Special: Rehabilitation

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rehabilitatio = re-creation in Latin. One more "n" and for the health care system it means the reintegration into everyday life and the workplace, which is done with medical therapies and different aids.

And exactly that is the subject of our Special at MEDICA.de. Scientific news about rehabilitation and an update concerning the fair REHACARE are presented.

800 Exhibitors from more than 25 countries, six fair halls, four days - these are only some numbers associated with the 15th International Trade Fair for Those with Special Needs and Those Requiring Care, the REHACARE 2004, taking place from 10th to 13th of November. - REHACARE 2004: International Rehabilitation Meeting Point

A research team led by Professor Franco Lepore, director of the Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognition at the Université de Montréal, has shown that both early- and late-onset blind people have better sound discrimination abilities than people with normal vision. - Superior Sound-location Skills in the Blind

The study characterized the changes in gene expression at the site of, as well as above and below, a moderate contusion injury in rats. The project involved 108 GeneChips and looked at four time points, spanning from three hours after injury to a more "chronic" state 35 days later. - Novel Potential Therapeutic Targets for Repair

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Our Topics at a Glance - MEDICA.de's topics in 2004
- MEDICA.de's topics in 2003