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Researchers develop microbubble scrubber to destroy dangerous biofilms
Sep 26, 2018 (SPX)
Biofilms are slimy colonies of microbes held together by internal scaffolds, clinging to anything they touch. About 80 percent of all medical infections origina...
China's doctor shortage prompts rush for AI health care
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
The small device, which has a half-open clasp that records the heartbeat, is one of the technologies developed by hi-tech firms aiming to help China offset its ...
More problems found in Chinese-made heart medications
Aug 06, 2018 (AFP)
Tianyu Pharm and Rundu Pharma said batches of valsartan, an active ingredient widely used in medications for high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, c...
China's organ transplant system feted despite transparency doubts
Jul 06, 2018 (AFP)
But at the Transplantation Society's annual congress in Madrid this week, the tables turned as 150 Chinese experts took part -- an unprecedented number -- and o...
Amazon takes on pharmacy sector with new acquisition
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
Amazon has long been rumored to be interested in the pharmacy business, and the entry by a powerful new player could unsettle a business dominated by large Amer...
Sick US diplomats in China sent home for further evaluation
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said a medical team was sent to Guangzhou, China, after an American employee fell ill last month, reviving fears that a US...
More US staffers evacuated from China over mystery illness
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
The department said Wednesday that "a number of individuals" were sent to the United States for further evaluation following initial medical screenings. A medic...
Global warming linked with rising antibiotic resistance
May 21, 2018 (UPI)
Until now, health researchers assumed antibiotic resistance was primarily the result of overprescription and overuse. But a new study suggests climate change is...
Flipkart board approves $15 bn deal with Walmart: report
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Bloomberg News said Flipkart's board had agreed the sale. Flipkart declined to comment when contacted by AFP. There has been months of speculation that Walmart ...
Taiwan accuses China of risk to global health over WHO ban
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
Last year was the first time in eight years that Taiwan was not granted access to the World Health Assembly (WHA) -- the WHO's main annual meeting -- due to pre...
Google parent Alphabet profit leaps on ad growth
Apr 23, 2018 (AFP)
Profit in the first three months of 2018 soared more than 70 percent from a year to $9.4 billion, Alphabet said in an earnings report that was well above foreca...
Hole in cow's skull may be proof of early medical experimentation
Apr 19, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists used advanced imaging to study the hole and determined it could not have been made by a violent encounter with another animal. Aside from the hole, t...
Chinese doctor detained for traditional medicine 'poison' remarks
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
Physician Tan Qindong said in a December article that the popular "Hongmao Medicinal Liquor" was toxic, prompting a complaint from the Inner Mongolia-based drug...
Saving lives with platypus milk
Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)
In 2010 scientists discovered that platypus milk contained unique antibacterial properties that could be used to fight superbugs. Now a team of researchers at A...
Zika virus could help combat brain cancer
Feb 22, 2018 (SPX)
This discovery was made by researchers at the University of Campinas's School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCF-UNICAMP) in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. "Zika virus, ...
Scientists successfully test new, safer titanium plate for bone tissue repair
Feb 14, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers from Shinshu University found that, unlike conventional plates, the titanium fiber plates do not cause bone embrittlement after close contact with t...
UN in $17-mln appeal for children's health in post-IS Iraq
Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)
The UN children's fund, UNICEF, said next week's reconstruction conference for Iraq to be staged in Kuwait, with Baghdad estimating the overall cost at $100 bil...
Pharmaceuticals are triggering microbial resistance in urban streams
Jan 09, 2018 (UPI)
When a team of researchers measured pollution levels in a group of streams as part of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, they found urban streams hosted a greater v...
Women who work nights face higher cancer risk: study
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
These heightened risks were not apparent among female night-shift workers in Australia and Asia, said the meta-analysis in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biom...
Congress demands action from VA on allegations of doctors with revoked licenses
Jan 03, 2018 (UPI)
The letter, made public on Tuesday, was signed by 31 members of Congress and sent to the VA following reports that the VA has hired health care providers with r...
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