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.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may provide an early and objective indicator of autism.
Broader access to fast 4G wireless technologies promises to give a boost to rural and developing parts of the world where landline Internet is less developed, say experts from IEEE, the world
European IT project to detect adverse drug reactions A project recently approved by the EU, aims to exploit data from […]
Scientists from Allahabad University have collaborated with Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Lubeck, Germany to develop a new drug to combat AIDS.
Researchers at University of Oxford found that father’s mental health problems could be harmful for their kids. Such kids are more likely to have psychiatric or behavioural disorders. They also said that boys in particular could be affected if their father had depression or was an alcoholic.
Bone stem cells could in future be used instead of bone from donors as part of an innovative new hip replacement treatment, according to scientists at the University of Southampton.
The potentially blinding disease glaucoma now has a device to track objects virtually.
[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] The boost provided to healthcare is positive but imposition of service tax on medical fees and diagnostic tests hurt the healthcare industry
A new cancer treatment which strengthens a patient’s immune system and enables them to fight the disease more effectively is being trialled on patients for the first time in the UK.
Sindh makes rapid progress in telemedicinePakistan's Sindh region will set up telemedicine services all its 23 districts very soon. According […]
It’s common knowledge that to carry out genetic tests, one would need expensive, state-of-the-art laboratory. But that might soon change thanks to a group of Canadian scientists who’ve developed a “lab-on-a-chip” device to conduct these tests. What is interesting about the device is that it’s supposed to be portable, inexpensive, and efficient.
