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EC Open Call SC1-PM-15-2017: Personalised Coaching for Well-Being and Care of People as they Age

The activity aims at developing and validating radically new ICT based concepts and approaches for empowering and motivating people in need of guidance and care due to age related conditions, in cooperation with their carers where relevant, and to help them improve and maintain their independence, functional capacity, health status as well as preserving their physical, cognitive, mental and social well-being.

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Open Call SC1-HCO-08-2017: Actions to Bridge the Divide in European Health Research and Innovation

Despite serious efforts deployed at national and European level, the European Union sees significant internal disparities in terms of research and innovation performance as also identified in the Innovation Union Scoreboard. The disparities are equally present in health research and innovation and this call seeks solutions specifically adapted to this domain.

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MEDICA 2016 + COMPAMED 2016 with over 5,000 Exhibitors for the First Time

14 - 17 November 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany.
When top decision-makers in the healthcare business meet in Düsseldorf again in the middle of November at the world's leading medical trade fair, MEDICA 2016, 5,000 exhibitors from around 70 countries will be presenting themselves once more as partners in unchanged enthusiastic innovation - offering tailored solutions for outpatient and clinical care. According to the European Patent Office, in 2015 no other technological sector submitted as many patent applications worldwide as the field of medical technology.

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Agfa's Update to the Market and Investors

With reference to the news release 'CompuGroup Medical Indicates an Interest in a Potential Acquisition of All of the Issued Shares of Agfa' published on October 28, 2016, Agfa-Gevaert NV ("Agfa") provides an update to the market and investors.

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Crack the Human Brain

The time is ripe, the communication technology is available, for teams from different labs and different countries to join efforts and apply new forms of grassroots collaborative research in brain science. This is the right way to gradually upscale the study of the brain so as to usher it into the era of Big Science, claim neuroscientists in Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. And they are already putting ideas into action.

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Philips and Masimo Sign Multi-Year Business Partnership Agreement in Patient Monitoring and Select Therapy Solutions

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) and Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced a wide-ranging, multi-year business partnership involving both companies' innovations in patient monitoring and therapy solutions. The partnership includes joint marketing and sales programs in North America and certain markets in Asia and Europe for Masimo's non-invasive sensor technologies, such as its rainbow® and SET® platforms, in conjunction with Philips' patient monitoring and select therapy solutions.

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Frontiers Health 2016

17 - 18 November 2016, Berlin, Germany.
Healthcare is being transformed and to a good extent will be disrupted by digital technologies. Frontiers Health has been designed to provide a unique experiential platform to learn, exchange and get inspired. Practitioners of disruptive health will engage in many highly inspirational, informative and controversial lessons and conversations all meant to give companies, entrepreneurs and VCs a useful roadmap, key insights and top level learning.

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Telemedicine, in Addition to Clinical Care, May Help Manage Diabetes

Telemedicine, including text messaging and Web portals, may help patients with diabetes and their doctors manage blood sugar levels, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The prevalence of diabetes has more than doubled worldwide in the last 30 years, to 382 million in 2013, and is projected to increase to 592 million in 2035.

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Philips Provides Company Update on HealthTech Strategy and Performance Roadmap at Capital Markets Day

At a meeting with investors and financial analysts today in London, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) will provide the financial markets with an update on the company's transformation into a global HealthTech leader and the performance roadmap.

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Daily Mood Tracking Made Easy with the Happy by Medelinked App

The Happy by Medelinked app is a new free way for people to look after their mental wellbeing by recording how they are feeling throughout the day and to see their happiness progress over time. Using simple graphics and tick boxes people can record if they are 'happy', 'content' or 'unhappy' to track their moods day-by-day.

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