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06/26/2008

Surgical disposables boom in Central and Eastern Europe

New analyses from Frost & Sullivan, Central and Eastern European Surgical Disposables Markets, finds that the market generated revenues of $35.1 million in 2007 and estimates …

06/26/2008

New drug protects against venous blood clots

In the EU blood clots are responsible for killing 544.000 people each year. Rivaroxaban, a new oral given anticoagulant drug from Bayer Healthcare, is significantly more effective …

06/25/2008

The brain in three dimensions

Stroke treatment is a question of time. The faster the cerebral infarct can be diagnosed, the less the brain will be damaged. But unfortunately it is not always easy to get the …

06/23/2008

The Dräger Vapor turns 50

Day after day it saves lifes. Since fifty years. But no rescued person knows it. Only the anesthesist and the surgery team. For more than half a century Dräger Vapor® …

06/18/2008

Developing new biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis

Latest estimates predict that the global prevalence of Alzheimer's disease will quadruple by 2050. The EU funded research project "PredictAD" aimed at developing new diagnostic …

06/18/2008

New molecular diagnostic research institute

Siemens Healthcare is working on diagnostic tests for early detection and characterziation of a patient's tumor cells. The Cologne laboratories for molecular diagnostics …

06/17/2008

Cardiac devices not always beneficial

A new study from the Saint Louis University found that implantable cardiac devices are not beneficial in patients with advanced heart failure because they are too ill. …

06/17/2008

Sharing news breast cancer has come back is worse than giving initial diagnosis

"Hearing the sad news that breast cancer has returned can be a devastating experience for patients, especially as this means that the disease is no longer curable. Doctors also …

06/17/2008

Predicting the odds of heart attacks via ultrasound?

According to Prof Clemens von Birgelen, cardiologist on staff at the Thorax Centre of the Medisch Spectrum Twente in Enschede, who quoted from recent studies in his inaugural as a …

06/17/2008

Leica Microsystems acquires Coretech Holdings Scientific

Leica Microsystems announced in May it acquired the assets of St. Louis, Missouri-based Coretech Holdings and McCormick Scientific, LLC (Coretech), expanding its leading position …

06/17/2008

SCHILLER group acquires Medilog

On 1st May, Medilog became part of the SCHILLER group. Medilog will be SCHILLER's high-end Holter system. Medilog's additional products are an ideal complement to SCHILLER's …

06/16/2008

New medical options by tobacco plants

Bayer and its affiliated firm Icon Genetics developed an own production process which provides the opportunity to make therapeutic proteins from tobacco plants. The pilot plant …

06/03/2008

MR Angiography: A future without contrast media?

Developments in MRI over the last few years have revolutionized the diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases. Contrast-enhanced MR angiography has established itself as a …

06/03/2008

Clinical biology - "It's time for Euro compatibility"

France - Clinical biology is faced with many internal and external developments, notably advances in medical science, automation, quality assurance, electronic data transmission, …

06/03/2008

AT RISK: qualified cardiac research in Germany

At this year's Congress of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) in March, its President Professor Gerd Heusch spoke of the increasingly unfavourable conditions for scientific work at …

06/03/2008

High speed MRI devices gain use in foetal evaluation

Magnetic resonance imaging is gaining increasing importance as a second imaging process in prenatal diagnosis in addition to ultrasound examination, according to Dr Daniela …

06/03/2008

New possibilities to speed up breast cancer treatment

An intraoperative MRI system being developed by UK firm Specialty Magnetics could speed the treatment of breast-cancer patients. The company is working on a dedicated …

06/03/2008

India's world experts on TB

Every three minutes, two people living in India die of tuberculosis. This equates to approximately 370,000 deaths each year, and a staggering economic toll: an estimated US$300 …

05/03/2008

125th German Society of Surgery Congress

The 125th Congress of the German Society of Surgery and the annual Congress of the German Society of Visceral Surgery (DVGC) in late April, examined the facts behind …

04/30/2008

Demands for greater supervision of alternative medicine practitioners

The prosecution of two doctors and a faith healer has been ordered by the Dutch appeal court, due to their treatment of a patient who died seven years ago. …