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Jun 16th, 2010
Medical Tourism is a Promising Trend of Health Care Development in Ghana
Health care service in Ghana is of relatively high quality as compared to other African countries. Such indexes as tentative lifespan, mortality level, overall Health care expenditures are better than average indexes across Africa.
In Ghana there are two medical schools – in Accra and Kumasi. In all the major regional cities there are hospitals, medical...
May 25th, 2010
Biotechnology Industry Organization Spent $2.2M on Lobbying U.S. Government in 1Q
The Biotechnology Industry Organization spent $2.2 million lobbying the federal government in the first quarter on health care, agricultural, and economic issues affecting the biotech industry.
The spending marks a 15 percent boost from just over $1.9 million spent during the same period in 2009, according to a recent disclosure form.
The industry group, whose members include...
Oct 13th, 2008
Bisphenol A Linked to Chemotherapy Resistance
CINCINNATI — Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments, say University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists.
The research study, led by UC’s Nira Ben-Jonathan, PhD, says that BPA-a man-made chemical found in a number of plastic products, including drinking bottles and the lining of food cans-actually induces a group of proteins that...