With the pursuit of strengthening its position in the market, Telus has acquired Wolf Medical Systems. Telus is counted among the top-three wireless companies. Through the acquisition, it is planning to maximize its profits.

It has been reported that HeartWare International and Dualis MedTech have joined hands with the aim of coming up with a wireless ventricular assisting device and transcutaneous energy transfer system. The devices thus created will exclusively be available to HeartWare. The agreement holds the potential of improving the quality of care being provided to patients.

Microsoft and General Electric are planning to enter one of the so-called ambitious joint ventures, following which the powers of both the software giant's will become one and will primarily serve and aim to develop large-scale data platforms with GE Healthcare's expertise in building health care applications.

With clinical trials of cancer drug Avastin showing that the drug apparently does little to help enhance the life-span of breast cancer patients or to effectively control their tumors, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Friday withdrew the approval of the drug as a treatment for those patients whose breast cancer has spread to other organs.

It has been revealed in a recent report that baby products manufacturing company Johnson and Johnson is on its drive to get rid of products that can be harmful for the little babies. This is being done after there was the presence of harmful chemicals in the baby shampoo by the company as well as a number of other products.

It has been revealed, in recent reports, that a new stem cell therapy has been developed by scientists in Britain for producing organs of the body. This is being done in order to possibly reduce the need for transplants of organs in the time to come. There is also always a risk of acceptability of the organ by the body and the costs and the availability of the organs.

Northern Ireland's Health Minister has yesterday announced about appointing a new health expert panel in the region. According to him, health services in the country are unsustainable and desperately needs some new changes to be introduced to take care of the issues: health and social care.

With a rather disquieting increase being reported in the number of measles cases in Florida, local health officials are requesting parents to ensure that their kids are up to date on their vaccinations before the new school year commences.

In an attempt to counter Democratic attacks on his plan to overhaul Medicare, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan has featured in a new TV ad which essentially explains the core components of the revamp plan.

In the past one year, around one lakh HIV infected people were placed on treatment in India. National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) indicates placing over four lakh HIV patients on life-saving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) end-April 2011, which is much higher than the target they had set.