Category: Top Story
Bacteria growing resistant to common antiseptic
Bacteria causing life-threatening bloodstream infections in critically ill patients could slowly become increasingly resistant to a common hospital antiseptic, reveals a recent study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins. The study was published in the September issue of Infection Control […]
Malaria: A slow-burning global emergency
Thailand is playing a key role in countering a major threat to public health – growing resistance to the most effective drug to counter malaria. News that resistance to the anti-malaria drug artemisinin has spread across mainland Southeast Asia is […]
Pharma EXPO to hold comprehensive sessions on industry operations, trends
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies representing over 650 packaging and processing supply chain, and Florida-headquartered International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) have announced the full conference programme for Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International to be […]
Practical technologies redefining healthcare
Technology advances in the medical sector are equated to giving better quality results for treatments and diagnostics. In developing and low to middle-income economies, where spending on medical services is limited and inadequate infrastructure and facilities are concerns, access to […]
Hormones and cancer
Although hormone therapy (HT) was started for women aged 55 years or more in 89% of subjects, who were largely without menopausal symptoms, in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trial reported in 2002, its findings were directly generalised to younger […]
Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread. It is the largest and longest outbreak ever recorded of […]
New clues could lead to early detection, better treatment of ovarian cancer
Scientists at A*STAR’s Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and the Bioinformatics Institute (BII) have found new clues that could lead to the early detection and more personalised treatment of ovarian cancer. IMB scientists have successfully identified a biomarker of ovarian […]
Rediscover a natural, inexpensive cancer treatment agent mostly forgotten or ignored
You may remember the stir that DMSO created in the 1970s when it emerged as a miraculous healing agent and adjuvant for treating many health issues. Some MDs were using it on cancer patients successfully. Then, DMSO mostly faded out […]
Voice-controlled robot makes complex gynaecological surgeries easier
Patients undergoing gynaecological surgery will now be able to benefit from a new voice-controlled robotic system at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). The ViKY Uterus Positioner (ViKY UP) robot, operated via wireless Bluetooth headset, is a motorised device that uses […]
Want to print human cells? A 3D bio-printer makes it possible
SINGAPORE- Local researchers may be one step closer to producing human organs like kidneys, blood vessels and skin with Singapore’s first 3D bio-printer. On Wednesday (Aug 6), start-up Bio3D Technologies will launch this machine, which prints with living tissue. The […]
