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Can Science Writing be Automated?

The work of a science writer, including this one, includes reading journal papers filled with specialized technical terminology, and figuring out how to explain their contents in language that readers without a scientific background can understand. Now, a team of scientists at MIT and elsewhere has developed a neural network, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), that can do much the same thing,

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CardioSecur® Knows the History of your Heart

Cardiovascular diseases are still one of the most common causes of death worldwide, that is why today it is more important than ever to know about one's heart. The ideal method for detecting heart events is to perform ECG readings at regular intervals.

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Patients Given Unprecedented Access to X-Rays, Ultrasound and other Imaging

A network that connects every NHS acute hospital in England is giving thousands of patients unprecedented and easy online access to everything from their x-rays through to ultrasound, CT and MRI scans, and a great deal more.

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Croatia to Start the Exchange of ePrescriptions and Patient Summaries

For summer season, Croatia will dispense ePrescriptions for Finnish citizens and allow the access of Czech patient summaries, while Croatians travelling Estonia can get their ePrescriptions dispensed there. These exchanges will now be possible as the eHealth Network, comprising e-health agencies in Europe, agreed on 2 April 2019 that

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Have an Innovative Digital Health Solution? Partner with G4A

G4A Partnerships are a great opportunity to get your solution in front of Bayer executives and decision makers. All the applications will be reviewed by key stakeholders who have global visibility and responsibility. If selected for the challenge(s) you've applied to, you will engage in conversations with Bayer representatives to determine a model of partnership that is mutually beneficial.

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A Passion for Value-Based Innovations in Medicine

10 - 12 October 2019, Berlin, Germany.
International leaders in medicine aim at analyzing, evaluating, and incorporating the major developments in the field into the ecosystem of XPOMET Medicinale. These leaders forming the Medical Board met on 20 March to discuss the trending topics and how to approach them regarding the structure and goals of the Festival.

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Microsoft is Closing its HealthVault Service

Microsoft is notifying via e-mail the registered users of the HealthVault platform that the service will become unavailable on November 20, 2019. HealthVault is a service for storing personal health and medical records and information (a.k.a. PHR) so they can be shared with health professionals. The text of the e-mail from Microsoft reads:

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Successful Debut for DMEA - Connecting Digital Health

9 - 11 April 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Attended by some 10,800 visitors, 570 exhibitors and 350 speakers, after three days DMEA, Europe's leading event for digital health, came to a successful conclusion. Featuring new interactive formats with a wider range of topics and targeting a larger audience, the successor to conhIT was able to reposition itself as the platform for digital healthcare.

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Siemens Healthineers and Heart Center in Portugal Partner for Improved Care Continuum

The Hospital da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Red Cross Hospital) in Lisbon and Siemens Healthineers have signed a ten-year partnership agreement for the new heart center. The heart center will focus on the full cardiovascular continuum - prevention, early detection, treatment and follow-up of cardiovascular diseases, aiming at being one of the most modern in Portugal.

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Text Messages Show Promise as Next Step for Improving Heart Health in China

Motivational text messages are a well-liked, feasible new way to provide additional support to Chinese patients with heart disease, reports a preliminary study by researchers at Yale and in China. However, the study did not prove that these targeted text messages led to an improvement in blood pressure control amongst the recipients, the intended outcome.

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