Heart attacks and strokes are the most frequent medical urgency with which medics from all over the world are struggling to bring back their patients from the claws of death. Every second is precious! CPR is the most used technique to regain vital signs of patients, but often the standard procedures do not work. Those are the…
 Oxford – The thought of waking up during general anesthesia while the surgeon is using the scalpel is just so disturbing that the risk of intraoperative awareness (AWR) is often overestimated by the general public. A survey conducted with the participation of all British anesthesiologists reveals just how rare these sorts of events are. The…
It has come to our attention that a certain Dr. Med. Paul Andersen approaches medical professionals online claiming to be the Manager of EGV and thus offering strange contracts to unsuspecting candidates. He claims to be under contract with our firm, EGV Recruiting, but we can assure you that he is not, and the contract…
Paris – A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumors and inhibiting the growth of new ones, scientists reported on Sunday. Sixteen patients given a high dose of the therapy survived for 14.1 months on average, compared to 6.7 months for the 14 who got the low dose.…
 The patients, who have suffered a surgical intervention by an experienced surgeon, have a rate of mortality on long term with 22% inferior to those who have been treated by surgeons with a lower volume of surgical interventions in their list of achievements. According to which criteria should one chose his/her doctor or surgeon…
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist, has for the first time measured which country will provide overall the best health, safety and prosperity conditions for the future. Switzerland is the best place in the world in which to be born in 2013. Romania on the other hand occupies number 56…
When large-scale epidemics occur, when areas in crisis are too dangerous for many others, then the medical teams from MSF are there to ensure that the affected population can count on continual care being provided for their most basic health-care needs. They organize basic medical care, treat the injured, carry out vaccination campaigns, train local…
German labor unions start to change their opinion about Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish and Lithuanian immigrants that choose to work in Germany. They consider them colleagues and not competitors and act against their exploitation. – Deutsche Welle Numerous immigrants are forced to work in precarious conditions and are badly paid and some of them don’t know…
The high-tech times we live in have all sorts of repercussions on our day to day life. We are always connected with the fast moving world on the internet; smart phones keep track of our daily life and alter our lifestyle. Of course some of these influences can be considered negative ones, but app developers…
A company from Nevada, USA, has created a bra that examines the breasts and identifies cancerous tumors. The bra created by First Warning Systems (FWS) has integrated sensors in both cups that detect variations in temperature on the surface of the breasts that can signal the growth of tumors. According to specialists these variations appear…