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Telemed screening for diabetic retinopathy
The United Kingdom’s Diabetes Retinal Screening Service
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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 Read more …
2nd International Conference on Reconstruction of Soft Facial Parts
When found at Winkeler Bay the woman had been dead for ten years, her body mutilated beyond recognition. In fact, no one was sure she would ever be identified. However, facial Read more …
Don’t just go there!
Many medical organisations have warned that no one who wishes to help in the relief work in tsunami-hit regions should travel there individually, i.e. without being officially Read more …
Food threat to health congress
Globally, about two million people die each year after consuming spoilt food, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Read more …
Cross-border health summit
Czech Republic - Health leaders from 20 countries will gather in Prague for three days (5-8 September) to explore trends and innovations effecting the development of new Read more …
Asylum seekers and healthcare
UK - Over 100,000 asylum seekers have been relocated throughout London and England’s southeast, to spread the cost of their medical care. Read more …
Childhood leukaemia
UK - A large number international and renowned experts are set to converge on London’s Westminster Hall to examine environmental and other factors affecting the incidence of Read more …
Challenges for the new EU member states
Austria. 6-9 October - Challenges of the new EU Member States will be high on the agenda of this year’s EHFG. Read more …
First implants of absorbable metal stents
Germany - Following positive results in numerous animal studies and the first human implantations of the Biontronik Absorbable Metal Stent (AMS) in below-the-knee arteries that Read more …
Adverse drug reactions
Although most patients do not react badly to prescriptions, a new study has found that one in 16 hospital admissions (in two hospitals) were caused by adverse drug reactions, and Read more …
Fraud and corruption conference
18-19 October 2004 -The first conference to focus on tackling fraud and corruption in EU healthcare is being organised by the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Read more …
Baby food & meningitis
An extensive international study, presented at the American Society for Microbiology meeting in New Orleans, concludes that baby foods contain worrying levels of disease-causing Read more …
Obesity
The disturbing international comparative study on health behaviour in school children (HBSC), conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), European regional offices, have Read more …
SARS
Hotspots cool down but stay alert!
The known global death toll due to the new virus (as of 1 July) was 811. Total number of cases 8447. Read more …
First EU Women’s Healthcare Centre opens
The Diagnostic Breast Centre Gottingen has opened the first European Women’s Healthcare Centre (WHC). Professor Uwe Fischer, head of the new centre, said: ‘We have set ourselves Read more …
Patients in five countries reveal healthcare deficiencies
Disturbingly high rates of medical errors, lack of care co-ordination, poor communication between doctors/patients, and barriers when accessing care, are experienced by patients Read more …
The high cost of bipolar disorder
The most expensive behavioural healthcare diagnosis, for sufferers and their insurers, is bipolar disorder, according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry Read more …
Insurers balk at medical risk cover
As in the United States, European hospitals now face an inevitable result from escalating compensation payments made to medical injury patients - in the near future, premiums are Read more …