ICD May Prevent Heart Attacks
Scottsdale Healthcare in Arizona, US, is testing an implantable device that could prevent cardiac arrests by using electrical impulses to interrupt fatal heart rhythms and restore normal heartbeat.
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NIH launches research into human immune responses
The National Institutes of Health has launched a nationwide IT-supported research initiative using human studies to define changes in the human immune system in response to infection or to vaccination.
Wockhardt
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology major Wockhardt Limited today announced its first quarter results (April
European researchers advance bone implants technology
A team of researchers from the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research have developed a simulation programme calculating the internal structure and density distribution of bone material.
Indian researchers on way to creating vital part of human eye
Half a dozen eye hospitals in India are collaborating with a research centre here to create the inner layer of the cornea, the vital window of the human eye. It may allow 14,000 eye transplants a year.
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Net Sales up 13% in Second Quarter of FY 2011
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited has announced its financial results for the second quarter ended 30th June 2011. While the net Sales grew by 13 percent, Sales of the core Pharmaceuticals and vaccines business grew by 14 percent.
NABH Certificate of Accreditation presented to KIMS
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd. (KIMS), a 300 bedded, upscale, Multi Super Specialty Hospital at Hyderabad was presented the NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) Certificate of Accreditation at a ceremony organised at its premises here at Hyderabad on Saturday.
ProTECT trial to study biomarkers in TBI patients
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $2.2m grant to researchers to study biomarkers in the blood of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients.
Action plan for training and re-training of teachers: IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has set up five Institutes of Competency Advancement of Teachers(ICAT) in the five geographic […]
Union Health Ministry approves rural medicine course
Union Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has approved the Bachelor for Rural Medicine Course (BRMC), giving all states the […]
Taiwan readies to launch electronic medical records plan
Patients in Taiwan will no longer have to undergo the same medical tests repeatedly, once the nationwide electronic medical records plan kicks off this November, the Department of Health said.
Cloud-based medical information sharing system to come on line
A cloud-based health care information system that will make it easier for doctors from different hospitals to access a patient’s records will be inaugurated in November, Department of Health (DOH) Minister Chiu Wen-ta said over the weekend.
US hospital installs new robotic patient positioning system
Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Florida, US has installed the Civco Protura 6D robotic couch patient positioning system at its Lynn Cancer Institute to increase efficiency in radiation therapy treatments.
