Working with Medecins Sans Frotieres (MSF)

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…

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A change of perspective in the eyes of the German labor unions regarding East-European immigrants

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…

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German patients are more than happy with their doctors

Berlin – German patients are in general satisfied by their visits to the doctor. This fact was revealed in a study conducted by Berndan-Schmittmann-Stiftung to which 7683 patients were subjected in 166 Doctor Practices from 2008 until 2011. The “impact” question of the whole study was: “Do you have any suggestions on how the quality…

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A bra that can identify breast cancer symptoms

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…

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Nobel Prize for Medicine 2012

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…

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The New EYE-PHONE for Eye-doctors

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…

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