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New Technology Helps to Improve Treatment for NHS Patients with Depression

A new web-based "feedback" technology which allows therapists to accurately monitor how patients with depression are coping has been found to reduce the probability of deterioration during psychological treatment by 74%, a new study has found. The study, which is the largest controlled trial of its kind, involved data from more than 2,000 mental health patients treated across multiple NHS Trusts in England.

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New Tissue-Imaging Technology could Enable Real-Time Diagnostics, Map Cancer Progression

A new microscope system can image living tissue in real time and in molecular detail, without any chemicals or dyes, report researchers at the University of Illinois. The system uses precisely tailored pulses of light to simultaneously image with multiple wavelengths. This enables the researchers to study concurrent processes within cells and tissue, and could give cancer researchers a new tool for tracking tumor progression and physicians new technology for tissue pathology and diagnostics.

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Bad Habits that Lead to Cancer, Chronic Disease Corrected by mHealth Intervention

Does this sound like someone you know? He or she spends too much time in front of screens, gets little exercise and eats a diet high in fat and low in fruits and vegetables. It likely sounds familiar because it describes a significant portion of the U.S. population. A new Northwestern Medicine study found that a lifestyle intervention could fully normalize these four unhealthy behaviors, which put people at risk of developing heart disease and common cancers, including breast, colon and prostate.

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Siemens Healthineers and KinetiCor Present Jointly Developed MRI Technologies for Real-Time Motion Correction

Siemens Healthineers and KinetiCor present at the 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Paris (June 16 - 21, 2018) the joint results of their strategic agreement to co-develop technologies for patient monitoring and correction of patient motion in MRI exams. The strategic collaboration of both companies involves the joint development of an MRI in-bore camera system to expand precision medicine.

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conhIT Becomes DMEA - A New Name that Signals the Transition from an Industry Meeting Place to the Platform for Digital Healthcare

9 - 11 April 2019, Berlin, Germany.
After 11 years conhIT - Connecting Healthcare IT, Europe's leading health IT event for decision-makers in the health industry, healthcare policymaking and science, is to receive a new name: DMEA. The new heading reflects a major evolution in the strategy and content of the conhIT trade fair and congress concept.

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Philips Expands its Therapeutic Care Business with the Acquisition of Remote Diagnostic Technologies

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced that it has acquired Remote Diagnostic Technologies (RDT), a UK-based leading innovator of advanced solutions for the pre-hospital market providing monitoring, cardiac therapy and data management. RDT's portfolio of comprehensive connected emergency care solutions will complement Philips' Therapeutic Care business and strengthen its leadership position in the EUR 1.4 billion resuscitation and emergency care market.

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University of Tokyo's RCAST, Fujitsu, and Kowa Successfully Create Promising New Compounds to Fight Drug-Resistant Cancer

The University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), Fujitsu Limited, and Kowa Company Ltd. today announced that using IT-based drug discovery technologies, which entails computer-based virtual design and evaluation, they have successfully created new small molecule compounds that can inhibit cancer-causing "target proteins," and that demonstrate promise against cancers that have shown resistance to existing drugs.

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Lexmark Partners with NHS Shared Business Services in Managed Print Services

Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced a partnership with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to enable the public sector to utilise Lexmark technology to support their aim of meeting paperless and digital targets, whilst delivering savings, efficiencies and improving patient care. The framework allows Lexmark to integrate hardware and software platforms to drive interoperability and 'paperlight' working environments within the Public Sector.

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Open Call MSCA-IF-2018: Individual Fellowships

The goal of the Individual Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers, wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility. Individual Fellowships provide opportunities to researchers of any nationality to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research and innovation in Europe (EU Member States and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries) and beyond.

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Siemens Healthineers Assists Swiss Post with eHealth Solution for Electronic Health Records

To expand its portfolio in the area of eHealth, Swiss Post will make use of the Siemens Healthineers eHealth Solutions(1) in the future. The eHealth solution offered by Swiss Post, which includes the electronic patient record, will provide secure networking between patients and players in the healthcare industry. Working in partnership with Siemens Healthineers will enable Swiss Post to provide new eHealth services for its customers.

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