Transparency in pricing is an important goal-Bruno Bruins
New Delhi|HL
Bruno Bruins,Netherlands health minister was in India recently to promote investments in life sciences and health with affordable healthcare being a key concern for both countries. Here are excerpts of his interview.
Will the Netherlands support efforts to...
Swallowed capsule could spot trouble, send alert
Scientists have developed a swallowed capsule packed with tiny electronics and millions of genetically engineered living cells that might someday be used to spot health problems from inside the gut.
The capsule was tested in pigs and correctly detected...
Now early detection of most common cancers by one blood test
Sydney|HL
The researchers from Australia states that a new blood test that can help in the early diagnoses of eight common cancers.
The new test would help early detection of cancers affecting the ovary, liver, stomach,...
Breast milk can help fight of bacterial illnesses, a new study claims
New York|HL
As we all know the breast feeding has been linked with countless benefits, from lowering a child’s risk of asthma and allergies to reducing the chances of the mother being diagnosed with cancer....
Saliva test to diagnose Hepatitis-E Virus
New York|HL
A new study says saliva test developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health nearly matches the performance of a blood test widely used to assess recent or...
Study: One third of heart surgery devices could be contaminated with harmful bacteria
New York|HL
Around one third of heater cooler units examined between July 2015 and December 2016 tested positive for Myobacterium chimaera, a bacteria that has been known to cause fatal infections during open-heart surgeries,...
Tobacco use kills more than 7 million people every year
GENEVA|HL Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever WHO report, reduce large-scale...
Smoking may kill 200 million lives in China this century
Beijing|HL
In this century Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a report said Friday.
China is the world's largest consumer and producer of tobacco, and the...
To diagnose Breast cancer Google uses artificial intelligence
New York|HL US tech giant Google has announced that using artificial intelligence to identify breast cancer has borne fruitful results.
Google used a flavour of Artificial Intelligence called deep learning to analyse thousands of slides...
Researchers stored movies and Computer operating system in DNA
New York|HL
A new research this week featured a new data storage technique that leverages DNA molecules to store digital information.
Researchers from Columbia University and the New York Genome Centre have stored a computer...
