Improvement in NHS maternity services
NHS maternity services have improved since 2009, but further progress is still needed, according to a survey conducted by the Care Quality Commission.
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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.
Instant TB test gets WHO nod
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently endorsed a new rapid test to detect tuberculosis, saying it could revolutionise treatment. This test, which is also getting uated at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, is a boost for the fight against tuberculosis in India, where 1.98 million new cases are reported every year.
Health insurance grows 42% in H1
Aided by government health schemes and correction in rates, insurance for health and personal accidents recorded highest growth in the non-life insurance segment during the first half of the financial year.
Researchers develop artificial kidney
Researchers at the University of California, US, have developed the world’s first implantable artificial kidney, which is capable of mimicking the kidney’s most important functions such as filtering toxins from the bloodstream, regulating blood pressure and producing vitamin D.
New bio-coating may improve implant performance
Researchers at the University of Alabama (UAB) have developed a bio-coating technology that can improve the long-term performance of implantable medical devices such as heart valves and cardiac stents.
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.
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.
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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 […]
INDIA
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.
