Search Tag: Medicine
Personalised-radiology-the-role-of-imaging-in-personalised-medicine
2013 07 Mar
Healthcare professionals are becoming increasingly convinced of the benefits of personalised medicine (PM), a patient-centred approach in which the patient receives the right treatment at the right time. Radiologists should fully understand how this new idea will influence their work in the coming years, said Professor Gabriel P. Krestin, president...Read more
Nuclear-medicine-and-radiopharmaceuticals-market-2012-2017
2013 29 Apr
Markets and Markets has released a new report on the nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceuticals market. The Nuclear Medicine/ Radiopharmaceuticals Market [SPECT/PET Radioisotopes (Technetium, F-18)], [Beta/Alpha Radiation Therapy (I131, Y-90)], [Applications (Cancer/Oncology, Cardiac)] & Stable Isotopes (Deuterium, C-13) - Global Trends & Forecast...Read more
Nobel-prize-winner-s-work-could-aid-precision-medicine
2013 19 Dec
James E. Rothman, Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine 2013, spent the most extraordinary week of his life in Sweden when accepting ‘the once in a lifetime recognition’ with his colleagues Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof at the Nobel Awards ceremony in Stockholm. During his trip Rothman, also senior advisor to GE Global Research...Read more
Medica-2014-education-conference-where-medicine-and-technology-meet
2014 10 Feb
This year’s MEDICA Education Conference, part of the industry show MEDICA 2014 in Düsseldorf (November 12th through 15th) is dedicated to the interrelations between medicine and technology. The conference theme is “Medicine meets technology – technology meets medicine”. As an academic conference, the event addresses physicians and medical professionals,...Read more
Updated-guidelines-influence-quality-improvement-in-cardiology-practices
2014 28 May
A study in the May 28 issue of JAMA analyses variations in over 600 recommendations for practice guidelines by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) published or revised since 1998. All of the recommendations were class I, referring to procedures and treatments which should be performed or administered. Those recommendations,...Read more
Mayo-clinic-offers-online-video-education
2014 17 Jul
Mayo Clinic has recently announced that it will be offering online video education for medical professionals. This will include lectures and clinical presentations on innovation and progress in research, patient care and medical education. These courses will be available for medical professionals through the institute’s online medical professional...Read more
Getting-started-with-a-health-blog
2015 03 Feb
The Internet is full of blogs. They are multi-themed sites, self-managed by the authors and demonstrative of, and only limited by, the authors’ level of creativity. They are potentially accessible to anyone and everyone. There are numerous health blogs, but the proportion of health professionals who are bloggers is low. Having a blog is a cost-effective...Read more
Esicm-lives-2015-1
2015 03 Oct
The Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) is proud to host LIVES 2015 , the 28th Annual Congress of the Society, at Citycube, in Berlin, Germany during the commemorative year of the 25TH anniversary of the monumental fall of the Berlin Wall. Thousands of intensive care and allied healthcare professionals from around the world will converge ...Read more
18th-european-health-forum-gastein-2015
2015 30 Sep
The EHFG is the leading health policy event in the EU and takes place annually. It provides a major platform for decision-makers in various fields of public health & health care. With its wide-ranging three-day programme, the EHFG offers an unparalleled opportunity to exchange information about a broad spectrum of contemporary health issues. Read more
Insights-into-personality-implications-in-physician-profiles
2016 05 Jan
According to a scientific study published in 2013 by acclaimed NASA toxicologist Dr. John T. James, an estimated 210,000 to 440,000 people die each year due to preventable medical errors (James 2013). Further examination reveals that medical errors would then be the third largest cause of death in the United States (Allen 2013). A driving component...Read more
Tokyo-2016
2016 16 Oct
ISQua is delighted to collaborate with the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JQ) to host our 33rd International scientific meeting on quality and safety in health care in Tokyo, Japan 16 - 19 October 2016 . ISQua aims to promote and support continuous improvement in the quality and safety of health care worldwide. Japan, with the world's...Read more
Ific-2016
2016 16 Mar
IFIC2016 finds itself in Vienna, the ‘City of Music’. It is a city with strong associations with Ignaz Semmelweis, the father of modern “hygiene”, and thus of healthcare infection prevention and control. Today, this field of work is – as many other aspects of our lives – confronted with intriguing perspectives as well as frightening but exciting challenges....Read more
Asia-pacific-drug-formulation-bioavailability-congress
2016 05 Sep
Asia Pacific Drug Formulation & Bioavailability Congress” which will be held from September 05-07, 2016 in Beijing, China. In this regard, we would like to have your cooperation as media partner for our upcoming conference and galvanize the scientific community. Formulation-2016 Theme: Advanced Formulation perspectives for Comprehensive...Read more
12th-rsm-medical-innovations-summit
2016 16 Apr
The Royal Society of Medicine is delighted to host its 12th Medical Innovations Summit and would like to invite you to a day of inspirational presentations by extraordinary innovators and entrepreneurs. You will be able to enjoy a packed and stimulating day, which might well prove unforgettable. Come and meet individuals who are driven to achieve...Read more
Ismrm-24th-annual-meeting
2016 07 May
ISMRM – The Power of Science, Technology & Practice The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) is a multi-disciplinary nonprofit association that promotes innovation, development, and application of magnetic resonance techniques in medicine and biology throughout the world. We are a community made up of clinicians, physicists,...Read more
Analytica-2016
2016 10 May
ANALYTICA 2016, 25th International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Analytica Conference is starting on 10 May, 2016 and ending on 13 May, 2016. The Trade Show, Fair and Exhibition location is Messe Munich International. You will find the opportunity to discover the latest advances in Science, Chemistry, Medical,...Read more
How-comics-play-a-role-in-medicine
2016 01 Jul
Jorge Muniz is an internal medicine physician assistant, illustrator, and author of Medcomic: The Most Entertaining Way to Study Medicine . Tell us a little bit about your background. How did you get into illustrating and then connect that to medicine? Although a career in the arts was something I thought about, when I started college...Read more
Medicine-technology-and-humanity-intertwined-zoom-on-rafael-beyar
2016 16 Nov
Professor Rafael Beyar is General Director of Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, the major academic hospital serving northern Israel. He received his MD from Tel Aviv University (1977), his DSc from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion (1983), and his MPH from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University...Read more
Cars-2017-31st-international-congress-and-exhibition-on-computer-assisted-radiology-surgery
2017 20 Jun
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23rd-sesam-annual-meeting-society-in-europe-for-the-simulation-applied-to-medicine
2017 14 Jun
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34th-world-congress-of-internal-medicine-wcim-2018
2018 18 Oct
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Football-medicine-strategies
2017 13 May
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Opportunities-to-be-mindful-lurk-in-every-clinical-encounter
2017 26 Feb
The wife of a hospitalised friend called me one Saturday morning in tears. Gary had been diagnosed two weeks earlier with early-stage bladder cancer and underwent cystoscopic surgery. The catheter was removed a few days later then was put back in because of urinary retention. His urologist removed the catheter, again, on a Thursday afternoon. By Friday...Read more
Prevention-is-the-best-form-of-medicine
2017 18 Apr
Hospitals and other healthcare organisations (HCOs) are increasingly singled out by cyber criminals for ransomware and other attacks. Not only are patients’ sensitive records being targeted, but also their intellectual property or credit card information. The primary reasons for the HCO vulnerabilities are outdated security architectures,...Read more
Committing-to-the-future-of-medicine
2018 25 Jan
T h e f u t u r e i s n o t s o f ar o f f a s a n e w bo o k o n f u t u r e he al t h c a r e s h o ws A new book r eleased by Jacobs Institu t e has its finger on the pulse of th e lightning-speed changes...Read more