Cover Story

A Healthy Market

Globally, the healthcare industry is under tremendous pressure to deliver high quality and efficient patient care.

Introduction

China's accession

China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 helped the country strengthen its ability to maintain strong economic growth rates...

Diabetes

Type-2 Diabetes in India

India has approximately 33 million diabetic subjects today and the number is expected to rise to 57.9 million by 2025. More than 95 per cent of them belong to the type - 2 diabetes category.

Diagnostics

Seeing the Whole Elephant

From the humble beginning of imaging following the discovery of X-rays in 1896, imaging evolved rapidly.

Anaesthesiology

Pain Relief in Childhood

To make a uniform level of pain relief available around the world may not be possible.

Changing Landscapes in Anaesthesia

A number of changes have occured concurrently in the field of surgery and anaesthesia.

Cardiology

Automated Defibrillation Saves Lives

Heart disease is the second most common cause of death in Singapore today, comprising about 20 per cent of all deaths in the country in the year 2004.

Cardiovascular Disease in Dialysis

Death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in end-stage renal failure (ESRF) is 20 to 40 times higher than in the general population.

Surgical Specialty

Are Pre-filled Syringes the Future?

Recent years have seen a movement towards plastic and disposable syringes so that the needle is protected and cannot be re-used.

The Risk Business

The provision of safe and effective medical devices for patients and users forms the basis for standards and regulations throughout the world.

China Med 2006

The 2006 International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition

will be held at the China international exhibition Center,
Beijing from 11 to 14

Dialysis & Renal Care

Superior Dose Delivery

Over time, the characteristics of the acute renal failure (ARF) patient population in the ICU have changed considerably...

Genetic Influence on Glomerulonephritis

Human genetics studies reveal that all genes comprising the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) have several forms of polymorphism...

Cognitive Neuroscience

The New Mind Readers

Mind-reading might sound like sci-fi stuff.Not any more, if indications from studies by two groups from Vanderbilt University, Nashville...

Infection Control

Bridging the Gulf in Infection Control

A Memish explore some of the advances in infection control that are bringing Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries into line with the highest international standards.