First Totally Implanted Hearing Aid
A 49-year-old woman has received the UK’s first totally implanted hearing aid, Otologics Carina, in a procedure performed at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth.
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Device to Limit Chemotherapy Side Effects
Researchers have developed a device that can limit the side effects of chemotherapy.
Post-Processing Capabilities of PACS Revealed Live
The CARESTREAM PACS workstation was put through its paces at the recent 5th Scanner Volumique Conference held in Nancy, France. This annual event provides the technology platform for live demonstrations of the very latest versions of CT image post-processing software, which this year for the first time included a PACS console.
Genetic Test to Predict Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
Researchers are developing a genetic test to predict prostate cancer aggressiveness, which could save men with low-risk tumours from unnecessary surgery.
1 in 100 Children born with congenital heart disease
Over one percent of all children born in India are born with congenital heart diseases.
Local Chemotherapy Delivery to Tumours
Royal Philips Electronics and Eindhoven University of Technology announced an important development in MRI-guided local drug delivery for cancer treatment. Image-guided drug delivery has been studied by scientists all around the world for almost a decade because it may enable a beneficial increase in tumor chemotherapy drug levels, thereby increasing treatment efficacy without an increase in adverse side effects. The joint research team has now demonstrated in pre-clinical studies that an improved local drug uptake in tumors is achieved, and that it can be visualised and measured in real time.
Local Chemotherapy Delivery to Tumours
Royal Philips Electronics and Eindhoven University of Technology announced an important development in MRI-guided local drug delivery for cancer treatment. Image-guided drug delivery has been studied by scientists all around the world for almost a decade because it may enable a beneficial increase in tumor chemotherapy drug levels, thereby increasing treatment efficacy without an increase in adverse side effects. The joint research team has now demonstrated in pre-clinical studies that an improved local drug uptake in tumors is achieved, and that it can be visualised and measured in real time.
Silent strokes could cause learning deficits
Silent strokes, which have no immediate symptoms but could cause long-term cognitive and learning deficits, occur in a significant number of severely anemic children, especially those with sickle cell disease, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2011.
dbMotion and Matrix Knowledge Partnership
dbMotion, an innovative provider of connected healthcare solutions, and Matrix Knowledge Group, a leader in information management services, have announced a partnership.
Medical Device Innovation Initiative
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new innovation pathway to serve as a priority review programme to speed up the adoption of breakthrough medical devices.
UNICEF launches new scheme to conduct enquiry on maternal deaths
Concerned over the high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the country
Faith-based organizations play major role in fighting HIV/AIDS
Faith-based organisations play a critical role in HIV-AIDS care and treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by 2010, according to a new United Nations study.
Treatment For Lupus
Finally the US approved the first treatment for Lupus since 50 years.
