Final spurt: A successful MEDICA 2011 is closing today. Countless visitors from all over the world came to the most important medicine technology fair trade to Duesseldorf to inform themselves about product innovations and new technologies. Also on the last day the medicine technology branch presents itself in Duesseldorf's fair halls.

Four exciting days come to an end. Four days the main subject an theme was medical technology. Horst Giesen, Project Director of MEDICA draws a balance.

Diabetic Foot: Feet Need Care and Affection

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For the first time the WOUND CARE FORUM took place on MEDICA 2011 in hall 6 – an obligatory visit for everybody who is interested in wound care. One of the numerous professional lectures focused on a very important medical problem: the diabetic foot. Diabetic Foot: Feet Need Care and Affection - Click here to read more...

COMPAMED's colourful world

  Medical technology is developing at high speed and constantly bringing new developments to the market. In the photo gallery "COMPAMED's colorful world" we present a couple of those interesting news.

Innovations against Cancer: Detection of Metastatic Tumor Cells at an Early Stage

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Modern medicine is dependent on innovative medical technology. Despite numerous scientific and technological progress the widespread cancer disease costs each year many lives. Relying on statistical results, researchers predicted this year a cancer mortality rate of nearly 1.3 million people throughout Europe Innovations against Cancer: Detection of Metastatic Tumor Cells at an Early Stage - Click here to read more...

Imaging methods offer doctors the opportunity to find out what happens inside the patients body in shortest time. No matter if fractures, venereal activity or brain structures - the recording of the highly complex machines describe even tiny changes accurately. Combined with digital data processing diagnoses can be made more precise and faster than ever.

Doctor: The Medical Profession Will be Female

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On the last day of MEDICA many women followed an invitation of the German Doctors e.V (Deutscher Ärztinnenbund) to meet in the MEDICA CONGRESS for a symposium to discuss the future of their profession and what career oporunities women in this profession have. Doctor: The Medical Profession Will be Female - Click here to read more...

Movement at MEDICA - Physiotherapy and Orthopedics

  4,571 exhibitors will be showcasing their products at MEDICA 2011. Clearly structured, MEDICA covers the entire range of medical equipment needs in practices and hospitals - among them Physiotherapy and Orthopedics.

Smaller and Smarter: Microsystem Technologies and Medical Technology are Merging

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The COMPAMED FORUM by IVAM was about the needs of microsystem technologies on the one and medical technology on the other hand and how these can be connected. The trend: the devices get smaller and at the same time their reliability rises. Smaller and Smarter: Microsystem Technologies and Medical Technology are Merging - Click here to read more...