Stockholm – British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells – a discovery that scientists hope to turn into new treatments. Scientists want to harness the reprogramming to create replacement…
Yes! You read it right. It’s all about the new Eye-Phone not the iPhone, although an iPhone can become an Eye-phone… The Eye-Phone in the picture above is the “brain-child†of a young British doctor in cooperation with a Finnish phone company. Andrew Bastawrous from the London School of Hygiene and tropical Medicine connected to…
Recently, we held a short survey designed to better understand our candidates’ wishes and desires when it comes to moving abroad and starting a career as a foreign doctor in a foreign land. The survey was relatively simple with just two separate questions. In which country would you rather see yourself working as a doctor?…
Since childhood, parents and teachers encourage youngsters to choose for their future a suitable career that they would like. Most of them do that. On the other hand there is also another factor to take in consideration: Choosing a career or field that pays off to its potential in concordance with the work input. Throughout…
Berlin – “Surgery consists of more than just the pure surgical act†, this statement was pointed out by the German Society of Surgery, prior to a joint session noted with different sub-affiliates in August. “A well performed surgery is not composed by only the professionally executed operation, rather it is the result of…
New treatment methods for cancer are soon to be perfected! Researchers at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital have developed a vaccine that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. So far tested only on mice, the work is part of a burgeoning field of research into how to use the immune system…
According to the new draft Law on organization and functioning of the health system, physicians from third EU countries, beneficiaries of permanent resident status in Romania and doctors beneficiaries of long-term resident status granted by one of the EU will be entitled to practice in Romania. “We had solicitations from medics from the USA, Israel…
“Prices for goods and services in Romania are at about 60% of the EU average, but the salaries are 4 times smaller†– states the title of the Romanian newspaper “Ziarul Financiar†The prices of goods and services in Romania are at about 60% of the EU average, but the Romanians find themselves paying far…
The plane is on its way to Zurich and before touching the ground three of its passengers look through the window asking themselves: Could this be my home in the future? They are doctors who applied through us for a job in a Swiss health care establishment and we organized a study tour in which…
Berlin – The vast majority of doctors are satisfied with their work. This is what the result from the medical monitor of Statutory Health Insurance National Physicians Association (KBV) and NAV-Virchow-Bund presented in Berlin. 98% of the 11.000 physicians interviewed by telephone consider their work useful and meaningful, 93% are making their work fun and…