Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Harare He has been living with HIV for the past five years. The reason Tamuka (42) is convinced that his wife hates him is because when she tested positive she accused him of having brought the...
It has often happened that patients have received medications from health workers or herbalists and ended up suffering from adverse effects of those very medications from which they hoped to get relief. The adverse effects...
NewswireToday (newswire) - ITRI implemented The Medical Electronics Promotion Service Program to actively guide suppliers in developing key technologies advantage with the collaborating support of the Ministry of Economic...
By DEBORAH HIRSCH • Courier-Post Staff • October 12, 2008 CAMDEN — Between dealing with an estranged family and looking for a place to live, David Collins said he didn't think about his health -- until his drinking problem...
The DEA was just starting a crackdown on illegal online sites that had pushed prescription painkiller sales into the stratosphere. Lee's potential criminal prosecution is in the hands of federal authorities because the DEA...
Whoever would have thought a visit to the doctor’s office might end up being a journey into the world of sci-fi? Read all about this new medical appliance from Moscow State University that will be capable of taking blood...
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. , a leading provider of near-patient diagnostics, monitoring and health management solutions, met yesterday with Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as part of a group...
This week in The Lancet: The leading Editorial focuses on Blindness, of which 80% is found in people aged over 50 years. Yesterday (Oct 9th) was World Sight Day, and the editorial highlights a report released by VISION 2020,...
A medical equipment maintenance agreement contract worth N500 million (about 3.075euros) for the revival of the National Hospital Abuja was on October 8, 2008 approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Of the 45 million people worldwide who are blind, 80 percent are over age 50, and three-quarters of them could have avoided their blindness if they had been properly diagnosed or treated. Alcon, the world's leader in eye care...