Topic of the Month November: MEDICA 2008

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The medicine of today and tomorrow - more than 4,200 exhibitors from 65 nations present how this looks like from 19 to 22 November in Düsseldorf, Germany. Manufacturers of products, researchers and politicians report about innovations and future trends in health.

A glimpse on the world’s largest fair for medical technology gives MEDICA.de’s Topic of the Month November: MEDICA 2008.

Are 3.2 billion Euros a cash injection or a cheat? On the 31st German Hospital Conference at MEDICA 2008, practitioners and politicians discuss about this, and how it should go on with the hospitals of which about one third is in the red. - German Hospital Conference: Tug of War in the Health Care Sector

„News from the health research of the Helmholtz Association“ – this will be a topic on the Congress at MEDICA 2008. News about research to therapies against cancer are on the programme as well as news to the early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. - Research: From the Lab to Clinical Everyday Life

Physicians are much sought after. The number of job offers is on the rise. There are more and more new occupational areas and forms of activities. Good chances and new challenges for young physicians. This is the topic of a special event at MEDICA 2008. - Career and Job Planning: Young Physicians with Good Chances

MEDICA.de talked with Udo Gaden, manager of the Ambient Assisted Living GmbH, about the EU support programme "Ambient Assisted Living" which deals, among other things, with bed mattresses and cookers that can both release alarms. Lectures at MEDICA to the topic are held in the forum MEDICA MEDIA. - Ambient Assisted Living: „Technology Cannot Substitute Staff“

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