Tawam Hospital, a regional affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Medicine International, has inked an agreement with Royal Philips Electronics under which it will function as the regional reference site for the leading healthcare equipment manufacturer.
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have created a waterproof adhesive bandage based on gecko lizards that may soon join sutures and staples as a basic operating room tool for patching up surgical wounds or internal injuries.
Electronic health records (EHRs) will be the cornerstone of healthcare technology, critical to the modernisation of today's healthcare systems, according to a report by independent market analyst Datamonitor.
Kidneys are marvellous organs, but care has to be taken especially by diabetics if they are to continue filtering waste from the body, writes FAISAL AL MAHROOS
