* Consumer awareness and cultural barriers surrounding screening putting lives at risk
* 15 million years of 'healthy life' were lost worldwide in 2008 due to women dying early or being ill with the disease
Chalfont St. Giles, U.K. --- October 15, 2013. Rising breast cancer incidence and mortality represent a significant and growing threat for the developing world, according to a new global study commissioned by GE Healthcare.
On October 7, biologist James E. Rothman received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine together with colleagues Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof. Rothman is a professor of biomedical sciences at Yale. Over the last decade he has served as a senior advisor to GE Global Research in Niskayuna, NY. He is also a former chief scientist at GE Healthcare. GE Reports managing editor Tomas Kellner talked to Rothman last week about his discovery, innovation, and GE.
A group of apprentices from GE Aviation Wales have successfully completed their apprenticeships at the overhaul facility in Nantgarw.
The 20 apprentices, who have completed the apprenticeship programme, were recognised at a graduation ceremony held at the site and attended by the Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones.
Having qualified to become aircraft engineers, the graduates have secured employment at the facility and will support the four main engine types which GE Aviation specialises in servicing.
MOSCOW, Russia --- October 12, 2013 --- Power Generation Train No. 4 of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk equipped with three GE LM6000 PF Sprint aeroderivative gas turbines, has been commissioned.
The project was executed in cooperation with Sakhalin Energy Company OJSC under the "Far East and Trans-Baikal Economic and Social Development for the Period until 2013" Federal Target Program and "Electrical Power Industry Development for the Period until 2010 and Long-Term Development until 2020" Regional Target Program.
American healthcare has by far the most expensive system in the world, but few would argue that it's also the most efficient. A recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association found that almost 40 percent of patients are misdiagnosed in primary care1.
SAN FRANCISCO --- October 11, 2013 --- GE Healthcare will introduce several new technologies that demonstrate its ongoing commitment to improving the quality of patient care at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2013, the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, taking place October 12-16 in San Francisco.
No barrier to running a profitable airline looms larger than the cost of jet fuel. U.S. airlines spend more than a third of their operating budgets on fuel, or $50 billion in 2012.
Wauwatosa, WI, October 10, 2013 - GE Healthcare, (NYSE: GE), announced today clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the latest version of its Vivid E9 Cardiovascular Ultrasound system now featuring XDclear technology.
