Massive Production Of Bird Flu Vaccine To Be Initiated In China
...e before the start of next year // in China. This move is further anticipated to lead to the development of a vaccine for humans. More than 1-billion units of the vaccine are believed to be produced by the year-end. This would be a supplement to the already existing vaccines, according to Jia Youling,...Defibrillators In Public Places Will Help Cardiac Patients
...y ports and shopping centres, across Britain. The move was introduced to help increase the survival rates of the seven in 10 cardiac arrests that happen outside hospital. --Edited IANS...New Portable Helmet Scanner To Examine Newborns
...University College London will obviate the need to move critically ill babies to conventional scanning facilities as it works by using a technique called optical tomography to generate images showing how the brain is working, reported the online edition of BBC News. The helmet scanner, which scientists ...Hospitals May Face Funds Crunch
...ntry’s largest hospital rebuilding project. //This move has raised doubts as to whether the private finance initiative (PFI) of the Labor Government aimed at modernizing the NHS will be put into operation. The financial viability and the purpose to be served by the £1 billion plan has been questioned by...Increase In Health Insurance Premium Likely In Australia
... anticipated rise. It is further believed that the move would dislodge more people out of the private health care system, paving way for a destabilization of the public health system. A mixed opinion has been obtained regarding the proposal from government and health insurance officials. "I haven't seen...Nanocubes Designed For Delivering Cells
...ng technology to locate the metallic cubes as they move through a microscopic channel filled with fluid. Edited (ANI)...Care for the elderly at home while away during the festive season
...most people think, without the stress of having to move a relative to an unfamiliar care facility. As the population ages, traditional views on where people are cared for need to adjust and so does the funding model."...New Hands-Free Frame to help stroke patients move
... frame, which may help stroke patients to walk and move around without assistance // . Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability in England with around 300,000 people living with moderate to severe disabilities. Existing frames require the person to hold them and lift them as they move. But many st...Move to make HIV Tests mandatory For Soldiers In Northeast
...y nurses have been up in arms over reports about a move to strip them of their uniforms and military ranks. --IANS...Chinese Health Officials To Discuss Preparation Of Bird Flu
...ed in zoos would also be discussed in detail. This move has been decided following fears of outbreak of bird flu in the United States. The meeting would be coordinated by officials of the Lincoln Park Zoo, according to press reports by Kelly McGrath, official spokeswoman. Representatives from other sim...Specialist rural GPs to get incentive in Australia
...cedures conducted by specialists in the city, in a move that will cost taxpayers an extra $5.2million each year. Almost 800 GPs participate in the incentive program. Australian health minister Tony Abbott said the Government recognized the higher cost of delivering services to rural areas and wanted to...NHS faces mental health crisis; 'risky' patients sent home
... with the closure of the Victorian asylums and the move to community care. The report says that since 1997 there has been a threefold increase in the number of NHS patients detained in private hospitals, up from 700 to almost 2,300. NHS beds dwindled in number by about 20 per cent from 1994 to 2001, t...Copeman Healthcare To Establish Private Clinics
...lation is contravened. It has been opined that the move of Copeman Healthcare will contribute towards belittling the public health system, and more attention will be given to the wealthy patients. New clinics are planned to be opened by Copeman Healthcare in places like Ottawa, Toronto, and London, Ont...New Gadget To Protect The Eyesight Of Children
... you are sitting too close!' If the child does not move back, it will give the warning two more times before shutting off the TV," said Ouyang Ho, Manager of Can-New Co. Ltd. that invented the gadget. Can-New has acquired a patent for the invention from Taiwan and China. The TV Magic Tool is being pric......India needs to boost the culture of innovation, to move from an outsourcing service industry to an innovative R&D based industry." Jayant Nadiger, head of the Trade and Investment office in Bangalore of Belgium's Flanders region, told the seminar that biotechnology had been "aptly described as the 'tec...UN Fears Melting Of Ice Would Concentrate Toxins in the Chinese Water Supply
...ants which are frozen would become liquid and then move on to the gaseous stage and mix with the water. Ot...yers will become light and rise to the surface and move along with the water and cause widespread pollution. But the Chinese environmental official denied...Mental health largely affected by shift in eating patterns.
... we need to revamp our eating and farming ways and move towards a healthy diet....New UK Policy Threatens The Flexible Working Scheme
... the powers to the regional health bosses. This move was taken mainly to solve the financial problems faced by few of the hospitals that come under the NHS. Dr Richard Vautrey, belonging to the General Practioner committee (BMA), said that his scheme was very useful to about 2500 doctors when it was...Government To Clamp Down On Crystal Meth
...ers Association of Canada has however opposed this move of the Government. The products which will be affected are inclusive of Claritin Sinus, Triaminic, Tylenol Cold, and Benylin. The new rules are likely to affect rural areas where there are lesser number of pharmacies. ...Additional Responsiblities To Be Taken Up By Allied Healthcare Professionals
...New South Wales (NSW) has however, welcomed such a move as he firmly belives that such looming inadequacies can only be met with creation of an apppropriate work force and effective distribution of work. “While I'm disappointed the study does not offer specific strategies to solve workforce shortages, t...