Events

11/19/2008

The Fresenius Inventors' Fair

Turning a brilliant idea into a market-ready product can be a long and arduous task. The 10th Fresenius Inventors' Fair, taking place at Medica, could make that route easier for …

11/19/2008

Scanning children

A growing number of Dutch hospital doctors now favour ultrasound (US) over CT scans to detect appendicitis in children. This trend has re-opened the US v. CT debate over which …

11/19/2008

UPS Healthcare Logistics

From 'A' as in Austria to 'Z' as in Zanzibar the letters 'UPS' (United Parcel Service) are known for express transportation and logistics services. Since the late '90s the UPS …

11/19/2008

Ireland's Institute of Molecular Medicine

Since the completion of the 13-year human genome project in 2003, molecular scientists have been delving deeper into the world of cells. …

11/19/2008

Infusion technology from Fresenius Kabi

Infusion technology has come a long way in the past decade, explains Stéphane Ruton, Director of Strategic Marketing for IV Technology at Fresenius Kabi, which focuses on …

11/19/2008

Facing the terror

While Western Europe's hospitals only carry out drills for possible terrorist events — Israel's medics face the real thing. During the recent Congress of Anaesthesiology and …

11/19/2008

Exhausted? Share a `Happy Hour´

Regulars at MEDICA well understand the energy needed to stay the pace. A welcome break at the end of the days could be found at the receptions or `Happy Hours´ held by certain …

11/19/2008

Breast cancer

Olwen Glynn Owen reports on MammaPrint, a test that pinpoints the risk of breast cancer recurrence from the primary tumour's genetic make-up. Women with breast cancer tumours under …

11/19/2008

Automated plate streaking

The vital, routine task of plate streaking to isolate a pure culture is inefficient and time-consuming, significantly slowing microbiologists' responses. …

11/19/2008

2.2 billion euros saved should be spent on nurses

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) wants the Department of Health to spend a forecasted surplus of around 2.2 billion euros on the 2008/09 National Health Service (NHS) budget on …

11/19/2008

Clinical applications of advancing high frequency ultrasound techniques

High frequency ultrasound (US) techniques continue to improve with better resolution and exquisite B Mode imaging, particularly with improved compounding techniques seen with the …

11/19/2008

R-Bay

Inequalities in radiology services across Europe may be levelled out due to R-Bay, a new project in which a consortium of hospitals and healthcare providers will create an …

11/19/2008

HI VISION 900

Hitachi has developed a new abdominal sonography system, based on a fully digital platform with a unique high-performance computer and an innovative octal parallel wideband …

11/19/2008

Elastoscan in mammary sonography

If, in the early days of mammary sonography, it was revealed to be helpful to render tactual findings in a visible manner (sonic palpation), then now is the time to palpate …

11/19/2008

Products focused on nurse and patient needs

ArjoHuntleigh, formed in 2007 from the merger of ARJO and Huntleigh Healthcare, is showing a broad portfolio of products and services for patient care. …

11/19/2008

When must buyers put out tenders?*

Initially, it must be emphasised that companies are only committed by current public procurement law where this is required by law. …

11/19/2008

LWI: The novel Web-based international trading portal

LifeWorld International Inc (LWI), the internet portal for bilateral global trade in science products and technology transfer of healthcare equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemistry …

11/19/2008

Results from C. difficile test in less than 30 minutes

The US firm Inverness Medical has launched a new rapid test as an in vitro diagnostic aid for Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD). …

11/19/2008

On-the-spot multi-task lab-on-a-chip

A new lab-on-chip system, the ivD-platform, which quickly determines, on site, the contents and parameters of biological samples, such as blood or saliva, with the help of …

11/19/2008

Sonoelastography makes hardened cancer tissue visible

Sonoelastography, a procedure that measures the elasticity of tissue and differentiates between healthy and hardened pathological tissue, will make cancer diagnosis safer in the …