A medical test previously developed to measure a toxin found in tobacco smokers has been adapted to measure the same toxin in people suffering from spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, offering a potential tool to reduce symptoms.
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Prostate Cancer: New Technology for Individualized Treatments
Topic of the Month June: Modern Imaging and Telemedicine
Imaging is an essential diagnostic tool. It enables the view into the human body through magnetic waves, radiation or sound and thus delivers information on the location and appearance of damages in tissue. Yet imaging can do even more.
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Topic of the Month June:
Modern Imaging and Telemedicine - Keeping a Clear View
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Copper: The New Building Block in Hospital Hygiene
World Blood Donor Day - 06/14/2013
„Blood is a quite peculiar juice” is what Mephisto from Goethe’s “Faust” already knew and the vernacular says “Blood is thicker than water” to back him up. Both statements have a point from a medical perspective.
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World Blood Donor Day
06/14/2013
Welcome at MEDICA.de - World Forum for Medicine!
MEDICA is the International Trade Fair and the Congress for Medical Technology, Electromedicine, Laboratory Equipment, Diagnostics and Drugs. We are looking forward to seeing you in Düsseldorf from 20-23 November 2013.
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Götz Schartner about dangers of mobile devices
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Copper: The New Building Block in Hospital Hygiene
Germs can be easily transmitted from person to person in hospitals. Therefore, door handles made of copper alloys are an important new piece in hospital hygiene.
18/06/2013 - A research team have enhanced a device they developed to identify and "grab" circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, that break away from cancers and enter the blood, often leading to the spread of cancer to other parts of the body.
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14/06/2013 - Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a new method to insert genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases.
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13/06/2013 - A novel genetic mutation was first identified in 2010 as causing hearing loss in humans. Researchers have now discovered that this mutation induces malfunction of an inhibitor of an enzyme commonly found in our body that destroys proteins.
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12/06/2013 - UK and Australian scientists have been able to show ways in which we can markedly improve drug targeting of solid tumors, using tiny 'biosensors' along with new advanced imaging techniques.
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11/06/2013 - New findings provide vital step towards exploring pain medications that may lower risks of prescription drug abuse and side effects of painkillers.
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10/06/2013 - Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues discovered that the herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1), which affects an estimated 50 to 80 percent of all American adults, exploits an immune system receptor to boost its infectivity and ability to cause disease.
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10/06/2013 - Blood vessels within a sensory area of the mammalian brain loop and connect in unexpected ways, a new map has revealed. The study describes vascular architecture within a well-known region of the cerebral cortex and explores what that structure means for functional imaging of the brain and the onset of a kind of dementia.
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06/06/2013 - Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered how to stop the destructive process that leads to cardiovascular disease in diabetic laboratory animals.
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05/06/2013 - Intestinal bacteria may have a greater influence on us than was previously thought. In a new study Swedish researchers show that patients with type 2 diabetes have an altered gut microbiota.
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18/06/2013 - Many women get too little sleep, despite considerable evidence showing the importance of sleep to overall health. Now a new study of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has discovered another reason why inadequate sleep may be harmful, especially to women and their hearts.
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17/06/2013 - A medical test previously developed to measure a toxin found in tobacco smokers has been adapted to measure the same toxin in people suffering from spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, offering a potential tool to reduce symptoms.
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11/06/2013 - A study examining X-ray computed tomography (CT) use in children has found that reducing unnecessary scans and lowering the doses for the highest-dose scans could lower the overall lifetime risk of future imaging-related cancers.
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11/06/2013 - „Blood is a quite peculiar juice” is what Mephisto from Goethe’s “Faust” already knew and the vernacular says “Blood is thicker than water” to back him up. Both statements have a point from a medical perspective: The blood stream transports oxygen and nutrients through the body and sustains us this way. And nearly half of the blood is made of solid components, especially red blood cells.
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07/06/2013 - Researchers have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of blood vessels in severe cases of malaria. The discovery may advance the development of vaccines or drugs to combat severe malaria by stopping the parasites attaching to blood vessels.
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05/06/2013 - Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis -- a severe food-borne illness -- eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic.
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03/06/2013 - The criteria used to diagnose both circulatory and brain death in a patient are subject to variability and as such can be controversial. Anaesthesiologists play an important role in procedures related to the determination of death. So experts will call for international consensus.
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31/05/2013 - Indiana University researchers found that a program using pedometers to monitor how much people move was effective at increasing physical activity, decreasing sitting time, and helping participants drop some pounds.
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29/05/2013 - Patients undergoing planned surgery appear more likely to die if they have their operation at the end of the week. Researchers at Imperial College London looked at over four million elective procedures conducted in NHS hospitals in England between 2008 and 2011.
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17/06/2013 - Researchers outline how advanced mathematical modelling can be used in the fight against cancer. The technique predicts how different treatments and genetic modifications might allow cancer-killing, oncolytic viruses to overcome the natural defences that cancer cells use to stave off viral infection.
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13/06/2013 - Researchers at the Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH) in Elche have designed an application for mobile devices that helps elderly people with multiple illnesses improve medication management.
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12/06/2013 - A scientist working at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a user-friendly smart phone application that allows consumers to take an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the comfort of their own homes.
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06/06/2013 - A cheaper, more efficient technique for developing complex protein drugs from bacteria has been developed at the University of Sheffield.
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04/06/2013 - Even though a majority of U.S. oncologists report satisfaction with their careers, many say they have experienced at least one symptom of burnout, a Mayo Clinic-led study has found.
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28/05/2013 - A new discovery at Oregon Health & Science University highlights an ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
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23/05/2013 - Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by preventable bloodstream infections contracted in their intensive care units.
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22/05/2013 - The University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX) announces successful results in a placebo controlled phase I study of an oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine.
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21/05/2013 - A new report suggests that improved health care and significant reductions in drug costs might be attained by breaking up the age-old relationship between physicians and drug company representatives who promote the newest, more costly and often unnecessary prescription drugs.
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10/05/2013 - Researchers at Michigan State University have identified a test that can determine which children with malaria are likely to develop cerebral malaria, a much more life-threatening form of the disease.
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03/06/2013 - The member organizations of the German Healthcare Export Group e.V. (GHE) represent producers of the full spectrum of medical technology offerings, from stethoscopes to operating theater robots.
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30/05/2013 - Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX:MBX) has been notified by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that its application for a new patent on LumiSort technology has been allowed in the United States.
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23/04/2013 - In treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus with emphasis on reduced calorie intake and more physical activity, the patient’s weight may stagnate or even rise.
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26/03/2013 - MEDEXPO Saudi Arabia is an international healthcare exhibition and forum in the kingdom focusing on a wide array of health sectors, including Medical, Dentistry, Ophthalmology, Laboratories, Pharmaceutical & Bio-Technology and Medical Tourism which will predominantly attract visitors from the GCC countries (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain & Oman) and the wider Middle East region.
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22/01/2013 - From the 28th to the 31st of January 2013 the German Healthcare Export Group (GHE) presents itself on a large joint stand and with numerous member companies in the German Pavilion at the ARAB HEALTH in Dubai.
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18/12/2012 - On December 7th, for the first time a „Digital Workshop“
took place at PROTEC. The members of the event consisted
of impressed doctors and radiographers who learned a lot
for their daily work as key benefit of their participation.
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07/12/2012 - From 3rd to 7th December 2012, the leading trade fair Zdravookhraneniye opens its doors in Moscow, Russia. The 22nd International Exhibition for Health Care, Medical Engineering and Pharmaceuticals is becoming more and more recognition among Russian and foreign companies dealing with the production and marketing of medical products year after year.
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26/11/2012 - CIM med is reporting excellent results from this year's Medica. In a period of high cost pressures in the health sector, decision-makers are on the lookout for robust solutions that provide added value for work processes in clinical situations. In addition, the spotlight was on the perennial issue of hygiene.
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Topic of the Month
Modern Imaging and Telemedicine - Keeping a Clear View
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Top News
Prostate Cancer: New Technology for Individualized Treatments
Topic of the Month June:
Modern Imaging and Telemedicine - Keeping a Clear View
MEDICA TV
Copper: The New Building Block in Hospital Hygiene
World Blood Donor Day
06/14/2013
Welcome!
All important information about MEDICA
Exhibitor registration
Become an exhibitor at MEDICA 2013!
MEDICA 2013 video
Discover the world leading trade fair for the medical industry.
