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HDFC Bank is organising a nationwide Blood Donation Campaign on December 10, 2010.
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Philips Organises Conference on Sleep ApnoeaPhilips Respironics recently organised a conference called “wake up to sleep”. The conference was based […]
TRAI recommends Rs 60,000 crore network for national broadband
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended a National Broadband Plan involving the setting up of a Rs60,000-crore fibre optic network across the country.
Multiple-media alert system to locate endangered missing children
The Dutch police are using an innovative, cross-media alert system, AMBER Alert Netherlands, for locating missing and abducted children whose life or health is thought to be endangered.
Patient pictures improve radiologist
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Wikipedia can omit key drug information
New research warns that consumers who relay on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for drug information may be putting themselves at risk.
e-Encyclopaedia on Indian traditional medical knowledge
In a government office in the Indian capital, Delhi, some 100 doctors, practitioners of ayurveda, unani and siddha, ancient Indian medical systems, are hunched over computers poring over ancient medical texts and keying in information.
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Thailand: Microsoft’s new healthcare research hubFollowing Microsoft Corp’s purchase of software and assets to streamline administrative and medical record-keeping at […]
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First health institute in Nagaland inauguratedThe first health institute to be set up in the North-eastern state of India, Christian […]
Grassroots thinking on HIV/AIDS
Bangladesh first web documentary on HIV/AIDS ‘Grassroots thinking’, is produced on the eve of ‘AIDS day 2005. The content of this 8.25 minutes documentary is uncensored opinions of the grassroots people.
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).
Asian HIV/Aids database launched
A new UN-backed website has launched providing details of HIV/AIDS prance in the Asia Pacific region, bringing together a host of resources on the disease for researchers, healthcare providers and government officials.
Philips and UCMC partner on imaging research trial
Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it is working with the University of Chicago Medical Center on a closed loop imaging research trial to integrate information systems with imaging systems.
