Interpretation of medical news
In cooperation with researchers from the US, Israel and Europe, the Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni van Leeuwenhoek) has developed a new immune therapy for metastasised melanoma. During the next four years, the therapy will be available in research context and covered by health insurance. Continue reading
This year, the Dutch Medicines Days 2014 (DMD) were predominated by the subject of personalised medicine. Medical doctors, researchers and delegates from insurance providers and pharmaceutical companies discussed implementation and innovative treatment methods considering this subject. The DMD is a congress on innovative drug research, hosted by the Federation for Innovative Drug Research in the Netherlands (FIGON). Continue reading
Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first describes a tool to measure quality and outcomes in colorectal surgery. The second describes how viral infections in the mother can affect the neuronal development in the baby. Continue reading
American researchers R. Craig Lefebvre, PhD and Alexandra S. Bornkessel, MA have published an article in Circulation, a publication by the American Heart Association, about social media and healthcare, Social Media as a Tool in Medicine. Continue reading
Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first describes a method to track transplanted stem cells to repair injured knees. The second shows that the incidence of psychiatric illness is strikingly high in gang members. Continue reading
In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first describes the development of a new microneedle adhesive for use in surgery. The second study identifies a gene, Meis1, which is important in the production of new heart cells. Continue reading
Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial, we want to highlight an interesting discovery about the predictive value of a person’s heart rate. According to Danish researchers, a high heart rate may be an independent risk factor for mortality. In the British Medical Journal, they report that men with higher heart rates were more likely to die, even if these men were physically fit. Continue reading
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