Diseases

08/07/2006

Appendicitis complicated by chickenpox

Surgeons Sergey V Stonogin, specialist in infectious cases, Eugeny V Dvorovenko, Head of Emergency Surgery, and Vladimir A Chaplin, endoscopy specialist - report on results from …

08/03/2006

Respiratory diseases

From burden to therapy. By Andrea Rossi MD, Director of the Respiratory Division at Bergamo General Hospital Bergamo, Italy, and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European …

08/03/2006

Facing the future

Increase in COPD and chronic respiratory disease patients will challenge the European Healthcare Systems in the future. …

08/02/2006

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment

Rationale and effectiveness in the non-healing diabetic foot ulcer patient. By Peter HJ Mueller and Robert A Warriner III …

07/01/2006

Diabetes-Nanni

Germany - About 25,000 German children are diabetic, and numbers are increasing rapidly. Specialists in childhood diabetes gathered at a meeting held by the Dianino Foundation …

07/01/2006

Clinical immunology

The fundamental role of inflammation in almost all disease processes has been increasingly recognised over several years. …

07/01/2006

Bacteria die on stainless steel

To establish which materials allow pathogens to survived best, micro-organisms such as bacteria living in wet and dry environments, pathogenic fungi and the bacterium Escherichia …

07/01/2006

Resistance to silver-containing wound dressings

Is a sharp weapon being blunted? Article by Heidi Heinhold. …

07/01/2006

Touch-less sensor dispenser

The Japanese firm Saraya, which for 50 years has successfully manufactured hygiene products and programmes for healthcare, facility management and the food industry, has launched …

07/01/2006

Paper handkerchief technology

The Europe-wide research by Westminster University, England and T.Ü.V. Rhineland, Germany, has proved the advantages of hand wiping with paper rather than with textiles or …

05/01/2006

MRSA specialists tackle 'worst' hospitals

UK - Although the Department of Health (DoH) demanded a 50% reduction in MRSA cases in hospitals by 2008, a report at the end of 2005 suggested that some hospitals were making …

03/01/2006

Telemed screening for diabetic retinopathy

The United Kingdom's Diabetes Retinal Screening Service …

03/01/2005

Sepsis research honoured

Germany - The third Hugo Schottmüller Prize, awarded by the German Sepsis Society (DSG), has been presented to Dr Marc W Merx, of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technical University …

03/01/2005

Quick change lancets

Although taking a tiny blood sample for self-monitoring should be as easy as possible for the diabetic patient, this has not been an easy task because changing a used lancet has …

09/01/2004

Asylum seekers and healthcare

UK - Over 100,000 asylum seekers have been relocated throughout London and England's southeast, to spread the cost of their medical care. …

07/01/2004

The ESC Congress

25,000 visitors and medical professionals from 47 National Cardiac Societies across central and greater Europe, will attend the 2004 ESC Congress, where 'Diabetes and heart …

07/01/2004

Tuberculosis blood test gains EU approval

TB causes three million deaths annually, ranking it higher than any other infectious disease. And TB has resurged in Europe. In August, the British Thoracic Society, British Lung …

07/01/2004

Obesity

The disturbing international comparative study on health behaviour in school children (HBSC), conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), European regional offices, have …

07/01/2003

Telemed for ophthalmology

O-PACS, the first integrated Digital PACS solution and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) developed specifically for ophthalmology, heralds a new era of tele-ophthalmology and could …

07/01/2003

'Polypill' cuts cardiac attacks by 80%

A newly invented 'Polypill', composed of currently available drugs, may act as a 'vaccine' against heart disease, according to new research published in the British Medical …