The slender, steel needle pierced Mary Shi’s pudgy belly. The sharp point pricked her skin and as her thumb pushed down on the syringe, cloudy insulin began to swim in her bloodstream. Shi was running out of places to inject herself: her stomach, arms and legs all bore the bruising ... Read More »
The utilization of stem cells in the medical industry captures the attention of critics, while opening the door to new medical discoveries. Healthcare professionals are focusing on a new type of treatment (hip replacement) using stem cells, to rebuild cartilage and restore bone density. This new discovery could put an ... Read More »
The stock of CONCEPT FUND SOLUTIONS PLC DBXT WORLD HEALTH CARE (LON:XDWH) gapped down by GBX 0.03 today and has GBX 24.59 target or 11.00% below today’s GBX 27.63 share price. The 6 months technical chart setup indicates high risk for the GBX company. The gap down was reported on ... Read More »
With the Rio Olympics starting Friday in the country where over 165,000 suspected Zika cases have been reported this year, and local mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission reported in Florida, it’s natural to be concerned about the infectious disease that’s been dominating headlines. While some information about the outbreak is available— ... Read More »
Windsorites planning winter vacations in Florida should educate themselves about Zika virus, warns health officials and a Windsor travel agent currently booking vacations. U.S. government health officials on Monday warned pregnant women to avoid a Zika-stricken section of Miami after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the country climbed to ... Read More »
The head of the world health body said she’s going to the games. The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. Nearly ... Read More »
A global health conference held in Carlisle brought in more than £40,000 to the local economy over three days, organisers have revealed. Now they have spoken of thier hope that the World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) will return to the city next year – providing a platform of growing influence ... Read More »
Google’s DeepMind is an artificial intelligence technology designed to learn and think like humans but on a grand scale and in even better ways to solve problems facing human beings. Tech kingpin Google has been turning its artificial eyes toward healthcare in an attempt to help clinicians solve vexing health ... Read More »
USC students in an immersive global health course landed front-row seats to watch international politics play out at the 69th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland. Afterward, they sat down with leaders from multinational organizations to learn how health governance works on a grand scale. The 12 public health ... Read More »
The human body has hidden secrets scientists are just now discovering. Scientists have known that the human body can heal itself naturally, and now they realize that it can ultimately regenerate dying cells. During a clinical trial, the discovery of a new hormone found in males has shown some promising ... Read More »
Minister for Health Simon Harris has called for a 10-year strategy to reform Ireland’s health service. Mr Harris, speaking at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co Donegal, on Thursday night, said health staff were “rightly fed up” with piecemeal reform and demanded a comprehensive system to tackle problems in ... Read More »
The World Health Organization is moving toward declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder in its global list of medical conditions, with a new study lending additional support to a proposal that would delete the decades-old designation. The change, which has so far been approved by each committee that has ... Read More »
