Smart chocolates prevent elders from brain loss
Mouth watering smart chocolates, which are made of dietary cocoa extract can prevent age-related neuro-degenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s in the […]
Welch Allyn Acquired Scale-Tronix, Inc.
Welch Allyn has announced the acquisition of substantially all assets of Scale-Tronix, Inc. of White Plains, NY. ScaleTronix is a […]
Maternal deaths fall 34%, but still 1,000 women die every day in India
Deaths from complications during pregnancy and childbirth have fallen by a third in the past two decades but 1,000 women still die needlessly every day, the World Health Organisation said recently.
Push for Electronic health records overlooks security gaps
As the Obama administration pushes ahead with plans to increase the use of electronic medical records, two internal reports released by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed “significant concerns” about security gaps in the system.
Early use of drugs cuts HIV risk, study says
A study among couples showed early use of drugs slashed the risk of HIV infection through sex by 96 per cent.
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Microsoft and HIMSS launch Health Users Group in APAC Microsoft Corp and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have […]
Diabetes Charity and Medical Device Company to Develop ‘Artificial Pancreas’
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will team up with Animas Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, to create an “artificial pancreas,” the diabetes charity has announced.
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Pfizer considers outsourcing manufacturing to India, ChinaUS-based pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, is looking to cut costs by outsourcing as much as […]
Hospital on a chip could increase survival of battlefield wounded
Researchers in the US aim to develop an implantable biochip that could diagnose and provide medication to soldiers as soon as they are injured. Survival of battlefield wounds often depends on the level of treatment within the first 30 minutes, so providing instant treatment to wounded soldiers before a medic can reach them could increase chances of survival.
Better Detection of Breast Lesions with Ultrasound
An ultrasound technique that measures stiffness of tissue dramatically improves detection rates in finding breast cancer, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
New York Health Plan Launches Online Service To Boost Care Delivery
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York launched a Web-based service that connects members to in-network physicians.
Online Care NY is part of the insurer’s “virtual health” plan to improve health care delivery. Cynthia Ambres, senior vice president and chief medical officer at BCBS, said that the program will help to alleviate an expected shortage of primary care physicians in the next 10 years.
Fast forwarding cancer research using IBM World Community Grid
Canadian researchers expect to accelerate the war on cancer by tapping into a global network of hundreds of thousands of people who volunteer their idle computer time to tackle some of the world’s most complex problems.
New York plans to create country’s largest EMR network
The New York Department of Health (DOH) and public-private partnership New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) recently presented a plan to change the face of healthcare for all New Yorkers by creating the country’s largest network for electronic medical records.
