Diseases: Chronic Diseases
02/07/2012
Better therapeutic results urgently required in chronic wound management
Every year in Germany, four million wounds leave a legacy of 30 000 amputations and six billion Euros in treatment costs. These shocking figures drew wound experts to the Pflege …
01/23/2012
Silicone gel breast implants and connective tissue and autoimmune disease risk
Silicone breast implants are the most popular type of implant. The postulated relation between silicone breast implants and the risk of connective tissue and autoimmune diseases …
12/05/2011
Trail blazing bariatric surgery devices
Major advances in Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) lead to a tremendous interest in new surgical endoscopes. The advantages of minimally invasive surgery …
12/02/2011
ERC Advanced Grant for Professor Detlef Schuppan
The European Research Council (ERC) has earmarked about €2.5 mio. to fund the research being conducted by gastroenterologist and biochemist Professor Dr. Dr. Detlef Schuppan at …
11/09/2011
Satellite unit cuts journey time for dialysis patients
A Birmingham hospital trust is expanding its kidney dialysis service by commissioning a tenth satellite unit – its first outside England. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS …
10/20/2011
The 16th IFSO World Congress
September saw the international crème de la crème of bariatric surgery descend on Hamburg for the 16th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity …
10/05/2011
Civilisation Diseases breaking economic growth
More than 63% of all deaths in the world are caused by so- called non-communicable diseases. In the WHO-region of Europe it’s even higher – 86%. The direct and indirect …
09/22/2011
Migrants suffer pain more intensely
Cultural differences in pain perception and their consequences for pain therapy were discussed today at the 7th EFIC Congress: Pain in Europe VII. More than 4,000 experts from all …
09/19/2011
The prevention of lifestyle diseases has finally reached the top table of the United Nations
The European Society of Cardiology, through the European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA), has urged European heads of state "to show leadership" and long-term commitment to the …
07/06/2011
European convention on Serious Gaming in Health care
On Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 October, the Games For Health Foundation is organizing the first European convention Games for Health Europe 2011 in the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. The …
06/20/2011
Dose discussion: How low can you go?
How low? During the GE Healthcare Lunch Symposium of GE Healthcare at this year’s ECR in Vienna, Michael Maher, Professor of Radiology at the University College, Cork, provided …
06/20/2011
Two sides of the coin
Too much unhealthy food, too little exercise – the risk factors for the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes are not only similar but also form a …
06/20/2011
Spain’s International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery
The Academe Hospital of Bellvitge, which is part of the Catalan Health Institute, has been designated an International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery (ICE) by the …
06/15/2011
Several methods for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease developed by European scientists
PredictAD is an EU-funded research project that develops objective and efficient methods for enabling earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Diagnosis requires a holistic view …
06/14/2011
Molecular Imaging for Alzheimer’s Disease May Be Available in Hospitals Within One Year
Researchers the world over are advancing positron emission tomography (PET) as an effective method of early detection for Alzheimer’s disease, a currently incurable and deadly …
06/14/2011
Bariatric surgery: A last resort -- or the only way to go?
More than half of the European population is overweight, or worst, obese. When diet and lifestyle changes do not result in permanent weight reduction in obese patients, bariatric …
06/14/2011
Diabesity surgery
Morbid obesity is a chronic, lifelong, multifactorial, constitutional disease with negative medical, psychological, physical, social and economic side-effects. Obesity-related …
05/30/2011
New biomarkers allow for better diagnosis in multiple sclerosis
Biomarkers – mainly defined as surrogates serving as indicators for specific biological states – play an ever-increasing role in neuroscience and especially in the management …
05/26/2011
Healthy gut flora could prevent obesity
Poor gut flora is believed to trigger obesity. In the same way, healthy gut flora could reduce the risk. This has shown to be the case in tests on rats. Daily intake of a lactic …
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