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Extending Care to Psychiatric Outpatients »

The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) recently won the inaugural Grand Award for the Hospital of the Year at this year’s Asian Hospital Management Awards (AHMA). Besides the Grand Award,…

Nov 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
Industry

BMS and Ambrx collaborate in diabetes and heart failure novel biologics programmes »

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) and Ambrx Inc are collaborating in novel biologics programmes, under which BMS will receive exclusive worldwide…

Nov 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

St Jude Medical launches the industry’s first quadripolar pacing system in India »

St Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, recently received approval of the industry’s first quadripolar pacing system for…

Nov 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Novartis Onbrez® Breezhaler® (indacaterol) approved in Singapore to treat COPD »

The Singapore Health Sciences Authority has approved Onbrez® Breezhaler® (indacaterol, Novartis) for maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in adult patients…

Nov 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
International

Damaged gait and balance can recover with long-term abstinence from alcohol »

A recent study has found that alcoholics’ gait and balance can continue to recover with long-term abstinence from alcohol, but deficits, especially eyes-closed standing balance, can persist. The findings were published online on September 15 in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. The researchers examined 70…

Nov 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Atypical antipsychotics appear to be effective for only few off-label uses »

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Even though atypical antipsychotic medications are commonly used for off-label conditions, such as behavioural symptoms of dementia, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, these medications are effective for only a few offl-abel conditions, according to a meta-analysis published in the September 28 issue of JAMA. The researchers…

Nov 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Increased caffeinated coffee consumption associated with decreased risk of depression in women »

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The risk of depression appears to decrease for women with increasing consumption of caffeinated coffee, according to a report appearing in the September issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, studied 50,739 US women who participated in…

Nov 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
Doc on the Job

3 Ways to effective doctor-patient communication »

Effective doctor-patient communication is an important factor in patient management, as it allows for more effective information exchange, which results in more accurate diagnosis, better…

Aug 18 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
International

Damaged gait and balance can recover with long-term abstinence from alcohol

A recent study has found that alcoholics’ gait and balance can continue to recover with long-term abstinence from alcohol, but deficits, especially eyes-closed standing balance, can persist. The findings were published online on September 15 in…

Nov 6 2011 / Read More »
Asia-Other

FAO warns against a variant Bird Flu virus strain spreading in Asia

There is a possible major resurgence of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, with signs showing that a mutant strain of the Bird Flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond, warned Food and Agriculture Organization…

Sep 28 2011 / Read More »
Singapore

Study shows fixed-dose combination therapy effective in treating high blood pressure

The new, once daily, single-tablet combination of olmesartan medoxomil, an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), and amlodipine besylate, a calcium channel blocker (CCB), not only enables physicians to achieve therapeutic blood pressure (BP) goals but also…

Feb 10 2012 / Read More »
Hongkong

Systemic sclerosis an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, Hong Kong study suggests

A study in Hong Kong suggests that systemic sclerosis is an independent determinant for moderate to severe coronary calcification or atherosclerosis. Conventional cardiovascular risk factors such as age and hypertension predispose patients with systemic sclerosis to…

Jun 8 2011 / Read More »
Malaysia

Minimally invasive surgery XLIF® confers more positive surgical experience for patients underwent spinal surgery

Compared with traditional open surgery, a minimally invasive surgery called eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF®) confers more positive surgical experiences for patients who underwent spinal surgery. Presenting at a press conference, spine surgeons Dr Appasamy Velu…

Sep 28 2011 / Read More »
Philippines

Healthcare travel country updates – Thailand and Philippines

APHM International Healthcare Conference and Exhibition 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 06-08 July 2011 Unlike Malaysia and Singapore that has a neighbour country, Indonesia, that provides 60,000 to 70,000 patients a year, the majority of international patients…

Aug 18 2011 / Read More »
Indonesia

FAO warns against a variant Bird Flu virus strain spreading in Asia

There is a possible major resurgence of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, with signs showing that a mutant strain of the Bird Flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond, warned Food and Agriculture Organization…

Sep 28 2011 / Read More »
Thailand

FAO warns against a variant Bird Flu virus strain spreading in Asia

There is a possible major resurgence of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, with signs showing that a mutant strain of the Bird Flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond, warned Food and Agriculture Organization…

Sep 28 2011 / Read More »

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