News tagged with medical equipment


'Doctor shopping' by obese patients negatively affects health

Overweight and obese patients are significantly more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, a practice that disrupts continuity of care and leads to more emergency room visits, ...

Overweight and Obesity created 50 minutes ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Savings seen on diabetes supplies, other equipment

(AP)—Medicare is announcing a price cut.

Health created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer simulations of blood flow through mechanical heart valves could pave the way for more individualized prosthetic

Every year, over 300,000 heart valve replacement operations are performed worldwide. Diseased valves are often replaced with mechanical heart valves (MHVs), which cannot yet be designed to suit each patient's ...

Cardiology created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU hands Liberia 42 mn euros to cut maternal mortality

The European Commission on Thursday pledged 42 million euros to Liberia's president and Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to help halve one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates.

Health created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sanctions affecting 6 million patients in Iran: report

Some six million patients in Iran are affected by Western economic sanctions as import of medicine is becoming increasingly difficult, a governmental paper reported Sunday quoting a health official.

Health created Oct 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

India's emergency care system in tatters

(AP)—After a motorbike accident, Bharat Singh rushed to get his brother the emergency care he needed. It would end up taking five hours—three of them spent in a van posing as an ambulance, with an empty ...

Health created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical equipment donated to developing countries inappropriate for local conditions

Wealthy countries that make donations of expensive medical equipment to low- and middle-income countries may be missing the mark, according to a new Imperial College London / Lancet Commission. The report examines how medical ...

Other created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research uses 3D imaging to improve the lives of lung disease patients

Pioneering research in Southampton, using hi-tech 3D imaging, could improve the lives of those suffering from chronic lung disease.

Medical research created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

1,000 women a day die in childbirth, says MSF

About 1000 women die each day in childbirth or from preventable complications related to pregnancy, humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said Thursday.

Health created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Financial reimbursement increases cardiac stress tests

Patients treated by physicians who billed for both technical (practice/equipment) and professional (supervision/ interpretation) components of nuclear and echocardiographic stress imaging tests were more likely to undergo ...

Cardiology created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One size does not fit all for knee replacements and other medical devices

Undergoing a knee replacement involves sophisticated medical equipment, but innovative prosthetic design may not offer the same benefits for all knee replacement recipients, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a ...

Other created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast