|
||||||
|
A two-day medical symposium entitled “The Latest in Genetic Diseases” started here Tuesday. The symposium, organized by the Jeddah Pediatric and Maternity Hospital, aims to focus on methods to reduce the spread of genetic diseases in Saudi society. According to Dr. Sami Badawood, Director General of Jeddah Health Affairs, Several Saudi and international specialists will discuss metabolic [...] NMMI publishes original research papers, reviews, case reports, editorials and letters to the editor on nuclear medicine and a wide range of related sciences. These include radiochemistry, radiopharmacy, dosimetry and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear and molecular imaging analysis, nuclear and molecular imaging instrumentation, radiation biology and radionuclide therapy. June-Key Chung, MD, PhD, from the Seoul [...] Research and Markets announced the addition of the “Electronic Medical Record Systems – Global Strategic Business Report” report to their offering. This report analyzes the North American And European markets for Electronic Medical Record Systems in US$ Million. Annual forecasts are provided for the period 2006 through 2015. The report profiles 74 companies including many key [...] Tawam Hospital, affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine, appointed Dr. Ali Ghellai Jr. as Chief of the General Surgery Division and Dr. Zuhair Shihab as Chief of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), in the Department of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Ghellai, who is also Acting Chairman of the Department of Surgery, holds a diploma of the [...] The first successful positive cross match (PXM)-desensitization living donor kidney transplantation was performed lately at Sheikh Khalifa Medical city (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic, a SEHA healthsystem facility. Since the Multi-organ Transplantation program at SKMC commenced in February 2008, 21 kidney transplants have been performed. The 50 year old patient, Abdul Ameer (Quality Surveyor), suffered from [...] Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG and America’s Biogen Idec are suspending rheumatoid arthritis and lupus treatment Ocrelizumab after it caused deaths, marking the latest setback for Roche’s pipeline. A safety monitoring board said it had seen serious and opportunistic infections in studies involving the drug and that some were fatal. At the end of last year, Roche [...] Technogym launched a treadmill incorporating the technology of VISIOweb, the first integrated display to offer Internet, TV and iPod connections during workouts. VISIOweb on Run Personal, the Technogym treadmill designed by Antonio Citterio, lets people dedicate more time to their health while twittering, contacting friends on Facebook and keeping up-to-date with all the latest news. In addition [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines. The ‘Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria (second edition)’ provides evidence-based and current recommendations for countries on malaria diagnosis and treatment, said a WHO official. The main changes from the first edition [...] The Shoura Council considered on Monday a draft law aimed at controlling smoking in the Kingdom. The law includes a penalty of SR500 for those who smoke inside airports; a ban on the cultivation of tobacco and the production of products that contain tobacco; designating public places like mosque courtyards and sports venues as no-smoking [...] The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Qtel yesterday launched the Fahad bin Jassim Kidney Center. The opening of the center comes as a fitting tribute to kick off a week-long World Kidney Day activities. “The Kidney centre aims to secure world class healthcare services as in all the HMC hospitals. The Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Center [...] |
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2009 ICT For Health Official Blog - All Rights Reserved |
||||||
Home
Articles
Case Studies
White Papers
Events
Research Papers
Media Partnership
Multimedia
Recent Comments