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A recent opinion article from Alice LaPlante of CenturyLink, where she speaks about the bright future of telemedicine, has recently been published on forbes.com The article looks at the current state of telemedicine and opines on the many and wide benefits it can offer across the board, from large healthcare organisations through to small family GP practices – … Continue reading Could 2017 be the Year Of Telemedicine? Opinion From Alice LaPlante →

Transporting stem cell cultivation to the earth’s orbit could play a key role in the faster rate of growth of stem cells for clinical use, according to a recent article in the International Business Times Preliminary research has shown that the microgravity environment of the International Space Station actively increases the growth rate of stem … Continue reading Space – the perfect environment for culturing stem cells →

MediXall Group Inc. ( OTCQB : MDXL ) has reported a successful launch of its program to recruit and enlist licensed and certified Diagnostic Centers, medical services, medical product providers and Physician Practices to its Member Network. According to an article on Yahoo! Finance News, the initiative has been a success with, several Medical Centers joining the program. MediXall Group Founder … Continue reading MediXall reports successful launch of Member Network program →

Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that Salama, its electronic medical record (EMR) system, will be rolled out in three phases this year, according to a recent article in Computer Weekly. 11,000 DHA staff will be trained to use Salama in 2017, which already contains 1.4 million patient records and has experienced 112 million transactions. The … Continue reading Dubai Health Authority to roll out Salama in 2017 →

BBC journalist Caroline Wyatt has gone public about how stem cell therapy helped lift the “brain fog” she has been experiencing as a result of suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Caroline had originally been denied a place on a UK National Health service  (NHS) trial – however she was determined to ensure that she was treated with … Continue reading BBC Journalist Hails the Benefits of Stem Cell Treatment – From Her Own Personal Experience! →

A study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has indicated that stem cells collected directly from human fat are more stable than other cells – with strong potential for acting as an anti-aging treatment, according to a recent article on Zee News. The study findings – which were published in … Continue reading Stem Cells: The Next Treatment for Anti-Aging? →

A recent article on Fox News chronicles the story of Juno Wozniak, who diagnosed with Diabetes when just 11 months old Her mother Billie Sue had feared her daughter was an risk of a significantly shorter life span, however she soon learned about encapsulation therapy, in which an encapsulated device containing insulin-producing islet cells derived from stem … Continue reading Store-A-Tooth – Helping In The Future Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes? →

As recently reported by Arabian Business, Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that Salama, its electronic medical record system, will officially be launched this year  in three phases and aims to give patients access to their medical record through a patient portal, ensuring that the electronic patient medical record is available across the DHA health facilities. … Continue reading Electronic Medical Records System Salama To Be Launched in Dubai This Year →

Yahoo! News has reported that MediXall Group, a technology and innovation-driven organization structured to bring effective change to the U.S. healthcare industry, has announced that it will an Advisory Board that will be comprised of healthcare industry professionals, vendors/suppliers, and consumers. The group have also announced the appointment of the first Advisory Board member, Mr. … Continue reading MediXall Group, Inc. Announces Formation of an Advisory Board and Its First Appointment →

MediXall Group, Inc. ( OTCQB : MDXL ) is pleased to announce the appointment of its first Medical Director, Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez, D.O. Dr. Sanchez is a graduate of Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and served his residency at Wellington Regional Medical Center in Wellington, Florida. Dr. Sanchez is Board Certified … Continue reading MediXall Appoints Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez, D.O., to be its First Medical Director →

What could be a better way of securing data rather than a heartbeat? A scientific research team from the Binghamton University believe that heart’s electrical pattern may be used as an encryption key for electronic records. Currently the complexity and cost of present encryption tools do not allow the full implementation of such data into … Continue reading A Biometric Password That is Always with You →

Following the death of Seven-year-old Joshua Weeks, who fell victim to leukaemia after the failure to find a suitable bone marrow donor, The Canadian Blood Services stem cell donation program is urging more people to sign up. This is according to a recent article on  CKNW. Currently there are about 800 Canadians looking for an … Continue reading Canadian Blood Services Urgently Requests General Public to Donate Stem Cells →

The stem cells that may be extracted from our teeth can be used to fill in chips, cracks, and cavities, scientists say, and the findings could one day possibly make dental cement obsolete. The new methodology has been tested only in mice so far, but the research itself, published Monday in the journal Scientific Reports, describes a … Continue reading New Direction of Stem Cell Research is About to Revolutionize Modern Dentistry →

A diagnosis that can cause debilitating fatigue, pains and even death is now being cured with use of the stem cells. Doctors in Chicago say they found a way to help patients with a sickle cell disease. The inherited illness affects approximately one out of 500 African Americans. Felita Sims, a teacher from Waukegan, inherited … Continue reading Stem Cells are Now Being Used to Cure Sickle Cell Disease →

Technology promises to herald astonishing advances in healthcare, but delegates to the Knowledge Summit 2016 were told that the rapid pace of change posed ethical and legislative challenges. Organised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) – member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives – the third-annual summit in Dubai … Continue reading Technology advancements trigger cautions in global healthcare industry →

Scientists believe they are on the brink of a cure for congenital deafness after producing stem cells to correct a hereditary defect. Researchers have found a way of growing human cochlear cells which can be used to replace faulty ones in people deaf from birth due to a genetic error. They hope a treatment could … Continue reading Stem Cells could be used to cure deafness from birth →

The election is finally over and Donald Trump will be moving into the White House in January 2017, but what potential impact will his win have on markets and the economy? Many experts anticipated a Clinton win and viewed this as a market positive. Had that been the outcome, it was expected that markets would … Continue reading Commentary on the U.S. election, by an American →

Spinal cord injuries are one of the most dangerous one can suffer: total paralysis for life can result after suffering such an injury. In a real life example, Kris Boesen and Lucas Lindner were in car accidents which unfortunately left both of them paralyzed. Doctors thought there was no chance for recovery, but luckily there … Continue reading New Hope for Paralyzed Patients: Latest Stem Cell Researches Show That Recovery Is Possible. →

A company which pioneered the medical use of stem cells is claiming some impressive results in treating patients with spinal cord injuries. Asterias Biotherapeutics, company based in Fremont, California, is about to present research data that shows positive trends in spinal cord injuries treatment of five patients, who were treated with nervous stem cells injections.

One of the biggest killers according to World Health Organisation is stroke. It interrupts blood flow to the brain of the patient and causes death of the brain cells within minutes due to the lack of oxygen. It usually results in paralysis, speech dysfunctions, vision and memory loss. However, the latest study on stem cells … Continue reading Restoration of the Brain Cells Through Stem Cell Therapy: New Hope for Stroke Patients →

reports that Apple has bought Gliipmse, a startup company that is focusing on the development of the comprehensive Electronic Health Records system which will be integrated directly into patients? smartphones. Gliipmse states personalised and shareable health records across the nation as its company vision. It is reported that the acquisition happened earlier this year. Nonetheless … Continue reading Grace Century Skeptical of Apple’s Acquisition of EHR Startup Company Gliipmse. →

Actual replication of human organs is gradually migrating from science fiction to real life. Nano Dimension, a company specializing in the production of 3D printers is taking the first steps to make this a reality. The company’s collaboration with another biotechnology firm  – Accellta -resulted in the development of a technology which is based on … Continue reading Keeping Your Kids’ Baby Teeth May Save Lives in the Future, Doctors Say →

Actual replication of human organs is gradually migrating from science fiction to real life. Nano Dimension, a company specializing in the production of 3D printers is taking the first steps to make this a reality. The company’s collaboration with another biotechnology firm  – Accellta -resulted in the development of a technology which is based on … Continue reading Groundbreaking Technology Will Make Human Tissue Replication From Stem Cells a Reality →

Medics have discovered a new technique, based on using of stem cells, which facilitates the growth of new cartilage on the ball of the hip joint. This significant breakthrough involves the use of patients own stem cells to repair damaged joints and avoid the necessity of complicated and risky joint-replacement surgeries. Also, scientists have stated … Continue reading Repairing Damaged Joints Will Become a Reality with the Use of Stem Cells →

How many of us ever had feelings of lethargy and laziness regarding visiting doctor when feeling sick? Generally, this is a first-world problem for the majority of Americans living in big cities and their suburbs, but what if the closest hospital is located a long distance away? In the near future, the solution could be … Continue reading Telehealth Technology is Redefining Healthcare, Experts Say →

The implementation of new technologies often presents big challenges: its not easy to switch large, complicated systems from one methodology to another in a short time. Electronic Health Records is no exception – if it was easy to implement, it would have been done decades ago. Most of today’s corner grocery stores have more advanced … Continue reading EHR Implementation: The Juice is Worth the Squeeze →

The healthcare industry could learn many lessons from the domain of IT infrastructure, data storage and processing from retail sector according to Kate McCarthy of Forrester Research. Data archiving, storage and analytics systems assist retail enterprises to understand consumer behaviour and decision making patterns; what people buy and when, based on travel plans, season, budget … Continue reading Storing Medical Data: Useful Lessons from Retail That May Be Applied in Health IT →

Visits to the dentist will no longer be a source of stress anymore in the future – At least this is what Kyle Vining of Harvard University and Adam Celiz of the British University of Nottingham believe in. Since the modern day dentistry started to develop almost 300 years ago, the dreaded drilling out of … Continue reading Self-Repairing Teeth: Stem Cells Technology for Future Dental Care. →

New wombs, grown from stem cells could be implanted to cure female infertility within the next 10 years, according to a Swedish transplant pioneer’s opinion, published in Telegraph. Professor Mats Brannsrom managed to perform the world’s first womb transplant back in 2014. The procedure allowed a Swedish woman to give a birth to a healthy … Continue reading Wombs grown from stem cells will help curing infertile women within 10 years, transplant scientists say →

Intensive chemotherapy backed up by injection of stem cells may slow down the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) according to the latest studies.  The experiment, published in The Lancet, involved the observation of 24 patients between 18 and 50 years old from 3 different Canadian hospitals.  The results of the experiment exceeded expectations: 95% of … Continue reading Stem Cells may treat multiple sclerosis →

The wide-ranging field of life sciences is an area that directly affects and shapes the development of many industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing and technology. Considering the fact that it influences so many aspects of industrial development simultaneously, it should be recognised as a separate industry, according to a recent PWC report. Experts agree that life sciences … Continue reading The Increased Returns from Investing in Life →

Few major advances in treating aggressive brain cancer were made earlier this year, according to neurosurgeons from the University of North Carolina. Assistant Professor Shawn Hingtgen of UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy Lab has been researching new methodology of deadly brain tumours treatment and believes that a cure could originate from stem cells. One of … Continue reading Brain Cancer to be Cured With Stem Cells →

Research findings earlier this year show that injection of adult stem cells into the brain of stroke-suffered patients may help them to recover even long after the stroke happened, according to a recent article in HealthDay News. Dr. Gary Steinberg, Chief Neurosurgeon of Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, CA says that this … Continue reading New Cure Methods for Stroke Survivors →

Recent studies show that almost 4 out of 5 medical bills issued in the US have mistakes on them, according to NBCNews.com.Fixing these mistakes may result in a unpleasant and rather time-consuming procedure. The Berg family from Florida seemed to have everything planned for their first baby, but unexpected complications at the hospital forced medics … Continue reading Medical Bills with Costly Errors: What to Do If You Were Billed Wrong? →

Latest studies on dental DNA and stem cells may result in revolutionary findings that would possibly make many patients feel more assured about their future state of health, as the cure of many potential diseases could be literally hidden in their pearly smiles. Group of microbiologists and immunologists from Medical University of South Carolina led … Continue reading Stem Cells Found in Baby Teeth Could Be Key to Good Health Later →

The increased demand for digital and automative technology in medicine is driving a significant increase in demand for electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) products, according to our recent article in Digital Journal. The technology behind EMR enables the storage of a huge range of data pertaining to the medical history of … Continue reading Electronic Health Record Market Expected to Surge →

A recent article from Fox 26 Houston has reported on how mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) will be central to research being conducted at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, to help treat . It is hoped that 30 patients will be recruited for he study which will observe various indicators in patients, with the … Continue reading Miami Researchers use Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Potential Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease →

The future of patients seeing the doctor is via websites or apps rather than visiting the surgery according to a news report on www.jordantimes.com Telemedicine is on the rise, and a pioneering company from Boston called American Well have developed a service called Ask Me which enables the remote treatment of patients via video conferencing. … Continue reading Telemedicine: The Future of Doctor / Patient Interactions? Maybe, Maybe Not… →

In Canada, researchers from the University of Toronto have collaborated with Ottawa Hospital have linked stem cells to a possible breakthrough in the treatment of age-related osteoporosis, which is also known as brittle bone disease. The condition affects many millions of people worldwide, with women being particularly affected. Whilst certain lifestyle interventions have been shown … Continue reading Canadian Research Team Make Breakthrough in Stem Cell Treatment of Osteoporosis →

JamaicaObserver.com recently report that The Government of The Bahamas has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between 4 Institutions – the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, The Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami; The Public Hospitals Authority and The Ministry of Health – with the purpose of developing the stem cell … Continue reading Bahamas Government Take Giant Leap Towards Embracing Stem Cell Industry →

The pioneering use of stem cells in regenerative medicine techniques is back in the news again, with two separate pieces of coverage from global news giants CNN and The BBC on developments related to the treatment of sight disorders. The CNN article focussed on the work of Professor Pete Colley from University College London, who … Continue reading CNN and The BBC Report Successes in Stem Cell Therapy for Sight Disorders →

The cosmetic enhancement industry in the United Arab Emirates is seeing an increasing trend in patients requesting less invasive procedures, as new developments and techniques in the field mean that “surgery” does not now necessarily always mean going under the knife, according to a recent article in UAE newspaper The National. With a stronger customer … Continue reading Less Invasive Procedures Driving the UAE Cosmetic Industry →

A team of regenerative medicine scientists in the United States Human has discovered that tissue and organs good enough to be used for transplants could soon be made using a custom-designed 3D “bioprinter” that would help solve the problem of donor shortages. The study proved that it is feasible to print living tissue, cartilage and … Continue reading 3D ‘bioprinters’ could soon make organs and human tissue: Experts →

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. Currently, there are more than 2.3 million people suffering from MS with no known cure. However, researchers believe they are closing in on a possible one: a stem cell treatment already used for some … Continue reading Could stem cell transplantation yield a cure for Multiple sclerosis →

Whilst stem cells have been shown to present significant possibilities regarding the treatment of illnesses such as certain types of Cancers, Diabetes and Rheumatoid Arthritis, no such breakthroughs had been made for the repair of damaged skull and craniofacial bone – until now. A new publication in Nature Communications has reported that a group of … Continue reading New Development in Stem Cell Research for Skull Repair →

The exciting possibilities linked to parents storing their children’s baby teeth to harvest their dental stem cells, for future use in regenerative medicine which may help successfully treat that same child as a adult, is gathering even more interest and starting to feature in mainstream media. Good Housekeeping magazine, a globally-distributed, highly-respected women’s magazine that … Continue reading Good Housekeeping Magazine Publish Article on Storing Stem Cells from Baby Teeth →

A new experimental clinical stem cell treatment done at the Broad Stem Cell Research Center?at UCLA may be the cure for patients?whose immune systems have been failing them since birth. The condition known as?Severe combined immunodeficiency?affects cells that play vital roles in helping the immune system battle bacteria, viruses and fungi that can cause infections, … Continue reading Potenital “Bubble Baby” Stem Cell Treatment May Be Cure →

A new, cutting-edge stem therapy is being developed in Cleveland, Ohio which could help victims of spinal cord injuries immediately after injury. In a video article featured on www.spinalcordinjuryzone.com, the company behind the new therapy is revealed to be?Athersys?- a?clinical-stage, biotechnology outfit who specilaize in?developing new?therapies focused on the treatment of conditions?where clinical need are … Continue reading New Stem Cell Therapy May Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients →

Earlier this week, real estate heavyweight Jeff Greene suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose a major threat to the human workforce in the near future. During an interiew with CNBC’s “Squawk Box”, Greene has hypothetised that AI, which can currently carry out the work of a person with an intelligence quota (IQ) of 100, … Continue reading The Future Threat of Articificial Intelligence….According to Jeff Greene →

A recent article in Business Insdier Australia cites the global market for regenerative medicine is expected to reach a whopping $67.5 billion in 2020, according to analysts at Frost & Sullivan. Currently it is estimated to be worth $16.4 billion, which means that the market value would grow at an impressive 23% per year on … Continue reading The Growing Commercial Potential of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine →