eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter : 8 - 15 march 2010 Vol. IIIV Issue 40   
 


TOP NEWS
    Diagnostics testing company, Quest Diagnostics,is an
         InnovHealth 2010 service provider
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Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, has confirmed its role as product provider at the InnovHealth 2010 summit in Abu Dhabi...Read more
 
 
 
 
    Barco launches high-performance display controller for mammography
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Barco, the medical imaging specialist has introduced a new graphics display controller, the MXRT-7300. This is specifically designed to speed up 3D imaging and digital mammography applications in radiology... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Rural healthcare-the focus of Union Budget 2010–11
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The focus of the Union Budget 2010-11 is on rural healthcare with the allocations rising to a whopping INR 22,300 crores from INR 19,534 crores during the previous fiscal year... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Motorola Introduces New Digital Imager Designed to
Improve Patient Care in Healthcare Environments
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The Enterprise Mobility Solutions division of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced its newest advanced data capture solution for healthcare – the DS6878-HC cordless 2D imager... Read more
 
 
 
 
MISC. NEWS
    Videoconferencing for mental health inmates in Canada
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Videoconferencing facility will be provided to federal offenders with mental health issues in prisons in Ontario. Inmates will be connected by video to a psychiatrist located outside the facility. The specialist will provide care and treatment...Read more
 
 
 
 
    Web-based tool to track blood transfusion launched
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Centre for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) has come up with a new surveillance system to track adverse events in patients who receive blood transfusions...Read more
 
 
 
 
    Robotic technology program launched in St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
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St. Joseph's Mercy Health System will be launching its first robotic surgical technology program in the Hot Springs region. The revolutionary surgical technology, known as the da Vinci® Surgical System, will allow patients to receive... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Doctors and NGOs together come forward for patients rights
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Medical practitioners and NGOs have joined hands for safeguarding the patients rights. For this the Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FOGSI) and Indian Medical Association... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Oxytocin initiative started in Ghana
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An international non-profit organisation, The Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) Ghana, will begin a three year project called Oxytocin Initiative(OI) in the country to complement government's efforts to reduce maternal mortality... Read more
 
 
 
 
RESEARCH NEWS
    Bone to be replaced by New Metal Foam in enhanced biomedical implants
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A new metal foam having similar elasticity as bone has been crafted by the scientists of North Carolina. This marks a new invention in the field of biomedical implants and could replace the old titanium often having chances of rejection... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Immune system strengthens by soluble fibres
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An experiment conducted on the mice that consumed low-fat diets rich in soluble fibres were found to have better responses when scientists induced illness by introducing a substance ( lipopolysaccharide) that causes the body to mimic a bacterial infection... Read more
 
 
 
 
    GM mosquitoes' bio-safety in question
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Genetically modified mosquitoes are being developed by researchers that are capableof combating verctor borne diseases such as malaria, chikungunya and dengue... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Genetic health risks may arise due to assisted reproductive technology
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Millions of children have been born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies since the birth of the first test tube baby in 1978. While the majority of these children are healthy... Read more
 
 
 
 






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