Online message board for diabetics
A new website, Diabetes Support, has been launched to allow people with diabetes to exchange knowledge and experiences with other people with the condition, their family and carers.
Telemedicine
Satellite monitoring can predict cholera outbreaks in India
Scientists have found that cholera outbreaks can be predicted using satellite monitoring of marine environments, especially in India and Bangladesh where such epidemics occur regularly.
Europe aims to boost telemedicine
The European Commission telemedicine communication aims to increase and broaden telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe.
MedlinePlus: National Library of Medicine Brings FreeMD.com Symptom Checker to Health Consumers
DSHI Systems, which uses new technology to give people likely diagnoses for their medical conditions online, has partnered with MedlinePlus, the leading authority for online health information.
TATA Steel hosts Lifeline Express
Tata Steel is hosting the 14th Lifeline Express at Nazareth Railway Station in Tuticorin district.
European Commission adopts plans distance healthcare programme to help doctors
The European Commission has adopted Communication to support and improve access to telemedicine for EU citizens and healthcare professionals across Europe. In response to a call for action from Member States, this initiative aims to increase and broaden telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe.
Telemedicine could solve India’s healthcare woes says UN official
With the growing cost of healthcare becoming a major headache for governments across the world, tele-medicine could provide a solution to India and other countries grappling with the problem, said a UN official.
TI developing remote asthma monitoring device
Telemedicine researchers have developed technologies for remotely monitoring various bodily functions, including heart rate, blood pressure and even brain function.
Specialists assist emergency telemedicine consultations
Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), has announced that it recently performed its 5,000th emergency neurology consultation via telemedicine since the Company’s inception in 2005.
Unilabs buys Belgian teleradilology firm
Unilabs says the acquisition will enable it to develop teleradiology services on a pan-European basis. At present EuradConsult carries out around 40,000 teleradiology MRI reports a year.
Growth of eHealthConnect and organ transplants
eHealth Global Technologies has announced that it has established its eHealthConnect medical record retrieve and e-delivery service at more than 25 solid organ transplant departments across the US since launching the service just 18 months ago.
State Department, IBM build telehealth bridge to rural Pakistan
A telemedicine project by the State Department, IBM, and other public and private organizations has enabled medical specialists to treat patients in remote, medically underserved areas of northern Pakistan, some of whom have suffered for years from easily treatable diseases.
