The outlook for radiology in Europe is not all gloomy, but there are wide variations in staffing and reimbursement, according to a survey of European Society of Radiology (ESR) member national societies. Professor Elisabeth Schouman-Claeys from Paris, France,  presented insights from the recent survey at the Management in Radiology session at the European Congress of Radiology on Saturda

The outlook for research in cardiac imaging was the theme of the Josef Lissner Honorary Lecture at ECR 2014, given by Albert de Roos,  Professor of Radiology at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.de Roos suggested that the motivation to go into research is controversial these days. However, personal interest should be the primary motive. Radiologists are applying great tools

Dell DRIVE Plus integrates Agfa HealthCare's ICIS enterprise imaging solution to consolidate the full scope of patient data in one easy view Collaboration advances the "Evolution of Visual Healthcare" by uniting Dell's Unified Clinical Archive (UCA) solution with Agfa HealthCare's ICIS platform to create a comprehensive image-enabled EHR Fully integrated "document + image" EHR increases

Norse Global Threat Intelligence Platform Identifies Healthcare Organizations' Compromised Networks, Applications, Devices and SystemsIn association with SANS, the most trusted and largest source for information security training, certification and research, Norse, the leading provider of live threat intelligence solutions, has released the SANS-Norse Healthcare Cyberthreat Report. Developed

In a recent study published online in the JAMA Internal Medicine issue of February 24, a team of researchers led by Yoko Yokoyama, PhD, MPH, of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, Japan, has found a link between a vegetarian diet and lower blood pressure.As the development of hypertension is influenced by factors such as diet, body weight, physical activity and alcohol intake

A team of researchers has developed the technology for a catheter-based device that would be able to provide real time, 3-D imaging from inside a persons’ heart, coronary arteries and peripheral blood vessels. This innovate device could offer better guidance during heart surgery and enable more clearing of clogged arteries to be done without the necessity of major surgery.Integrating ultrasou

A recent study conducted by a team of academics from the UK’s University of Lincoln and The University of Nottingham, and published in the scientific journal Vaccine, has found that patients who had been vaccinated against influenza were 24% less likely to suffer a stroke in the same flu season.During previous research in 2010 the same team showed a similar link between flu vaccination and reduced

EMBO and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) announce Pascale Cossart, a world renowned bacteriologist and Professor at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, as the winner of the 2014 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award.    Professor Cossart receives the award for her outstanding contributions to the study of how bacteria infect human and other cells, her active role

New research findings, published online in the February 19 edition of JAMA Psychiatry, show that delirium in older patients hospitalised for acute medical illness could be prevented with nightly administration of a melatonin agonist.A team of researchers led by Kotaro Hatta, MD, PhD, University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, conducted a multicenter, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. It showe

Oral hygiene has become a standard procedure in the fight against ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in today’s hospitals. Intersurgical is introducing an extended range of oral care products to meet the increasing diversified needs of the practitioners. OroCare Aspire is a new toothbrush with suction-only properties. This brush closes the gap between simple brushes and high suction-and-ir