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Dear Sir or Madam, Digital self-management aids have become indispensable for many chronic diseases. For example apps and wearables help asthma patients to manage their condition and also make it easier to connect with doctors. Read more about the various self-management options in our Topic of the Month. Stay healthy! Melanie Prüser
Editorial team MEDICA-tradefair.com
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Asthma: Self-management thanks to apps and wearables
Topic of the Month
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Today, managing one's own chronic disease is hardly possible without digital helpers – not least because of the corona pandemic. People with asthma also benefit from apps and wearables. They help patients connect better with doctors and better understand their own disease. Our Topic of the Month looks at why this is so important and what the digital services can do.
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4D-Simulator breakthrough in brain surgery
Research & Technology, Electromedicine, Medical Technology
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Aneurysm operations in the brain rank among the most delicate procedures in neurosurgery. The highest demands are placed on surgeons when choosing the type of intervention, planning the route and carrying out extremely delicate procedures on the blood vessel.
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Reviewing the evidence for cloth mask use among health care workers
Research & Technology, Commodities and Consumer Goods
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A rapid, evidence-based review summarizes the effectiveness of cloth masks in protecting health care clinicians from respiratory viral infections, such as COVID-19. Nine studies were included in the review, and all but one were conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tiny wireless device sheds light on combating obesity
Research & Technology, Electromedicine, Medical Technology
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Texas A&M researchers have designed a device that stimulates the endings of the vagus nerve, which is responsible for the regulation of food intake.
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Automated, mobile X-ray device to improve health services
Research & Technology, Electromedicine, Medical Technology
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An accident, such as falling on a ski slope, usually requires an X-ray examination of the injured limb and a trip to the nearest hospital or emergency clinic. In the near future, imaging services can be brought closer to the patient. Researchers in Oulu are currently developing a compact X-ray imaging device that even the patient could use if necessary.
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'Virtual biopsies' could replace tissue biopsies
Research & Technology, Electromedicine, Medical Technology
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A new advanced computing technique using routine medical scans to enable doctors to take fewer, more accurate tumour biopsies, has been developed by cancer researchers at the University of Cambridge.
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Quick look under the skin
Research & Technology, Information and Communication Technology
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Imaging techniques enable a detailed look inside an organism. But interpreting the data is time-consuming and requires a great deal of experience. Artificial neural networks open up new possibilities: They require just seconds to interpret whole-body scans of mice and to segment and depict the organs in colors, instead of in various shades of gray.
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