Paramedic students trained using Second Life
Paramedic students in London are being trained in how to deal with emergency situations using the virtual world of Second Life.
Tags: Kingston University, Manager, news, online avatars, paramedic, Second Life
Eliza, a friendly robot to attend sick children
Telemedicine researchers of University of Queensland in Australia are using a robot by name Eliza to bridge the distances and, to improve the delivery of specialist medical care.
Fitness market demands wireless technology in healthcare
Fitness pushes high demand for wireless devices used to monitor physical performance.
Microsoft, partners to employ IT in ‘ground-breaking’ genetics research
Microsoft, Scripps Health, Affymetrix and Navigenics will launch what the companies say is ground-breaking research to uate the impact of personal genetic testing on the health and psyche of a patient.
VITAL for Healthcare: May 2011
EDITORIAL Opportunities Galore COVER STORY Patient monitoring systems VITAL’ FOR HEALTHCARE FEATURED COMPANY Addressing the need of Quality Patient Monitoring […]
enabling Care from a Distance: September 2011
EDITORIAL Rationalising Medical Care COVER STORY eNabling Care from a Distance POLICY PERSPECTIVE Research needs proper attention in our educational […]
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007
U.S. citizens Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and Sir Martin J. Evans of Britain won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a technique for manipulating mouse genes.
New e-Book ‘Doctors in an Information Technology Age’ released
Bankix Systems Ltd has published its latest 200-page e-Book titled ‘Doctors in an Information Technology Age’. It explores in detail the evolution of contemporary healthcare delivery worldwide.
Now, cancer diagnosis in 15 minutes
Diagnosis of life-threatening diseases such as cancer may become a matter of minutes as scientists have developed a new bio-sensor technology, which they claim provides results within 15 minutes.
Scientists Join Forces to Create European Supercomputer
Some thirty seven national grid projects have teamed up, to set up a distributed computing network, that will enable laboratories to collaborate via thousands of computers merged into one supercomputer.
WHO asks for intensive research to curb health care related deaths
The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners has recently called for increased research into patient safety, including the risks posed by care- and surgery-related infections, adverse drug effects and unsafe injections.
EU consults on ICT 2020 research strategy
The European Commission has launched a public consultation into its
World’s smallest neurostimulator to treat chronic pain
St. Jude Medical, Inc. recently announced the first patient implant of an Eon Mini(TM), the world’s smallest, longest-lasting, rechargeable neurostimulator to treat chronic pain of the trunk or limbs and pain from failed back surgery.
