Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007
U.S. citizens Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and Sir Martin J. Evans of Britain won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a technique for manipulating mouse genes.
World News – October 2008
Medical data breach insurance offered in US Members of a US healthcare purchasing alliance are now able to take out […]
Steve Jobs, the consummate challenger
Steve Jobs, co-founder and former chief utive of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56.
ICT Becomes Healthy
The first eHealth World Forum was held from 1st -3rd August 2011 to create a platform for dignitaries from all over the world and discuss emerging issues
Canada outranks U.S. in healthcare report card
Canada ranked higher than the United States on all of the mortality measures except for mortality due to cancer, a criteria for which both countries earned a ‘B’ grade.
Gynesonics commences study for the VizAblate system
Gynesonics has begun a multicentre clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of the VizAblate system for the treatment of uterine fibroids associated with heavy menstrual bleeding.
US drug shortage could threaten us health system
A growing shortage of important chemotherapy drugs, anesthetics and antibiotics, which has compromised or delayed care for some US patients and may have led to at least 15 deaths, represents a “pressing public health problem.
WHO asks for intensive research to curb health care related deaths
The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners has recently called for increased research into patient safety, including the risks posed by care- and surgery-related infections, adverse drug effects and unsafe injections.
400 Vaccines In Development to Fight Infectious Diseases
Critical challenges remain in the centuries-old battles against infectious diseases, particularly as bacteria and viruses mutate and as the threat of bioterrorism grows. More than 9.5 million people worldwide die each year from infectious diseases. Of particular concern today are virulent forms of ‘super bugs’ that have mutated and grown resistant to available antibiotics.
World’s smallest neurostimulator to treat chronic pain
St. Jude Medical, Inc. recently announced the first patient implant of an Eon Mini(TM), the world’s smallest, longest-lasting, rechargeable neurostimulator to treat chronic pain of the trunk or limbs and pain from failed back surgery.
Wipro Healthcare scouting for niche buys in US
Acquisition in the healthcare and life-sciences space for IT service providers seems to be the flavour of the season with another information technology major, Wipro, scouting for a niche player in the segment based out of the US.
