CORDIS Launches EU Project Service for Researchers
EU News 03 Feb 2012
The European Union has some of the world's best research facilities and most accomplished researchers. Harnessing their full potential will help turn novel ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress. To facilitate this, the European Commission finances, either wholly or partially, a wide range of individual research and technology development projects. Details about many of these can be found on the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) - the primary information source for EU-funded projects.  A new Projects Service, launched on 16 January 2012, will...
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Abbott Release Statement on AIM-HIGH Study
Final results were presented from the AIM-HIGH study, a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) study. The study was designed to test whether raising HDL "good" cholesterol by adding Niaspan to simvastatin would provide an additional 25 percent reduction in cardiovascular outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular...
Industry News

EHRA Urges Physicians to Gain Health Economics Knowledge
Even though the use of device therapies for the treatment of heart failure, heart rhythm disturbances and atrial fibrillation has increased enormously in Europe in recent years, there still remains a fear that economic policy, and not just evidence-based therapeutic benefit, will determine access to treatments, especially at this time of financial...
Association News

Dr. Max Harry Weil, Pioneer in Critical Care, Dies at 84
Dr. Max Harry Weil, called the father of the critical care movement, died of prostate cancer at his home at age 84. The founder of the Weil Institute of Critical Care, he is credited with developing the first ICUs and introducing computerised patient monitors. "The things that we are doing right now are all because of him," said Dr....
Leader Portraits, Management, Research

Study Highlights Novel Approaches to Heart Failure
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes an “intriguing” study, published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, featuring a completely novel approach for improving endothelial function in heart failure¹.  In the “hypothesis generating” study, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)...
Research

CORDIS Launches EU Project Service for Researchers
The European Union has some of the world's best research facilities and most accomplished researchers. Harnessing their full potential will help turn novel ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress. To facilitate this, the European Commission finances, either wholly or partially, a wide range of individual research and technology...
EU News

Finding Could Reduce Antibiotic Use in Critically Ill Patients
Measuring the levels of a natural body chemical may allow doctors to reduce the duration of antibiotic use and improve the health outcomes of critically ill patients. "Infection is a common and expensive complication of critical illness and we're trying to find ways to improve the outcomes of sick, elderly patients and, at the same time...
Management, National, Research

Competition Heats Up: Top Eight Finalists Selected at IT @ Networking Awards 2012
Conference News 19 Jan 2012
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Innovative healthcare IT and medical technology solutions are one step closer to winning the coveted IT @ 2012 trophy and cash prize at the IT @ Networking Awards 2012.   Willy Heuschen, Secretary General of the European Association of Hospital Managers officially opened the event, welcoming contestants and delegates. Heuschen highlighted the increasing importance and relevance of healthcare IT and the great opportunity the IT @ Networking Awards is for decision-makers to learn about these solutions; to have access to their developers and users; and to ask questions and judge the...
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EMA Release Septrin Adverse Reaction Reports
The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has welcomed the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) release of adverse reaction reports related to Septrin, a medicine for the treatment of bacterial infections. This follows a...

Why Steroid Treatment for COPD Is Ineffective
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads to persistent inflammation of the airways and is typically managed with corticosteroids, a class of anti-inflammatory medication. However, corticosteroids do not improve survival nor alter the...

Why Steroid Treatment for COPD Is Ineffective
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads to persistent inflammation of the airways and is typically managed with corticosteroids, a class of anti-inflammatory medication. However, corticosteroids do not improve survival nor alter the...

EU News

Leading Heart Advocates Launch Afib Task Force in Brussels
Leaders from policy, medical and patient environments address European heart health in joint approach On November 29th 2011 in the European Parliament (Brussels), Cristian Busoi MEP, along with European heart advocates, announced the launch of...

Country Profiles, EU News, Management, Research

Caution Advised When Considering Patient and Colleague Feedback On Doctors
Official assessments of a doctor's professionalism should be considered carefully before being accepted due to the tendency for some doctors to receive lower scores than others, and the tendency of some groups of patient or colleague assessors...

Physicians Use Therapeutic Cooling to Treat Cardiac Arrest Patients
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the United States, and just 7 percent of victims survive that initial collapse. In addition, fewer than half of the small percentage of people whose hearts are restarted survive to leave the...

Management, Research

Hospital Superbug Debugged
An international team of scientists led by Monash University researchers has uncovered how a common hospital bacterium becomes a deadly superbug that kills increasing numbers of hospital patients worldwide and accounts for an estimated $3.2 billion...

Monitoring Patients Using Intelligent T-Shirts
Scientists at la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M -- Carlos III University in Madrid) who participate in the LOBIN consortium have developed an 'intelligent' T-shirt that monitors the human body (temperature, heart rate, etc.) and...

Time Is of the Essence When It Comes to Stroke Treatment
Time is of the essence when it comes to stroke treatment. But a new image guided technique could help shift the criterion from one that is determined by how long after the start of symptoms a patient receives medical care, suggests a small US study...

Even Mild Cognitive Impairment Appears to Substantially Increase Risk for Death, Study Suggests
Cognitive impairment, even when detected at an early, mild stage, is a significant predictor of decreased life expectancy. According to a new, long-term study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University researchers, cognitive impairment,...

Doctors' and Nurses' Hospital Uniforms Contain Dangerous Bacteria a Majority of the Time, Study Shows
More than 60 percent of hospital nurses' and doctors' uniforms tested positive for potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication...

Country Profiles, Management, Research

Practical Play: Interactive Video Games Appear Valuable for ICU Patients
Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical therapy for patients in intensive care units (ICU), new research from Johns Hopkins suggests. In a report published...

Conference News, Industry News

ESICM 2011 - Kimberly-Clark To Host Symposium Focusing On Oral Care For Ventilated Patients
Four leading experts in the care of critically ill patients will be taking part in a symposium hosted by Kimberly-Clark Healthcare at this year's European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) focusing on the role of oral care in helping to...

ESICM 2011 - Are you committed to reducing intubation? – Symposia Invitation

Two choices for CO2 removal – to find out more about SERVO-i NIV NAVA and PUMP ASSISTED LUNG PROTECTION visit the MAQUET booth and symposia.   I. SERVO-i NIV NAVA   NIV NAVA – How will synchrony change non-invasive...

ESICM 2011 - Out with the old, in with the new – New therapeutic approaches in the ICU - Symposium Invitation
You are most welcome to attend the lunch symposium   "Out with the old, in with the new – New therapeutic approaches in the ICU"   on Tuesday 4 October at 12:30 –14:00 in room Oslo, held during the ESICM LIVES...

ESICM LIVES 2011 in Berlin - EIT-lunch Session Invitation!
The exciting field of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is progressing rapidly. With PulmoVista 500 Dräger has developed the first clinical device that can be used quickly and effectively in clinical routine.   During the ESICM 2011...

Join Covidien at ESICM LIVES 2011 in Berlin
A mix of interesting topics and products will be presented and you are invited to visit the company sponsored symposia and booth during the congress.   Monday, October 3, 2011, 12:30 - 14:00, room Berlin Meet the expert: case interactive...

ESICM 2011 - Symposium Invitation - Nestlé Nutrition Institute
Nestlé Nutrition Institute Is Pleased to invite You to Their Satellite Symposium   "Nutritional Challenges in patients with prolonged ICU stay"   Monday, October 3rd * Room Athens * 12.30 - 14.00   Chairman:...

Conference News, EU News, Management, Research

Underweight COPD Patients at Higher Risk of Death
Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at a higher risk of death if they are underweight. A new study, which will be presented September 26, 2011 at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in...

Industry News, Research

Patients Are Living Longer With ICDs, but Pacing Impacts Survival Rates
The adverse effect of right ventricular pacing on implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patient survival is sustained long-term; however, the impact appears to be mitigated by cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT), based on a scientific...