Main Theme of the 19th European Health Forum Gastein

12. Februar 2016

28th to 30th September 2016, Bad Hofgastein, Austria. The main theme for the 19th European Health Forum Gastein has been announced: Demographics and Diversity in Europe – New Solutions for Health It is no news that life expectancy at birth keeps increasing – on average by three to four months […]

An Economy for the 1%

12. Februar 2016

How privilege and power in the economy drive extreme inequality and how this can be stopped. The gap between rich and poor is reaching new extremes. Credit Suisse recently revealed that the richest 1% have now accumulated more wealth than the rest of the world put together. This occurred a […]

Echo- und Dopplersonographiekurse

12. Februar 2016

Start: Februar 2016, Salzburg, Österreich. Neben Vorträgen für PatientInnen zu gesundheitspolitisch relevanten Themen wie Osteoporose, Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und Bluthochdruck kann beim Verein zur Fortbildung für PatientInnen, ÄrztInnen und Assistenzpersonal (VFPAA) die Aus- und Fortbildung für Echo- und Dopplersonographie absolviert werden. Der Verein wird von OÄ Dr. Barbara Dietze, Fachärztin für Innere […]

Medical Apps – Echocardiography

12. Februar 2016

EchoCalc  EchoCalc is the official App of the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) made freely available to download. It contains all of the BSE normal reference values for transthoracic echocardiography and other widely used reference values, including those for prosthetic aortic and mitral valves. The app is free to download and […]