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2021

Researchers test new imaging method for first time on human patients

A new study by biomedical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas could significantly improve methods for detecting and diagnosing congenital heart disease in infants and small children. The researchers, collaborating with cardiologists at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, tested a new ultrasound technology called vector flow imaging for the first time on paediatric […]

2023

Study links air pollution to increase in newborn intensive care admissions

Infants born to women exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery are more likely to be admitted to a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), suggests an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Depending on the type of pollution, chances for NICU admission increased from about 4% to […]

2024

International Hospital Federation Awards deadline extended to 3rd June

Due to overwhelming demand, entry submissions for the 2019 International Hospital Federation (IHF) Awards has just been extended to 3rd June. Hospitals and health service providers can still nominate their outstanding and innovative projects and programs. The IHF Awards Committee announced that the extension of the deadline of entries is to give more organizations an […]

2025

Preparing for pandemics of antibiotic resistant bacteria

Even as the world grapples with COVID-19, there is another looming public health problem. Antibiotic resistance, according to some experts, may turn out as bad, or even worse, than the current pandemic. Similarities in European and US fatalities In November 2018, the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released a study which […]

2026

Medtronic aims to double ventilator manufacturing capacity

Medtronic said 18 March it plans to more than double its capacity to make and supply ventilators to fight the global pandemic. Medtronic, an industry leader in respiratory care and device innovation, said that they had already increased production by more than 40 percent and were on track to more than double its capacity to […]

2027

ICU patients with non-brain-related injuries may suffer undetected cognitive dysfunction

A new study led by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that most patients entering hospital intensive care units (ICU) for non-brain-related injuries or ailments also suffer from some level of related cognitive dysfunction that currently goes undetected in most cases. Many patients spend time in the ICU for reasons that have […]

2029

ProbeHunter Team announces program with Cephasonics to develop probe adapters for the Cephasonics ultrasound platform

Ultrasound probe adapters, all brands, will now be available to the research platform Cephasonics. BBS Medical AB from Sweden is to develop and market specialized ultrasound probe/transducer adapters that allow users of Cephasonics systems to connect a variety of different probes from other companies to the Cephasonics system. As part of the relationship BBS Medical […]

2030

A promising new treatment for infants with Noonan Syndrome

Noonan Syndrome (NS) is a rare genetic syndrome typically evident at birth and often linked to early-onset severe heart disease. NS is part of a group of diseases termed RASopathies that are caused by activating mutations of proteins belonging to the Ras and mitogen-activated protein kinase families. In a new study, researchers at Université de […]