Wearables for a World Without Disease: Interview with imec ’s Chris Van Hoof
Medgadget was recently invited to attend the imec Technology Forum conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Imec is a non-profit R&D innovation organization specializing in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. Like many digital hardware companies, imec saw a lot of potential in healthcare technologies and started researching them about 12 years ago.
Chris Van Hoof has been there since the beginning. As the Director of Connected Health activities at imec, he oversees all the research that goes into wearables, smart sensors, and more. In the midst of a busy first ITF conference day, Chris was kind enough to sit down with us ...
Source: Medgadget - May 29, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Exclusive Medicine Public Health Rehab Sports Medicine Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
What Does the Future Hold for Proton Therapy?
Around 40 years ago, Belgian researcher Yves Jongen believed that proton technology could be the most effective form of cancer treatment. In2013, he won a European Inventor award for his proton generating device. Now, in 2018, there are over 27 proton therapy centers in the United States and most of them are facing serious financial hardship due to insurance restrictions and lack of evidence that shows the procedure is better option than traditional radiation.Proton therapy utilizes nuclear particle accelerators to shoot proton beams into tumors at lightning fast speeds. The machines take up enormous space, sometimes as wi...
Source: radRounds - May 10, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 493
It ' s time for our monthly case from Idzi Potters and theInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.The mother of a 5 year-old Belgian patient brought in a small worm-like structure (measuring 12 mm in length) along with a fecal sample. Microscopic examination of the worm-like structure using low power magnification revealed the following:Anterior end:A direct wet mount was made from the stool sample. The structures that are found in the wet mount are shown in following image and videoclips.Check out these cool videos (you may need to press play twice)Identification? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 7, 2018 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 30th 2018
In conclusion, in the Framingham Heart Study population, in the last 30 years, disease duration in persons with dementia has decreased. However, age-adjusted mortality risk has slightly decreased after 1977-1983. Consequences of such trends on dementia prevalence should be investigated.
Recent Research on the Benefits of Exercise in Later Life
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2018/04/recent-research-on-the-benefits-of-exercise-in-later-life/
A sizable body of work points to the ability of older individuals to continue to obtain benefits through regular physical activity, and particularly in the case...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 29, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
CAMAP Medical Assistance in Dying Conference (MAID 2018)
This looks like a conference of great value for even non-Canadians involved with medical aid in dying.
MAID 2018 is the second annual meeting for assessors, providers and the larger professional community that supports medical assistance in dying for Canadians. The conference will include information and discussion about emerging challenges and interpretations to the legislation of MAID.
By the end of the conference, participants will be able to:1. Interpret the legislation governing MAID2. Appreciate the current challenges in MAID nationally3. Discuss future potential directions for MAID in Canada
We...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 28, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
A big win for European honeybees
The European Union has voted to expand a 2013 ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides that harm/kill bees and other pollinators. The ban is now permanent. See: goo.gl/yWyJoL
This is a major victory for science AND for common sense. I mean, even if, for some weird reason, you are NOT in favor of banning pesticides, do you really want to be eating food that has been contaminated with toxic crap that kills bees and birds?
Didn’t think so…
Incredibly, the EU vote was not unanimous, as it SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I read that four countries voted against it, namely, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Romania, and Hungary. Eight ot...
Source: Margaret's Corner - April 27, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Bayer honeybees NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES Takeda Source Type: blogs
Third International Conference on End of Life Law, Ethics, Policy, and Practice (ICEL3)
Save the date for the Third International Conference on End of Life Law, Ethics, Policy, and Practice (ICEL3). It will be in Belgium from March 7-9, 2019.
I was delighted to participate in ICEL1 (Brisbane) and in ICEL2 (Halifax). Based on those valuab... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 27, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Cornelis (Cees) Wortel, Ichor Therapeutics Chief Medical Officer, on Rejuvenation Research and Its Engagement with the Established Regulatory System
Ichor Therapeutics is the most mature of the US-based companies that have emerged from the SENS rejuvenation research community in recent years. You might recall a number of interviews back in the Fight Aging! Archives with founder and CEO Kelsey Moody. He has his own take on how our community should proceed from laboratory to clinic: he is very much in favor of demonstrating (a) that the formal regulatory path offered by the FDA can work for the treatment of aging, and (b) that - given the right strategic approach - rejuvenation therapies can attract the attention, collaboration, and backing of Big Pharma entities in the ...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 23, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
First FDA Clearance for Software to 3D Print Patient Specific Anatomical Models
Materialise, a company specializing in 3D printing based in Belgium but with offices around the world, won FDA clearance for its Mimics inPrint software to be used for 3D printing of anatomical models for diagnostic applications. The software allows hospitals to print one-to-one reproductions of individual patient anatomy, thereby helping surgeons to understand the unique nature of difficult cases. This is the first such clearance issued by the FDA.
The regulatory clearance is a consequence of FDA’s classification of software used for patient-specific 3D printing of anatomical models as a class II medical device, wh...
Source: Medgadget - April 2, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Materials Neurosurgery Source Type: blogs
DuPont and Inbiose infant formula HMO gains EU approval
The ingredient 2’-Fucosyllactose (2’-FL) is to be marketed by DuPont under the brand name CARE4U, having already been approved for use in dietary supplements.
DuPont have earmarked the HMO as a core ingredient in potential applications for the future that are related to digestion and immune health.
“The substantial equivalence dossier for 2’-FL received EU Novel Food approval in December 2017,” said Paul Tenning, DuPont’s regulatory affairs manager, EMEA.
“We are excited to be able to bring this important new ingredient for infants and children into the European market.”
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Source: Nursing Comments - March 13, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Doctor-assisted death: resisting the slippery slope
The New England Journal of Medicine has two new “op-ed”-style pieces raising concerns about extending physician-assisted suicide (PAS) from people with end-stage terminal illness to people who may express a desire to die because of (non-terminal) mental illness. (Regrettably, both require subscription access.) PAS in these cases is being exercised in Belgium and the Netherlands, and is being considered in Canada In one article, the... // Read More » (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 9, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Jon Holmlund Tags: Health Care bioethics end of life syndicated Source Type: blogs
Neuroscientists Receive The Brain Prize for Crucial Alzheimer's Disease Research
The tireless efforts of these four leading scientists to understand Alzheimer's have provided the foundation for treatment of one of the most devastating diseases of our era. For this, they are receiving the world's most valuable prize for brain research, The Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize, worth 1 million euros.byAlzheimer's Reading RoomThere is still no cure for dementia such as Alzheimer's, we can only provide medication fortemporary alleviation of symptoms.Thanks to four leading European scientists and their many years of intense research in the laboratory,the way is now paved for better treatment and, in time, preven...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - March 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's research brain brain health brain prize brain research dementia research science Source Type: blogs
Belgian Euthanasia: Volunteers No Longer Necessary?
A recent resignation letter by one member of Belgium’s Euthanasia Commission suggests the slippery slope of who meets the criteria for legal euthanasia is becoming even more slippery. Dr. Ledo Vanopdenbosch sent his resignation letter to members of the Belgian Parliament who oversee the commission. His concern was with one of the main requirements of the law, which demands that the individual patient formally request... // Read More » (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 6, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Mark McQuain Tags: Health Care Allocation / Access / Public Health bioethics Consent / Research end of life Euthanasia; Slippery Slope Arguments; Health Care Practice human dignity syndicated Source Type: blogs
Male and female bosses share the same “classically masculine” personality traits
This study found that male and female C-level executives represent similar populations with a common profile of characteristic agentic, strategic personality traits,” the researchers concluded. “Ongoing research and practice should acknowledge that gender similarity, not difference, characterises leader personality and potential.”
—Personality characteristics of male and female executives: Distinct pathways to success?
Christian Jarrett (@Psych_Writer) is Editor of BPS Research Digest (Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST)
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Gender leadership Occupational Personality Source Type: blogs
