Diseases
08/31/2007
Could a virtual game help pandemic studies?
USA Online game worlds might prove useful for the study of a spread of human infectious diseases, according to scientists Eric Lofgren and Nina Fefferman, of Rutgers University …
06/26/2007
New insights, algorithms and debates
For the first time in 33 years, wound healing was the focus of a dedicated session at the 33rd annual VEITHsymposium for vascular surgeons in New York (11/06). This underscores …
06/22/2007
Virtual TB bacillus should help finding new drugs
Today little is known about the metabolism of the tuberculosis bacillus and, because of its slow growth, experiments for new drugs take a long time. Now a team of researchers form …
04/11/2007
New quick test for MRSA delivers results in just 5 hours
The methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common causes of life threatening infections among hospital patients. What makes the bacterium that …
03/08/2007
Nutrition and health
According to figures released in 2006 by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), around 14 million children, aged 7-11 years, are overweight - and three million of these are …
02/28/2007
Cold and Flu Etiquette
Do you remember your mother saying cover your mouth when you cough? Probably you do, because this exhortation accompanies the whole childhood. Maybe it is a kind of protest …
02/15/2007
Diabetes study does not confirm increased risk of death reported by US trial
Preliminary findings from the largest-ever study of treatments for diabetes provide no evidence that intensive treatment to lower blood glucose (sugar) increases risk of death. …
01/03/2007
European initiative "TREAT-NMD" launched to aid neuromuscular disease patients
TREAT-NMD (Transnational Research in Europe - Assessment and Treatment of Neuromuscular Diseases) is a European Union funded Network of Excellence launched on January 1st 2007 …
12/27/2006
Nosocomial infections
Nosocomial infections are all too common in our hospitals. For example, in Germany alone (according to the German Company for Hospital Hygiene - Deutsche Gesellschaft für …
12/27/2006
Help for the helpers
Healthcare systems in Africa are facing a huge threat in their fight against AIDS - an increasing shortfall of nursing staff. Workers are either infected themselves or can no …
12/18/2006
An end to out-sourcing?
As MRSA affects about 300,000 patients and costs UK £1 billion annually, the countrys public services union demands the return of in-house cleaners. Peter Howieson reports …
11/14/2006
Eye software firm focuses on the US market
Marc Winchester is new President, North America of Digital Healthcare Inc. …
08/30/2006
European Respiratory Society Congress
Respiratory diseases are still a huge burden for our countries, Giovanni Viegi, President of the European Respiratory Society pointed out at the congress. …
08/30/2006
Pulmotension
EU multidisciplinary lung research project aims to cure pulmonary hypertension. …
08/30/2006
Brothers receive DGAIs Thieme Teaching Award
The 5,000 euros award was presented to two brother in recognition of their efforts to organise emergency medical seminars held by students for students. …
08/30/2006
Students immune defences hit by examination nerves
Researchers found out important links between mental stress and characteristic complex physical inflammation reactions of allergies. …
08/07/2006
Appendicitis complicated by chickenpox
Surgeons Sergey V Stonogin, specialist in infectious cases, Eugeny V Dvorovenko, Head of Emergency Surgery, and Vladimir A Chaplin, endoscopy specialist - report on results from …
08/03/2006
Respiratory diseases
From burden to therapy. By Andrea Rossi MD, Director of the Respiratory Division at Bergamo General Hospital Bergamo, Italy, and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European …
08/03/2006
Facing the future
Increase in COPD and chronic respiratory disease patients will challenge the European Healthcare Systems in the future. …
08/02/2006
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment
Rationale and effectiveness in the non-healing diabetic foot ulcer patient. By Peter HJ Mueller and Robert A Warriner III …
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