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WHO SAGE: Not enough polio vaccines, lower doses to make stocks lasts
The World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE), the principal advisory group to WHO for vaccines and immunization, recommends lowering the dose of inactivated polio vaccines to make supplies last longer as the two companies manufacturing the […]
Medical Manufacturing Asia closes on positive note with top quality prospects
This year’s edition of Medical Manufacturing Asia (MMA), a leading exhibition for the medical technology, medical manufacturing processes and related sectors, has concluded on a positive note, being top billed with 5,200 quality trade visitors from 38 countries, according to […]
Medical Fair Thailand 2017 will focus on Connected Healthcare and Geriatric Rehabilitative Care
The upcoming 8th edition of MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND, the leading medical and healthcare event in Thailand and the region, will once again bring together new and innovative technologies, solutions, products and services from around the world. Connected Healthcare and Geriatric […]
MEDICAL FAIR ASIA 2016 continues to grow, in size and importance, reporting record-breaking numbers for its 11th edition
Recent editions of Medical Fair Asia, the region’s leading exhibition for the medical and healthcare sector, have been seeing growing exhibitor interest from North America and the Middle East as Southeast Asia continues to expand as an attractive market. The […]
Eight ways to boost your body’s metabolism without exercise
The best way to speed up the body’s metabolism and burn excess fat is to get regular exercise. But for those who don’t have the time to go to the gym and are looking for easier ways to boost their […]
MFA and MMA 2016 highlight growth in SEA’s medical, healthcare, and MedTech sectors
Medical technology innovation is slowly taking on a bigger role in Southeast Asia’s healthcare sector, especially in augmenting traditional care management, coupled with the emergence of new, patient-centric, collaborative business models, wellness and lifestyle-themed health services, digital and telehealth initiatives, […]
Materials News: Composites: going bone-deep into medical applications
Also, download this story from the electronic issue here Polymer composites, reinforced plastics and advanced composites have been used in the manufacture of medical prostheses and implants over the last decade. Advanced composites, containing approximately 60% of resistant continuous fibres made […]
Asia Pacific’s elderly healthcare costs to reach US$20 tnfrom 2015 to 2030
Between 2015 and 2030, elderly healthcare costs in the Asia Pacific region will cost over US$20 trillion, according to a new report released today by Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC). MMC is a global professional services firm offering clients advice […]
Singapore to host Asia’s first international gathering of disaster medicine and relief experts
By John Battersby South East Asia’s (SEA) tragic history of natural disasters which have included some of the most destructive typhoons, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions in recent times made it the obvious choice for organisers of the first […]
Prescribing more exercise instead of medication for cancer patients
Exercise is known to be an effective way to reduce the risk of some cancers, but what about exercise as a way to rehabilitate cancer patients? In the United States, a 2008 study conducted by the Centres of Disease Control […]
