Category: Top Story
Tainan researchers unveil ‘smart’ card for blood tests
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A research team at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan unveiled Thursday a pocket-sized blood test card that can identify blood type and finish cross-matching in just minutes. Unlike conventional examinations that require an entire test tube […]
New 15-minute Ebola test kits
An Ebola test that can diagnose the virus in just 15 minutes could soon be shipped out to West Africa, where the disease has killed more than 4,500 people. Current tests can only be conducted in laboratories with specialist equipment, […]
Healthcare professionals in Asia Pacific are now well-equipped to improve patient safety with Honeywell’s New Apple Sled Technology
Singapore – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced the new industry leading Captuvo SL22h and SL42h enterprise sleds, which have been specifically designed for the medical industry, are now available to healthcare professionals across Asia Pacific. The new sleds are an […]
Breakthrough seen in dengue treatment
MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Health (DOH) has adopted a two-day regimen that combats dengue, a mosquito-borne disease that has claimed the lives of at least 1,680 people in more than 416,000 cases reported in the Philippines over the past three […]
Keeping Ebola away from Asia: Lessons learnt from Sars
With the Ebola epidemic in West Africa showing no signs of being effectively contained, and the latest news of a health-care worker infected with the Ebola virus in the United States, prospects of the deadly disease hitting Asia can no […]
Ebola death rate surges to 70 percent: WHO
The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday. WHO Assistant Director-General Dr. Bruce Aylward gave […]
Southeast Asia’s health app explosion
Millions of Southeast Asians today lack access to affordable, quality healthcare. As connected devices become increasingly ubiquitous in the region, however, many companies and NGOs are developing innovative eHealth apps to address the problem. Southeast Asia’s healthcare systems today face […]
Sports cars to speed up paramedics’ response times to emergencies
DUBAI – Paramedics will soon be able to speed to the scene of traffic accidents and other emergencies in a high-powered sports car that can hit 260kph, dramatically reducing response times. The two-seater Lotus Evora, named the First Responder, was […]
Looking for doctor in Dubai? New app will help you find right one now
Dubai Health Authority, DHA, on Saturday announced that it will display several “breakthrough IT solutions” during GITEX 2014 ICT technology tradeshow, in line with the vision of transforming Dubai into a smart city. Among those is, DHA said, “the first-of-its-kind […]
Lung cancer can lie hidden for 20 years
By the time patients are sick enough to be diagnosed with cancer, their tumours will have developed down multiple evolutionary pathways. Lung cancer can lie dormant for more than 20 years before turning deadly, helping explain why a disease that […]
