The software enables a quick, accurate calculation of the amount of fluids to be administered after burn injuries – crucial to improving chances of survival
An easy and effective heelstick solution for obtaining a blood sample from the heels of newborns
The pioneer in implantable defibrillators eligible for Magnetic Resonance Imaging gets EU clearance
MANILA, Philippines – Health Secretary Enrique Ona has announced the hiring of 12,500 health workers, mostly nurses.
Of the number, 10,500 nurses will be assigned to Department of Health (DOH) hospitals nationwide, while 1,000 will be deployed in rural areas. The government will also hire 1,000 midwives.
Ona said qualified nurses will receive P8000 from the national [...]
The treatment, known as Preferential Radio-Frequency Ablation, is being pioneered by doctors in Sweden
The robots are designed to help people who have difficulty walking and to give nurses a helping hand with lifting immobile patients
IN a new study of German heart patients, people who had invasive bypass surgery and those who underwent less-invasive stent placement showed declines in thinking and memory skills a few
months after the procedures.
Doctors have long been concerned about cognitive decline in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) because of blocked [...]
WASHINGTON, US – A rare case of people being infected with both swine and seasonal flu has been documented in Cambodia, raising concern about the possibility of a potent combination strain, said a
study out recently in November.
The unusual diagnoses were made in a 23-year-old teacher and one of his young male students, [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The Reproductive Health Advocacy Network (RHAN) started its 3-day picket at the Batasan Pambansa South Gate to push for a plenary vote on the Reproductive Health Bill.
The group plans to picket the gate of the House of Representatives every afternoon starting Monday until Wednesday to push for the vote.
The group noted it [...]
VIENNA, Austria – A group of Filipino nurses celebrated their 30th year anniversary in Vienna with a thanksgiving party at the Hilton Hotel Danube.
“It was on November 17, 1981 when we arrived in Vienna. We are all proud to be one of the groups of Filipino nurses working in Austria and we thank the Philippine [...]
