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As of now, we have seen cops pull up criminal records or rap sheets in their vehicle computer systems. In a similar fashion, ambulances can now search and check out the patient’s medical records en route to the hospital. Thanks to the NEC WiMax system. This Fast Life Insurance saving system is still in the final stages of development and is about to be displayed at the WiMax Forum. This is a part of M-Taiwan project. WiMax will now be able to achieve about 6 Mbps per second. Apparently, this will be the only existing high speed data network as of now that will work in high speed ambulances. How will this service be used? Well, the service helps in pulling up electronic copies of x ray plates and other medical records. This data is imperative for saving the patient’s life. The NEC WiMax R & D center will open by the end of 2007 in collaboration with the Taiwanese government. Once the system is fully completed, it will be mostly used in Taiwan. I hope the Taiwanese government will release the valuable resources at a minimal cost to the world on humanitarian grounds. Although, I seriously doubt it. The WiMax product demo was recently hosted in the Taiwanese city of Hualien. The city of Hualien will use this system for the tourism and medical reasons. NEC also announced the development of liquid crystal display of amorphous silicon color film transistors. The LCD display modules will be used for medical applications. Wow! When I am talking about the LCD displays and WiMax M-Taiwan project, I feel I am traveling to the future. The bottom line is: the WiMax medical system will save some lives.

Are you bald? If yes then don’t worry because British biotechnology firm, Intercytex is very soon going to bring before you a robot that will definitely help you in treating your baldness by growing new hair follicle cells. Actually, the company is determined that the advent of this robot will really work because they tested this treatment on seven men with baldness and five of those men got positive results. In this connection, chief executive of Intercytex Nick Higgins said: We take a very small sample of the dermal papilla cells and then grow them in a special medium until we get 10,000 fold. Then we take a very fine needle and we inject them under the skin and a new hair will grow at each point of injection. Don’t you think it is going to solve one of your major problems, which was being slept over by you for a long time? So get ready to rejuvenate yourself. Via: medindia

Cancer disease is a common problem related to specific organs of body. People affected with cancer are more likely to die of it as it leads to tumor development. Now, take the case of kidney cancer, it make you stun that even after early detection of tumors, mortality rate is rising. It has been found that low levels of vitamin D can be the cause of kidney cancer. Mostly people found affected with small tumors or with common kidney cancer – renal cell carcinoma. Even the use of improved therapies such as MRI and CAT scans or surgical operations not working to reduce death rates. I believe that surgical treatment might not suit every patient. Different therapies need to be adopted by studying the case history of particular patient. Further, people themselves can crub the growth of cancerous tumors by taking vitamin D rich diet including fatty fishes like salmon and mackerel containing fatty acids Omega-3 reducing the risk of cancer development. Via: cbc.ca

If you find it difficult to visit your doctor regularly then you need not to worry because with the help of telemedicine you can access your doctor just by sitting at home. The use of telemedicine enables a doctor to access a patient to give him appropriate medication. Wrapping out the advantages of telemedicine Dr. Umar Latif of the Dallas VA Medical Center said: Once the telemedicine session starts, it’s no different than a face-to-face. This new technique of telemedicine is really very helpful for mental health patients who are really in need of medical counsel. As a conclusion, it would be sufficient to say that telemedicine is really doing wonders by lessening the distance between patients and doctors. Via: Daily Progress

Now it is going to be easy for the doctors to know about the actual condition of the patient who has sustained heart attack with the help of new software. This newly emerged software developed by researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh will enable doctors to asses the severity of the patient’s condition. In the words of Professor Fox: The device has recently been introduced into hospitals, following an additional two-year trial on coronary patients admitted to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. This new risk assessment tool (freely available from www.outcome.org/grace) gives doctors a robust way of identifying high-risk patients who need specialist therapy. This is really a wonderful development made in the field of medical science. Via: blogspan

Now very soon your mouse will prevent you from cold and flu, it is not a jest but reality. Actually, I am talking about mouse of your computer. This Germ Free Wireless Laser Mouse introduced by Iogear has a special coating and according to company officials, this mouse is capable of neutralizing 99 percent of the microbes on its surface. The outer surface of this special computer mouse is having tiny particles of titanium oxide and silver, this mouse applies a chemical reaction that fights away bacteria and viruses to keep you away from cold and flu. The cost of this wonderful computer mouse can be had from the stores by paying $40. I believe bringing this special kind of computer mouse to home is not a bad idea. Via: nytimes

The proverb ‘A stitch in saves nine’ sits well on annual lung scan because researchers have come up with the idea that annual scans may play an effective role in detecting lung cancer in its preliminary stage and as a result timely medical treatment may save thousands of lives. Every year, 95 per cent patients die of lung cancer and only those 5 percent remain alive whose cancer formation is detected in the preliminary stage. In a study, Henschke and other researchers examined about 31567 people who were having no symptoms of lung cancer and found that out of those 484 people were having lung cancer and among those 484 , 412 people were having lung cancer of the first stage and out of those 412 people 8 patients were not given treatment and all those 8 patients died within five years while the other patients turned out healthy. The conclusion that creeps out from this study is that annual lung scan may help in detecting cancer in its preliminary stage and earlier treatment may save thousands of lives every year. Via: iol

After videogames like Dance Dance Revolution, Step2play and Smart cycle, it is turn of Body Mechanics to enter the arena for fighting obesity. The way it works is really interesting. According to its makers, ‘Body Mechanics’ teaches youngsters how to avoid being overweight by joining forces with a team of superheroes who battle villains with names like Col Estorol and Betes II. You can also say that playing on this videogame is just like killing two birds with one stone because where it entertains, it also guides how to fight obesity. Interestingly, this is not the first time when any videogame has come with the aim of fighting obesity but several times earlier too people have relied on videogames to fight obesity. Via: Yahoo

Radiation therapy is harmful for the men with prostate cancer. This is one of the most prevalent misconceptions among men that hold them back from going for radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer. However, various studies have evinced that radiation therapy is completely safe for men. The good thing about radiation therapy is that it is non-invasive; it helps men preserving their urinary as well as sexual function. In addition, with radiation therapy men require short period for recovery. I think the simplest way to encourage men with prostate cancer to go for radiation therapy is by breaking away the shield of misconceptions that have obscured the advantages of this highly advanced radiation therapy. Via: eurekalert

No doubt, fight against deadly HIV/AIDS is in full swing. However, it would not be wrong to say that to a great extent the energy, the efforts and the money that has been used to stave off this disease have not turned out fecund. However, now supercomputers are here to try their hands in our fight against HIV/AIDS. Actually, these supercomputers, which have been donated by Intel, would reveal that how a person gets infected form another person by tracking movement of the virus throughout the body. Means, now the fight against HIV/AIDS is soon going to be high-tech, which I hope will bring out quite positive results that we are waiting for eagerly. Via: Uber Gizmo