Diseases
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 …
07/01/2006
Touch-less sensor dispenser
The Japanese firm Saraya, which for 50 years has successfully manufactured hygiene products and programmes for healthcare, facility management and the food industry, has launched …
07/01/2006
Paper handkerchief technology
The Europe-wide research by Westminster University, England and T.Ü.V. Rhineland, Germany, has proved the advantages of hand wiping with paper rather than with textiles or …
07/01/2006
Bacteria die on stainless steel
To establish which materials allow pathogens to survived best, micro-organisms such as bacteria living in wet and dry environments, pathogenic fungi and the bacterium Escherichia …
07/01/2006
Resistance to silver-containing wound dressings
Is a sharp weapon being blunted? Article by Heidi Heinhold. …
07/01/2006
Clinical immunology
The fundamental role of inflammation in almost all disease processes has been increasingly recognised over several years. …
07/01/2006
Diabetes-Nanni
Germany - About 25,000 German children are diabetic, and numbers are increasing rapidly. Specialists in childhood diabetes gathered at a meeting held by the Dianino Foundation …
05/01/2006
MRSA specialists tackle worst hospitals
UK - Although the Department of Health (DoH) demanded a 50% reduction in MRSA cases in hospitals by 2008, a report at the end of 2005 suggested that some hospitals were making …
03/01/2006
Telemed screening for diabetic retinopathy
The United Kingdom's Diabetes Retinal Screening Service …
03/01/2005
Sepsis research honoured
Germany - The third Hugo Schottmüller Prize, awarded by the German Sepsis Society (DSG), has been presented to Dr Marc W Merx, of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technical University …
03/01/2005
Quick change lancets
Although taking a tiny blood sample for self-monitoring should be as easy as possible for the diabetic patient, this has not been an easy task because changing a used lancet has …
09/01/2004
Asylum seekers and healthcare
UK - Over 100,000 asylum seekers have been relocated throughout London and Englands southeast, to spread the cost of their medical care. …
07/01/2004
Obesity
The disturbing international comparative study on health behaviour in school children (HBSC), conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), European regional offices, have …
07/01/2004
Tuberculosis blood test gains EU approval
TB causes three million deaths annually, ranking it higher than any other infectious disease. And TB has resurged in Europe. In August, the British Thoracic Society, British Lung …
07/01/2004
The ESC Congress
25,000 visitors and medical professionals from 47 National Cardiac Societies across central and greater Europe, will attend the 2004 ESC Congress, where Diabetes and heart …
07/01/2003
Telemed for ophthalmology
O-PACS, the first integrated Digital PACS solution and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) developed specifically for ophthalmology, heralds a new era of tele-ophthalmology and could …
07/01/2003
Award for HIV monitoring
The CyFlow and CyLab technique (e.g. for economical CD4/CD8 counting in HIV monitoring in developing countries) has received 1st prize in the Innovations Award 2003, given by the …
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