Mobile Robots Offer 24/7 Care to Neurosurgical ICU, Stroke Patients
...ogy is part of a larger patient safety and quality initiative within The Methodist Hospital System. The blue and black robots, nicknamed MURDOC (Mobile Unit Robot Doctor) and ROHAS (Remote Operated Health Assessment System), travel up to 2 mph, can be easily steered down a hallway or alongside a patient bed, ...WHO Urges Hospital Staffs To Use Alcohol-Based Hand Cleaners
...Mr.Pittet added. 35 countries have welcomed this initiative and have signed with WHO to fight infections associated with Health care practices. SRI...Free health check-ups for captive elephants
...arly 600-900 captive elephants all over India. The initiative offers a one-time opportunity for a detailed check-up for elephants maintained in remote hamlets free of cost. David Abraham, a wildlife veterinarian with the Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, Bangalore, will be in charge of the mobil...Now A Computer Game To Battle AIDS
... saying. Voices of Youth, or VOY, is a decade-old initiative focused on exploring the educational and community building potential of the Internet. Through web boards, interactive quizzes, youth leadership profiles, live chats and more, VOY says it 'provides thousands of people from over 180 countries with an...Massive expansion of Anti-AIDS programme in Southern Africa
...et," said Kapila. Fran?oise Le Goff, said, "This initiative is just one example of what the Federation can achieve with sufficient support over the next five years."Expansion of our efforts comes at a time when most governments [in the region] are yet to define targets for their own anti-AIDS campaigns, even ...Faster Approval Procedures Urged For New TB Drugs
...past 40-50 years, and that the WHO should take the initiative to deal with this crisis immediately. The first of the drugs in the pipeline is not going to be ready before 2010 at the current speed of operations, and others will be even more delayed. Three other medicines are now in clinical trials -- Johns...New Health Insurance Scheme for Diabetics Unveiled
...nce//. Speaking at the inauguration of the joint initiative of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Dr.Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centre, Shikha Sharma, CEO and Managing Director, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, said, "With over 20 per cent of the world's diabetic individuals in India, there is an urgent ne...Hindustan Latex To Market Vaccines
...de new generation typhoid vaccine. This marketing initiative is part of HLL's comprehensive plan to expand its ...n the country. This is a unique social franchising initiative to create access to good quality reproductive health services to the poor at affordable prices. Sou...Consumers, Caregivers Taking Steps to Safer Surgery
...or Women & Families. “SCIP is a national quality initiative that aligns with one of the five key strategies of the CMS Quality Roadmap: CMS must work collaboratively with other health care partners in improving health care quality,” said Barry Straube, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Office of...Large Community Spirometry Screening Proves Successful
...l opportunity to coordinate our public health COPD initiative with our campaign to make Chicago smoke free,” said Dr. Cohen. “This program helped many persons from diverse communities in the Chicago metropolitan area by identifying, educating, and counseling.” Source-ewswise SRM...Gates Foundation Grants $23mn for AIDS programme in India
... million over the next five years towards its AIDS initiative in India. The foundation will provide support for training the staff of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and State AIDS Control Societies (SACS) to enhance their skills in the area of project and financial management. Avahan was launch...New Biomedical Device to Monitor Hip Implant Healing
... therapy. Earlier this year, TEC Edmonton, a joint initiative of the U of A and Edmonton Economic Development Corp to advance technology transfer and commercialization, filed a provisional U.S. patent application for the work. Source-Newswise SRM...Role of hormones in cardiovascular diseases in obese people
...stralia will allocate $1 million per annum to this initiative as part of their continued commitment to cardiovascular research in Australia. Source-Eurekalert GYT...Increased Risk of Bowel cancer after Menopause
...infully slow to recognize the significance of this initiative for their constituents. After all, one in nine Australians has a first degree relative with bowel cancer and many are affected themselves." NLA...Clinton’s Nutrition Deal Cuts Junk Food on School Menu
...sugar yogurts will be in. Clinton announced this initiative in a high school gymnasium in Harlem but admitted that plan's success would mainly depend on the participation of schools, which will continue to be free to buy whatever they like. However he opined that the nation's childhood obesity epidemic and ...AMA Supports Hospital Junk Food Review
...A is heartened to see State Governments taking the initiative to help fight the obesity crisis.” The AMA has called for bans on junk food and vending machines in schools – the same should apply to health facilities. Dr Haikerwal said it was great to see a number of State Governments starting to tackle the s......tral disorder. // A Stanford University research initiative says that while compulsive shopping disorder affects women more than men, the latter are still prone to suffer from it. The study says that around 15 percent of US shoppers are compulsive ones who cannot control excessive shopping. Such disorders can...Stigma of AIDS at the workplace
...is policy. In addition the companies also take the initiative towards HIV treatment including sponsoring anti-retroviral treatment for HIV positive employees. As a result African economies have withstood the pressure of having the world's highest prevalence of HIV. For instance Botswana, where one in every fou...Apollo Announces Research on Indian Cardiac Epidemic
Apollo Hospitals Friday announced a research initiative in collaboration with US-based health institute Jo...awn the protocol. They are ready to include in the initiative any research group and are also holding talks with the department of science and technology, governm......Fellows Programme was the first major grant making initiative of the Foundation. The inaugural class of MacArthur Fellows was named in 1981. Including this year's Fellows, 732 people, ranging in age from 18 to 82 at the time of their selection, have been named MacArthur Fellows since the inception of the progra...