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Simplified cellphone technology for the elders (and even kids too!)
WHO unveils radical new TB diagnosis machine that produces results in 100 minutes
No syringes, no needles. New patented IV promises a prick-free future
ACCRA, Ghana – Burkina Faso has become the first country to begin a nationwide campaign to introduce a new meningitis vaccine which promises to rid the entire sub-Saharan region of the primary cause of epidemic meningitis.
The first vaccine designed specifically for Africa, the MenAfriVac vaccine is expected to help health workers eliminate meningococcal ‘A’ epidemics [...]
BEIJING , China – The country’s top health authority vowed on Wednesday to introduce policies and measures to curb discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS at medical institutions to safeguard patients’ right to treatment.
People with HIV/AIDS are usually denied medical procedures at general hospitals. This is especially true for surgeries that expose doctors to blood, said [...]
U.S. – by two trends — the graying of the profession and a bedeviling national nursing shortage — Baltimore-area colleges and universities are expanding programs to not only train the next generation of nurses but address a looming shortage in their own faculty ranks.
New, accelerated graduate programs at schools such as the Johns Hopkins University [...]
WASHINGTON, U.S. – An improved version of a common emergency room blood test could be used to detect heart disease in apparently healthy patients, according to a published US study.
“This test is among the most powerful predictors of death in the general population we’ve seen so far,” said James de Lemos, associate professor of internal [...]
BEIJING, China – The country’s top health authority vowed on Wednesday to introduce policies and measures to curb discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS at medical institutions to safeguard patients’ right to treatment.
People with HIV/AIDS are usually denied medical procedures at general hospitals. This is especially true for surgeries that expose doctors to blood, said Hao [...]
U.K. – STAFF shortages at Wycombe hospital caused by the snow has led to an appeal for off-shift nurses to come in to work.
‘Extreme’ shortages are being reported at both Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville hospitals.
In a statement, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust said: “If there are any qualified nurses who are not on shift over the [...]
TOKYO , Japan – Japan said recently that it was easing visa requirements for patients seeking care at Japanese hospitals in a bid to promote “medical tourism”, particularly among Asians with rising wealth.
Under the new Visa for Medical Stay system, which will start next month, foreign patients can receive renewable, multiple-entry six-month visas, compared [...]
