to a case report published in the January 25, 2011, print issue of Neurology®,…
Patients with chronic depression can benefit from pioneering neurosurgical treatment
Pioneering neurosurgical treatment, a world first in Bristol, which very accurately targets brain networks involved in depression, could help people who suffer with severe and intractable depression. The research led by Dr…
UAE Oasis Hospital to implement Quantros suite of patient safety and compliance solutions
Quantros, a leading provider of clinically-focused data management and decision support solutions for the healthcare industry, has partnered with Oasis Hospital, the first private hospital in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United…
Laparoscopic grasp instrument can reduce complications in keyhole surgery
The number of complications following keyhole surgery can be reduced by giving the surgeons a better feeling of how hard they are grasping the tissue with their operating instruments. This is made…
Biomerix receives CE Mark approval for REVIVE soft tissue repair mesh
Biomerix Corporation announced today that it has received CE Mark approval for its REVIVE™ soft tissue repair mesh allowing for the marketing of REVIVE in all European Union member (EU) states. REVIVE…
General Practice Fact Sheet – RACGP Suggested Process To Restore Practice IT System, Australia
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has developed a suggested process to restore practice IT system flowchart, providing useful information and resources to help GPs with the challenge of restoring…