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3 December 2008

Better search: a cure for cyberchondria?

Search engines may need to be redesigned to stop people turning into “cyberchondriacs”, a study by Microsoft Research has suggested.
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2 December 2008

Asian HIV/Aids Database launched

A new UN-backed website has launched providing details of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Asia Pacific region, bringing together a host
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21 November 2008

Intel personal health management system

A home medical device, designed to be part of a remote personal home care management system has been launched by
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14 November 2008

Search sniffle find flu trends

Search engine giant Google has launched a flu tracking system based on how many people search for flu-related topics. Google
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28 October 2008

Philips and Kingā€™s College to collaborate

Philips and King's College London have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research into heart disease over the
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23 October 2008

European prize awarded for 3D patient modeling

A scientific pioneer in computational medical image analysis was this week awarded one of the largest international prizes in science,
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22 October 2008

Google joins Continua e-health alliance

Google has joined Continua Health Alliance, the Intel-led international coalition working to develop standards to enable interoperable e-health products and
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22 October 2008

ICT BIO 2008 this week

This week will see the ICT BIO 2008 Conference in Brussels, 23-24 October, 2008.
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30 September 2008

UK group urges rethink on drug advertising

An alliance of nine groups representing UK consumers, patients and medical professionals has urged the European Commission to ditch plans
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12 September 2008

Philips and Utrecht University partner on research

Royal Philips Electronics and the University Medical Centre Utrecht have signed a morandum of understanding setting out a long-term research
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