Healthcare

June 20, 2017

First-Ever World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day Highlights Growing Global Burden

(ME NewsWire)-- Kidney cancer is a silent disease that’s on the rise. The global incidence of kidney cancer is predicted to increase by a shocking 22 percent by 2020. Explanations are incomplete, but include risk factors such as aging, obesity,"...

June 20, 2017

New Study Compares Performance of Masimo Next Generation SedLine® Patient State Index (PSi) to Original PSi During Anesthesia

(ME NewsWire)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of an abstract presented at Euroanaesthesia 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. In the study, researchers at University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands, compared original and Next Generation versions of Masimo Patient State Index (PSi, a processed EEG parameter related to the effect of anesthetic agents) during Masimo SedLine® brain function monitoring of patients under propofol and sevoflurane anesthesia.1 SedLine brain function monitoring features four simultaneous EEG leads to enable continuous assessment of both sides of the brain, four EEG waveforms, a Density Spectral......

June 17, 2017

Othmani: 90 Percent of Moroccans to Be Covered by Healthcare System

Head of Government Saad Eddine Othmani has stated that health and social care will cover 90 percent of Moroccans within the next few years.

Othmani said during the Thursday meeting of the Government Council that"...

June 15, 2017

Morocco Approves Draft Law on ‘Compulsory Medical Insurance’ for Self-Employees

The House of Representatives unanimously approved in a plenary session on Tuesday draft law No. 15.98 on the compulsory medical insurance system concerning self-employed and independent workers.

The draft law"...

June 12, 2017

Kieran Murphy Appointed CEO of GE Healthcare, Succeeding John Flannery

(ME NewsWire)-- GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced today the appointment of Kieran Murphy as president and CEO of GE Healthcare, effective immediately. Murphy is currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences. Murphy succeeds"...

June 12, 2017

New Study Investigates the Clinical Utility of ORi™, Masimo Oxygen Reserve Index™

(ME NewsWire)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of an abstract presented at the recent International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. In the study, researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine evaluated the potential clinical utility of Masimo Oxygen Reserve Index™ (ORi™) as an early warning of arterial hemoglobin desaturation in critically ill patients.1 ORi is a relative indicator of the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) in the range of 100 to 200 mmHg. ORi is intended to supplement, not replace, oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitoring and PaO2 measurements.......

June 10, 2017

King Mohammed VI Lays Foundation Stone for Medical-Psychological-Social Center

On Thursday, King Mohammed VI laid the foundation stone for a Medical-Psychological-Social Center in Tit Mellil (Mediouna Province). The center, a solidarity-based project, will offer psychological and social care for patients with stabilized psychological conditions.

The"...

June 9, 2017

‘Project Last Mile’ Expands to Liberia and Swaziland, Strengthening Health Systems across Africa

(ME NewsWire)-- Today at the European Development Days, The Coca-Cola Company and its Foundations, in partnership with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda"...

June 8, 2017

King Mohammed VI Inaugurates Primary Healthcare Center in Casablanca

King Mohammed VI inaugurated a primary healthcare center in the Sidi Othmane district in Casablanca, on Tuesday.

The center was built by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity with a total budget of MAD 11"...

June 8, 2017

Julphar Brings Dandasha to UAE

The Emirati pharmaceutical company Julphar Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries, one of the key players in the region, has launched a new drug – Dandasha – in the UAE market to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) in adult men.

Marketed"...