Identification Of Potential New Treatment For Leishmaniasis
Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified fexinidazole as a possible, much-needed, new treatment for the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is named after William Leishman, a Glasgwegian doctor serving with the British Army in India, who first identified the parasite in the early 1900s. The disease is the second biggest killer in Africa, Asia and Latin America after malaria, and affects 500,000 people, killing about 50-60,000 patients per year... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Smartphones Drive Mobile Health
Source: John Pulley, NextGov Content: #8220;A population that is on the move will increasingly turn to mobile health applications, predicts a new market study.
The Hampshire, England-based Juniper Research Ltd. projects that mobile networks will monitor 3 million patients by 2016, according to a company news release. The growth will be fueled in part by increasingly [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
