BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LAUNCHES PROMUS ELEMENT AND TAXUS ELEMENT
Boston Scientific Corporation recently announced its launch of the PROMUS
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Harvard students to launch mHealth
San Francisco-based mobile health and Health 2.0 incubator, Rock Health, that aims to provide healthcare expertise, development resources and eventually funding to winning ideas.
Philips in the Anesthesia Market
Royal Philips Electronics has acquired Dameca, a global provider of anesthesia machines and accessories for the operating room.
WHO highlights health impact of climate change in Copenhagen conference
In a recent conference held in Copenhagen, World Health Organisation (WHO) discussed various adverse effects of global climate change affecting human health.
LIC officials under Pressure
There is an appeal to revise ULIPs norms to IRDA or a 3-5 years sphere.
Wockhardt in Debt
The FCCB holders, funded by QVT, Sun Pharma and Syndicate Bank, hold bonds worth $42 million in a pharmaceutical company Wockhardt Ltd.
Assessment for Health Data Exchange Performance
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new method to help assess the performance of health information exchange systems.
Glaucoma hope to cure with stem cells
Scientists have reported that stem cells can cure blindness in humans.
New brain image techniques being developed
Brain imaging new techniques to find out more about patients in a coma are being developed by University of Aberdeen researchers.
Research on drugs that may curb dementia
Treating stroke survivors for a heartbeat problem called atrial fibrillation (AF) might prevent many patients from going on to develope dementia.
Effective Test in Identifying STI
A new assay could provide an effective way of identifying Trichamonos vaginalis, a common sexually transmitted infection, a study carried out at Rhode Island Hospital in the US has revealed.
Haryana: focuses on providing infant
State health minister Rao Narender Singh states that to check infant mortality rate, Haryana government has planned neonatal care units in all district hospitals.
Healthcare services go cashless for poor
Planning commission expert group has called for making the preventive, primary and secondary healthcare services publicly funded and cashless.
