A system with an easy-to-use digital device that serves as a wellness communication tool and social networking hub all in one
A watch-like device that can help hasten activation of emergency medical systems and facilitate early defibrillation in patients with cardiac arrest
Wearable Android-powered platform that can be worn as fitness gear, among other personal usage
A skin-like electronic device, which could be used for purposes like patient monitoring and human-machine interfaces
Neuromodulation device to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
KUALA LUMPUR – Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services has announced that nursing students in Malaysia can look forward to better understanding medical terms with the adaptation of the popular Baillière’s Nurses’ Dictionary.
The Malaysian edition features dual language definitions where the first section of the dictionary provides Bahasa [...]
KUCHING – There has been no lack of nursing graduates in Sarawak in recent years, but in certain specialities like geriatric care, there continues to be a gap between supply and demand.
Public Health Assistant Minister Dr Stephen Rundi said professional care for elderly patients was often a neglected field.
Dr Rundi said part of the [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – HOSPITALS are more commonly associated with the medical services and care that they provide. This will naturally bring to mind doctors, nurses, paramedics and pharmacists who render their expertise. However, there is much more to the hospital then meets the eye.
What’s behind the hospital scene is actually an intricate process of [...]
DADAAB, Kenya — Nurse Serat Amin works in the world’s largest refugee camp treating the stream of starving children coming into Kenya from famine-struck Somalia, and although he has painful memories of the children who have died, watching the weak get stronger gives him the courage to carry on.
“You can see if a child is [...]
WE get admitted into hospitals in order to make us well. But ironically, hospital stays can sometimes be the cause of further illness.
After all, when you have so many sick people in one place, not only are harmful microorganisms being concentrated in one area, but those who would be the most vulnerable to such infections [...]
