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Friday, February 03, 2012
Med-e-Tel is the annual event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), THE international federation of national associations who represent their country's Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders. The ISfTeH exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth, to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide, and to offer unprecedented networking opportunities. Med-e-Tel is one of the instruments that help the ISfTeH to realize this mission. eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT are a tool at the service of medical and nurse practitioners, patients, citizens, healthcare institutions and governments. It involves many different ...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Eye tracking technologies are used in our society for a range of activities, including usability studies. Google+ recently made headlines after an eyetracking study showed that Google+ advertisements were as effective as Facebook advertisements at attracting consumers. “The eye tracking study showed that the typical pattern of response to a Google+ page is almost identical to the way the eye moves around a Facebook home page,” David F. Carr recently wrote for Information Week. “The study was conducted by EyeTrackShop, a firm that measures response to media and advertising using panels of consumers who agree to let a ...
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
Should information be free to the public, or do publishers have the right to charge for their content? What about charging for content that is in the public domain? These questions and more are at the forefront of an intellectual property debate recently sparked by the activities of Aaron Swartz, an open-access advocate who, according to The New York Times, “made his name as a member of the Internet elite as a teenager when he helped create RSS, a bit of computer code that allows people to receive automatic feeds of online notices and news.”
“Since then, he ...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
IGI Global is pleased to announce the release of our Technology in Healthcare Collection. The Technology in Healthcare Collection is a compilation of 19 scholarly titles covering topics on healthcare information systems, smart healthcare applications, electronic medical records, telehealth, and much more. Available for purchase as a print, e-book, or print/e-book combination package, the Technology in Healthcare Collection is a valuable resource for students, scholars, patients, healthcare providers, and policymakers with a desire to better understand the ways healthcare is affected by advancing technologies. Priced at a fraction of the cost to purchase each title individually, the Technology in Healthcare ...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 7.6 million people died of cancer worldwide in 2008.
One of the complexities of cancer, however, is the difficulty in differentiating between sick and healthy patients, asserts Dr. Oleg Okun of Malmo, Sweden. He explains in his recently released book, published by IGI Global, “As genes undergo changes during progression of cancer, so do gene expressions.”
“… [I]t is assumed that [in] comparing microarray gene expression levels of healthy and cancerous cells, it is possible to distinguish between these two states and ...
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Friday, May 27, 2011
The function of the human brain remains inscrutable to modern scientists: a fascinating, complex subject which still yields surprises. As The New York Times recently reported, two young girls may actually have a linked brain, one which may allow them to process sensory input from each other’s bodies. “Twins joined at the head — the medical term is craniopagus — are one in 2.5 million, of which only a fraction survive,” reported Susan Dominus on May 25 for the NY Times. “The way the girls’ brains formed beneath the surface of their fused skulls, however, makes them beyond rare: ...
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Monday, May 02, 2011
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for 7.6 million deaths internationally in 2008, according to the World Health Organization. However, while the U.S. National Institutes of Health indicate that “the cause of many cancers remains unknown,” persons with relatives who have battled cancer face a heightened risk of contracting this disease. Some Americans even opt for genetic counseling to determine their risk level for contracting this disease.
In one of IGI Global’s forthcoming titles, Feature Selection and Ensemble Methods for Bioinformatics: Algorithmic Classification and Implementations, author Dr. Oleg Okun of Malmo, Sweden ...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Scientists believe that stem cell research has the potential to reveal treatments for a variety of human illnesses. According to FastCompany.com, researchers at New York University Medical Center, in partnership with the Israeli company Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc. hope to test whether stem cells from human placentas can help relieve Diabetic ulcers, a common complication of diabetes which can necessitate amputation. FastCompany.com describes itself as “the world's leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design” that is “written for, by, and about the most progressive business leaders…”
“[Pluristem’s] ...
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Alternative medicine is a growing and thriving component of American society. “The 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which included a comprehensive survey of [complementary and alternative medicine] CAM use by Americans, showed that approximately 38 percent of adults use CAM,” according to the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
However, some persons feel that their doctors are hostile to their use of CAM, whether in addition to, or as an alternative to, traditional medical practices. The founder of the Platelet Disorder Support Association (PDSA), Joan W. Young, shares her personal story in ...
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Many developed countries are experiencing an aging population, and as the number of elderly in society grows, so too do the medical costs. Some scientists are trying to develop new technologies which can reduce the resulting cost burdens and human resource shortages. For example, several years ago Japanese researchers developed Twendy-One, a robot designed to perform caretaker duties.
Other innovations designed to decrease health care costs include the development and implementation of E-Health technologies. In IGI Global’s recently released book, Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies: Concepts, Methods and Applications, editors Martina Ziefle and Carsten Röcker discuss how ...
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