When putting together a CV for the pharmaceutical sector, you need to make sure you impress with your level of knowledge and skill. There are many different factors that come together to make the perfect CV, from showcasing your personal ...
A Guide to Cerebral Palsy Medical Negligence Cases
Every year, 1,800 new cases of cerebral palsy are detected. Sadly, many of these are due to medical malpractice and negligence. A case where an infant is diagnosed with cerebral palsy and the parents feel that it was due to ...
3 ways medical professionals can approach sexual health issues sensitively
Over the past few years, issues on sexual and reproductive health have become much less of a taboo than they once were, with many people actively trying to encourage more open conversation on these topics. However, just because the issue ...
Pain Free Drug Delivery Using Ultrasound
How the technology works Engineers working for MIT developed a new way which increases the permeability of the skin allowing for new, novel ways of injecting drugs without the use of a needle. Researchers at MIT working with Ultrasound (sound ...
AxoTrack – The Virtual Needle
AxoTrack needle AxoTrack ultrasound-guided procedure A unique patented technology developed by a emergency-room doctor is about to change the way many medical procedures involving needles are preformed and increase the success rate of first needle insertion from about 37% up ...
Test for Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Patients
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphiadeveloped a blood test capable of determining the level of mental impairment likely to be suffered by patients with Parkinson’s disease. The new test, the first of its kind, examines the level of ...
Genetic Links to Autism
Researchers at Oxford University in England have found a non-hereditary genetic link to autism. They have shown that individuals with autism tend to have either missing or extra sectors of DNA segments, a genetic mistake called copy number variants. This ...
Collagen Made from Transgenic Tobacco Plants
A scientist from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, has recently reported the successful production of human collagen replicas from tobacco plants. This achievement has multiple commercial implications and it could help clinicians greatly, since collagen is used in a ...
Intel Health Guide
Intel Corporation has recently announced the Intel Health Guide, a tablet-PC which offers management tools for health care professionals that treat patients with chronic conditions. The Health Guide represents Intel’s entry into a new category of personal health systems, and ...
Vena Platform
Cambridge Consultants, as part of the Continua Health Alliance, has announced the development of the Vena platform. Vena is a single-chip communications solution for health devices, with the capability to provide wired (USB) and wireless (Bluetooth) connectivity to health devices. ...