Medical Treatments

Patients guiding stroke research

seher — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:29:54 -0600

These days there's a consumer group to fight our cause in almost every walk of life. Now a remarkable group of people are using their own experience to help shape pioneering research into the medical treatment and rehabilitation of stroke patients.

Medical marijuana users may be fired

seher — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:41:32 -0600

The California Supreme Court stated that from now on an employer may fire employees who use medical marijuana outside of work, upholding two lower court decisions.

Palestinian Refugees in Iraq to Get Medical Treatment in Syria

Dinka — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:47:57 -0500

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says Syria has allowed four seriously ill young Palestinians to enter the country to receive urgently needed medical treatment. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters in Geneva that the young Palestinians are among 1,500 Palestinian refugees stranded for months on the Iraqi side of the border with Syria.

WHO launches solutions to save patients' lives

Dinka — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:56:16 -0500

Since mistakes made in health care affect one out of every 10 patients in the world, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new programme called "Nine patient safety solutions"Â to reduce the harm done to people during medical treatments.

Decision making by growing elderly population is uncharted territory

harminka — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:11:09 -0500

The human brain's ability to process information declines with age, but knowledge about the world through experiences tends to rise over time. So how do these shifts affect a person's ability to make sound decisions?

Nanoparticles can track cells within living organisms

harminka — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:28:31 -0500

To the delight of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, living cells gobbled up fluorine-laced nanoparticles without needing any coaxing. Then, because of the unusual meal, the cells were easily located with MRI scanning after being injected into mice.

America's scientific and medical progress threatened by flat funding for NIH

harminka — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:28:00 -0500

Leading US universities call for increased NIH funding to protect health, retain nation's scientists, shore up US global leadership in research

Biocon Limited Unveils A Comprehensive Portfolio of Renal Therapy Products

admin_huliq — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:19:40 -0600