News about Medicine

US panel wants diabetes drug restrictions eased Independent experts urged US regulators Thursday to reduce restrictions on GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia, banned in Europe over heart attack risk concerns.
07 June 2013 15:59
US girl needing lung put on transplant list A US judge ordered Wednesday that a dying 10-year-old be transferred to an adult waiting list for a lung transplant, said a lawmaker who has been lobbying for the girl.
06 June 2013 15:00
High doses of common pain drugs can cause heart attack: study High doses of some commonly used pain drugs like ibuprofen can increase heart attacks, strokes and related deaths by about a third.
31 May 2013 10:01
Think twice about surgery on the weekend: study People who undergo weekend non-emergency surgery in English public hospitals have an 82 percent higher chance of dying within a month than those treated on a Monday.
29 May 2013 16:14
First 'methadone baby' born in Aktobe A man who used to take heroine and replaced it with methadone (a synthetic substitute of heroine) has had a son.
27 May 2013 20:12
84-y.o. patient undergoes unique low-traumatic surgery in Almaty A neurosurgeon from South Korea and Director of the International Medical Center Yim Dong Hwang made 6 surgeries for osteochondrosis, traumas consequences and other spine pathologies on May 14-17.
20 May 2013 15:46
Kazakhstan-made CT scanner presented at medical equipment exhibition in Almaty The 20th Kazakhstan International Healthcare Exhibition KIHE-2013 was held in Almaty on May 15-17.
20 May 2013 12:18
Kazakhstan microsurgeons tap into face transplantation surgeries Kazakhstan microsurgeons will soon be able to perform face transplantation surgeries: Italian surgeon Salvatore D’Arpe.
22 April 2013 17:41
US hospitals make more money when surgery goes wrong US hospitals face a disincentive to improve care because they make drastically more money when surgery goes wrong than when a patient is discharged with no complications.
17 April 2013 17:43
74,000 Malians in Mauritania desert need help: aid group Some 74,000 Malians, who have been displaced by war and ethnic tensions, are in need of urgent help in the desert of Mauritania..
12 April 2013 12:04
Asian gecko threatened by medicine trade: TRAFFIC Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.
11 April 2013 12:14
Scientists use 3D printer to make tissue-like material British scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes.
06 April 2013 10:28
Kazakhstan's patient with artificial heart gets married People who had surgeries on artificial heart implantation gathered in Astana to discuss problems of chronic cardiac insufficiency.
05 April 2013 14:42
Dementia costlier than cancer, heart disease: study Dementia costs more each year in the United States than cancer or heart disease, with annual costs ranging from $157 billion to $215 billion.
04 April 2013 14:35
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry makes rating of fatal diseases A rating of the most hazardous fatal diseases has been made in Kazakhstan.
03 April 2013 13:56
Akhmetov wants Kazakhstan to have enough cardiac surgeons in 2 years Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov instructed to tackle the deficit of cardiac surgeons within two years.
01 April 2013 19:28
First donor kidney transplantation made in South Kazakhstan A donor kidney has been transplanted to a patient with renal failure for the first time in South Kazakhstan.
11 March 2013 15:38
Kazakhstan’s pharmaceutical market to grow 15 percent in 2013 The volume of Kazakhstan pharmaceutical market makes $1.2 billion; it has been maintaining an upward trend for several years already.
11 March 2013 15:24
60 artificial heart transplantations scheduled for 2013 in Kazakhstan We have scheduled 60 surgeries on implantation of the artificial heart ventricles: Kazakhstan cardiac surgeon.
07 March 2013 16:49
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