Medical News

RSS

Seven Corners sets up Alarm Center for aiding Haiti earthquake victims

Seven Corners' Medical Director, Dr. William Barker, is on the ground in Port-Au-Prince treating the victims of the Haitian earthquake and coordinating evacuation efforts for Seven Corners' members. Dr. Barker and his team were one of the first to arrive on the scene.

19 Jan 2010

New policy sets nutrition standards for food and beverages sold in Ontario schools

ARAMARK Canada Ltd., a leader in providing professional food services to more than 150 middle and high schools across Ontario, is in full support of the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Policy Memorandum No. 150, School Food and Beverage Policy, setting nutrition standards for food and beverages sold in publicly funded elementary and secondary schools in Ontario.

19 Jan 2010

Relief director debunks myths about disaster relief

As they rush to save lives in the wake of the Haiti earthquake, aid workers also must address myths about disaster relief among the American public. Edward Brown, relief director for Christian humanitarian organization, World Vision, debunks five myths around disaster relief.

19 Jan 2010

CSafe and AcuTemp Thermal Systems offer temperature controlled containers for the Haitian relief effort

AcuTemp Thermal Systems, www.acutemp.com, a manufacturer of active and passive containers for transporting temperature sensitive pharmaceutical and bio-medical products; and CSafe, LLC, www.csafellc.com, a provider of active container solutions for the temperature sensitive airfreight market, are offering relief agencies their temperature controlled containers for use in shipping and storing blood, vaccines and other critical temperature sensitive medical supplies for the Haitian relief effort.

19 Jan 2010

Red Cross emergency field hospital, Canadian medical and technical professionals deployed in Haiti

The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, announced today that the Red Cross emergency field hospital, as well as 10 Canadian medical and technical professionals, are now deployed in Haiti and providing medical care.

19 Jan 2010

Capital BlueCross and Department of Health introduce a grant program for school-aged children

Be active to stay healthy is the message that Capital BlueCross and the Pennsylvania Department of Health are conveying to middle school-aged children throughout the region with a grant program called Active Schools.

19 Jan 2010

Study data on Artefill for treating atrophic acne scars presented at the Orlando Dermatology Conference

Suneva Medical, a privately-held aesthetic medical device company, provided a research grant to support an investigator-sponsored research study to evaluate the degree of correction and patient satisfaction after injection of atrophic scars with Artefill. The data was presented by Dr. James Spencer, the grant recipient and study investigator, in a poster session at the 2010 Orlando Dermatology Conference taking place in Orlando, Florida January 15-18th.

19 Jan 2010

British Columbian donors sponsor 1,610 Haiti children

Generous British Columbians have so far contributed $1,042,648 towards World Vision's efforts to support the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

19 Jan 2010

Medicity reports 91 percent increase in HIE technology bookings in 2009

Medicity – the leading provider of health information exchange (HIE) technology that empowers physicians, hospitals and communities with solutions to improve care collaboration – today reported a sharp, 91 percent increase in bookings in 2009 over the previous year and a 35 percent increase in five-year revenue backlog.

19 Jan 2010

Lighter sedation during spinal anesthesia reduces postoperative delirium in elderly patients

A recent study, published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, demonstrates that in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture repair under spinal anesthesia with propofol sedation, the prevalence of delirium can be decreased by 50 percent with light sedation, compared to deep sedation.

19 Jan 2010

Regence Foundation contributes to Haiti relief fund

To support relief efforts for the people of Haiti, The Regence Foundation donated $50,000 to Medical Teams International, a humanitarian aid organization that dispatches teams of doctors and trained volunteers to provide medical assistance to areas throughout the world.

19 Jan 2010

Seven out of eight Swedish adolescents have poor oral hygiene

Swedish 19-year-olds need to improve their oral hygiene habits. Seven out of eight adolescents have unacceptable oral hygiene, which increases the risk of future dental problems. These are the findings of a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg.

19 Jan 2010

Remote Area Medical sets up RAM operations to assist in Haiti earthquake relief efforts

Remote Area Medical®, a nonprofit volunteer organization that offers free healthcare services in underdeveloped countries and in the U.S., announced today that it will be setting up its RAM operations to assist in the Haiti earthquake relief efforts at the Jimani Project facility in Jimani, Dominican Republic, on the Haitian border.

19 Jan 2010

New procedure could lead to higher IVF success rates in humans

Gently rocking embryos while they grow during in vitro fertilization (IVF) improves pregnancy rates in mice by 22 percent, new University of Michigan research shows. The procedure could one day lead to significantly higher IVF success rates in humans.

19 Jan 2010

Smart for Life Cookie Diet ranked number one in diet category and number two overall on IMS

For the week ending January 8, 2010, Smart for Life(R) Cookie Diet ranked number one in the diet category and number two overall on the Infomercial Monitoring Service Listing, well ahead of Nutrisystem(R), eDiets(R), Jillian Weight Loss and Jenny Craig(R).

19 Jan 2010

CARE's disaster-response teams teach water purification techniques in earthquake-ravaged Haiti

CARE's disaster-response teams find themselves in a race against time in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, coaching survivors how to purify contaminated water and preparing hygiene kits to help prevent a secondary crisis: the outbreak of disease.

19 Jan 2010

New type of fat-producing cells may speed up treatments for muscular dystrophy and fibrosis

A team of University of British Columbia researchers has identified fat-producing cells that possess "dual-personalities" and may further the development of treatments for muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy and fibrosis.

19 Jan 2010

TRMA: Duke Medicine agrees to be the title sponsor of Tobacco Road Marathon

Duke Medicine has agreed to be the title sponsor of the Tobacco Road Marathon to be conducted in Cary, North Carolina on March 21, 2010, the Tobacco Road Marathon Association (TRMA) announced today. The event is now officially named the "Duke Medicine Tobacco Road Marathon."

19 Jan 2010

Newfoundland residents contribute to Haiti relief programs

Newfoundlanders have shown they care by contributing to World Vision's efforts to support the victims the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

19 Jan 2010

Scientists publish study on the effects of nutritional supplement ingredients on cholesterol levels

In collaboration with the scientists in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Standard Process scientists have published a study examining the effects of nutritional supplement ingredients on cholesterol levels in Rapacz familial hypercholesterolemic swine or FH swine.

19 Jan 2010

Medical News

Seven Corners sets up Alarm Center for aiding Haiti earthquake victims

New policy sets nutrition standards for food and beverages sold in Ontario schools

Relief director debunks myths about disaster relief

CSafe and AcuTemp Thermal Systems offer temperature controlled containers for the Haitian relief effort

Red Cross emergency field hospital, Canadian medical and technical professionals deployed in Haiti

Capital BlueCross and Department of Health introduce a grant program for school-aged children

Study data on Artefill for treating atrophic acne scars presented at the Orlando Dermatology Conference

British Columbian donors sponsor 1,610 Haiti children

Medicity reports 91 percent increase in HIE technology bookings in 2009

Lighter sedation during spinal anesthesia reduces postoperative delirium in elderly patients

Regence Foundation contributes to Haiti relief fund

Seven out of eight Swedish adolescents have poor oral hygiene

Remote Area Medical sets up RAM operations to assist in Haiti earthquake relief efforts

New procedure could lead to higher IVF success rates in humans

Smart for Life Cookie Diet ranked number one in diet category and number two overall on IMS

CARE's disaster-response teams teach water purification techniques in earthquake-ravaged Haiti

New type of fat-producing cells may speed up treatments for muscular dystrophy and fibrosis

TRMA: Duke Medicine agrees to be the title sponsor of Tobacco Road Marathon

Newfoundland residents contribute to Haiti relief programs

Scientists publish study on the effects of nutritional supplement ingredients on cholesterol levels

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

Latest News