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NIH-funded HIV clinical research sites to join pediatric tuberculosis vaccine study

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Several U.S. government-funded HIV/AIDS clinical research sites in Africa will join other collaborators in an ongoing clinical trial testing an investigational tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in infants at risk for TB infection. “We are pleased to be able to tap into our existing HIV/AIDS clinical research infrastructure to help test promising investigational vaccines against TB,” said [...]

SABIC at Pharmapack – New resins for healthcare

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At Pharmapack 2012, SABIC Launches New Resins to Reinforce Strong Portfolio of Thermoplastics for Healthcare Sittard, the Netherlands, 20120130 — Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) will be at Pharmapack Europe (Paris, February 15-16), the annual European Healthcare event, with a wide range of polyolefins and engineering thermoplastics developed specifically for the global healthcare industry. The [...]

Enrollment in First MRgFUS Essential Tremor Feasibility Trial Completed

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January issue of Neurosurgical Focus devoted to MRgFUS brain research InSightec Ltd, the global leader in MR guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy, announced today that it has completed enrollment in the world’s first feasibility study [http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01304758?term=ExAblate&rank=4 ] evaluating the use of MRgFUS for treatment of Essential [http://www.insightec.com/Essential_Tremor.html ] Tremor, using ExAblate(R) Neuro at University of [...]

8th European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) Annual Conference

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“Fighting fraud in healthcare and social security ? How to maximize results?”   Every year, approximately 56 billion ? are lost to fraud and error in healthcare alone across Europe; this is equivalent to the salaries of 2.5 million nurses or to the building of 3500 healthcare clinics throughout Europe?, Paul Vincke, President EHFCN Join [...]

Souvenaid: Milkshake to improve the memory with Alzheimer

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Souvenaid® is a once-a-day nutritional drink for memory. It contains key nutrients that interact to help build nerve connections in the brain. This patented combination of nutrients, called Fortasyn™ Connect, includes omega-3 fatty acids, choline, uridine monophosphate, and a mixture of antioxidants and B vitamins. Souvenaid® has been shown in a clinical study presented at [...]

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iSOFT shows interdisciplinary data-exchange on MIC

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isoft 150x150 iSOFT shows interdisciplinary data exchange on MICAt the MIC Congres on the 26th and 27th of November in Veldhoven, iSOFT will show eleven solutions concerning interdisciplinary data-exchange. Visitors can look and experience demo’s of the Lorenzo-EPD, Multi Media Sharing-XDS in combination with Mirador, MicroHis X and demo’s of several Connectors, under which the Connector Patiëntinschrijving (Patient registration). Also, iSOFT will demonstrate the connection to the National EPD (Electronic Patient Record) and other pharmaceutical solutions.

The various demo’s follow four Lines: GP/Hospital, Patient/Hospital, Hospital/Pharmacy and the connection to the National EPD. The first line applies to the data-exchange from hospital to the GP’s. Through the Lorenzo-EPD viewer, GP’s are able to have access to the patients record in the hospital. With MMS-XDS, GP’s can view and review photographic material made in the hospital, such as the patient’s ECG scan. (more…)

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Concateno at MEDICA: drugs and alcohol abuse – better tests, better treatment

Concateno marks MEDICA’s 40th anniversary with Innovations Platform MEDICA, Hall 1 CO4, Messe-Dusseldorf (November 18-21 2009) Concateno, Europe’s leading provider of drug and alcohol test services, is hosting an Innovations Platform at MEDICA, the international medical diagnostics trade fair, to showcase its new products and leading-edge solutions from its R&D programme. “Concateno has a strong [...]

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ALK today announced the initiation of its landmark GRAZAX® Asthma Prevention (GAP) trial.

GAP will be the largest ever trial to investigate the asthma preventive effect of specific immunotherapy in children (5–12 years old) with allergic grass pollen rhinoconjunctivitis, commonly known as ‘hay fever’. The European, multicentre, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial will follow approximately 600 children with a diagnosis of grass pollen allergic rhinoconjunctivitis over a period of 5 [...]

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New UMC Utrecht EMBO member

Cell biologist Dr. Catherine Rabouille from the UMC Utrecht has been elected as EMBO member. Recently the European Molecular Biology Organization made public the names of 66 new members, among them two Dutch researchers. Dr. Catherine Rabouille is associate professor at the Department of Cell Biology and she studies membrane traffic in a developing organism, [...]

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Georgias health system performance: significant steps taken but challenges remain

At a time when Georgia faces not only the effects of the global economic crisis but also significant health challenges, it is crucial for the Government to continue to consolidate and further advance its ambitious health system reforms to protect the poor and the most vulnerable. These are the conclusions of a new report prepared [...]

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Deviant genes linked to Parkinson’s

PEOPLE of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, two large teams of researchers have found. The two independent studies, published in the latest issue of Nature Genetics, involved more than 25,000 participants – the largest studies to try to uncover genetic [...]

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