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Results of worlds first viral therapy trial in cancer patients
Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), the University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Jennerex Inc and several other institutions recently reported promising results of a world-first cancer therapy trial in renowned journal Nature. The …
US firm to provide rural healthcare to India
Dimagi, US based technology firm will provide access to basic healthcare to almost 7 million rural people in India over the next three years, UN said in a statement. Dimagi through CommCare, a mobile phone …
Brightest gamma ray on Earth: Multiple benefits to healthcare imaging
The brightest gamma ray beam ever created more than a thousand billion times more brilliant than the sun has been produced in research led at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland – and could open …
Telemedicine to local prisons with Polycom® Telepresence in Korea
Korea Correctional Facilities for the Ministry of Justice selected Polycom Telepresence with H.264 high profile to connect remote prisons in Daegu, Jinju, Gongju and Cheongju female prisons to their local hospitals, to support the telemedicine …
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare to launch largest metro HIE
The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council is planning to develop the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE), which is expected to be the largest metropolitan HIE in the country. This aims to serve more than 9.4 million …
Lancet introduces Series on stillbirths
The Lancet recently launched its Series on stillbirths, with the very latest data showing that more than 2.6 million stillbirths occur each year—at least 7,000 each day globally. While 98 per cent of these occur …
Safety of biologic treatment for arthritis is drug dependent
According to a recent systematic review by Cochrane researchers, safety of biologic drugs varies from drug to drug. Although biologics are FDA-approved, it is thought that some may have rare but serious side effects related …
A new era of healthcare assistance – ‘HealthSearch’
An innovative website ‘HealthSearch’ has been launched in Otago, New Zealand that would provide patients with information about health practitioners from all fields, including alternative therapies, their qualifications, and the treatments they offer.
‘HealthSearch’ is the …
Long- and short-sleeved physician workwear are prone to receive similar bacterial contamination
Governmental agencies in the United Kingdom recently instituted guidelines banning physicians’ white coats and the wearing of long-sleeved garments to decrease the transmission of bacteria within hospitals due to the belief that cuffs of long-sleeved …
Cancer breakthrough to prevent heart failure
A breakthrough by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast aims to reduce heart failure in cancer patients around the world, and consequently increase survival rates.
Scientists at Queen’s Centre for Vision and Vascular Science have discovered the …
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