Study: EHRs beneficial for care coordination of Kidney Patients
Electronic health records can help improve health outcomes for patients at high risk of kidney disease.
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UN chief emphasizes on reducing Maternal Mortality
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) while speaking about the World Population Day, has called for greater participation by men in maternal health to reduce the number of women who die each day in childbirth and to ensure safe motherhood.
Progress towards attaining MDGs
At the midpoint to reaching the Millennium Development Goals for 2015, the world
ICTs infrastructure in Africa
Level of poverty has remained very high in Africa in the past, and also the present. The 2006 report on the United Nation
Supercomputer helps predict risk of bone fracture
A research team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratory have used the Blue Gene /L supercomputer to simulate the strain on a piece of bone to help determine the likely place of fracture.
First Mexican Hospitals and Bariatric Surgeons Awarded Center of Excellence Designation
Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), an independent, nonprofit organization that advances the safety, efficacy and efficiency of bariatric and metabolic surgery, today announced the first two centers in Mexico to achieve the center of excellence designation from the Mexican College for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM).
EHR Adoption Gaining Ground, but Challenges Remain: Report
Despite advances in electronic health care initiatives over the past three years, health IT remains somewhat undervalued, according to National Progress Report on eHealth 2010, an eHealth Initiative report released recently.
Five lakhs children have liver disease in Britain
Doctors say obesity levels are now so high that children are commonly suffering signs of disease more commonly associated with alcohol abuse, meaning many will go on to develop cirrhosis, with some requiring liver transplants.
CT angiography improves detection of heart disease
Researchers may have discovered one reason that African Americans are at increased risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular events.
Technology can help older people who forget
New research has looked at how technology can be used to provide reminders to assist older people in decision making. These assistive technologies have significant potential to help older people and their carers in everyday life.
India has just one operation theatre per one lakh people: Study
A latest study by the Harvard School of Public Health has found that while the South-East Asia region has just 2.6 OTs per one lakh population, the number is as low as 1.3 OT per 1 lakh population in India and Pakistan.
UN commission seeks to ensure food safety, protect consumer health
A United Nations commission that is the highest international body on food standards has begun examining new measures to ensure safer infant powdered formula and hygienic egg production in a bid to improve food quality and safeguard consumer health.
