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Brain-Machine Interface Triggers Recovery for Paraplegic Patients

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, a young Brazilian man, paralyzed from the chest down, delivered the opening kickoff. He used a brain-machine interface, allowing him to control the movements of a lower-limb robotic exoskeleton. This unprecedented scientific demonstration was the work of the Walk Again Project (WAP), a nonprofit, international research consortium

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Open Call SC1-PM-02-2017: New Concepts in Patient Stratification

Patient stratification aims at grouping patients into disease sub-groups, where the specific pathological processes involved are better defined (clinical/molecular phenotypes). This will lead to the development of targeted therapies, optimizing the intervention to individual patients, thus achieving greater success in treating or curing the patient.

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Patientrack Hospitals Win Awards Worldwide for Life-saving Innovations

Hospitals across England, Scotland and New Zealand have been recognised for innovative work to save lives by judging panels across the world, after achieving a major impact on patient safety with Patientrack.

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New Company Dedicated to the Development of Bioelectronic Medicines

GSK (LSE/NYSE: GSK) has announced an agreement with Verily Life Sciences LLC (formerly Google Life Sciences), an Alphabet company, to form Galvani Bioelectronics to enable the research, development and commercialisation of bioelectronic medicines. GSK will hold a 55% equity interest in the new jointly owned company and Verily will hold 45%.

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Wolters Kluwer Launches Zika Resource Portal

The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has launched the Zika Resource Portal, a single point of access to trusted clinical knowledge and current information to help healthcare professionals worldwide stay up-to-date on the rapidly spreading virus.

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100 Insights into the Future of Medicine in One Day: European Health Science Match 2016

26 September 2016, Ludwigshafen/Rhine, Germany.
Up to 100 distinguished European scientists will present the key findings of their research in pharma, biotech and medicine at the European Health Science Match conference. The speakers have 3 minutes each to present their work and wow the audience.

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MEDICA 2016 + COMPAMED 2016: Trend Barometer of a Dynamic Market

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.

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Leading Digital Health Alliances Announce Partnership to Support Inaugural World of Health IT Hosted by HIMSS Europe

21 - 22 November 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
The European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance) and Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHA) have signed a pivotal agreement to deliver key programme elements for the inaugural World of Health IT (WoHIT) event being held by HIMSS Europe.

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Webranking by Comprend: European Healthcare Sector

In an increasingly challenging and competitive environment, this analysis investigates how well leading European healthcare firms meet the growing expectations of stakeholders in terms of transparency and dialogue through digital channels. Who is taking the lead?

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Low Rate of Internet Use by Seniors for Health Purposes

The sickest, most expensive, and fastest growing segment of the U.S. population are seniors 65 years and older. Digital health technology has been advocated as a solution to improve health care quality, cost, and safety. However, little is known about digital health use among seniors.

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