Archive | July, 2010

New Zealand First Ever Access Tourism Conference

by Editor on July 29, 2010 in Editorial, Healthcare Marketing

New Zealand (NZ) is to hold its first ever conference on Access Tourism on October 4. Access Tourism is tourism, travel, and hospitality for the disabled, seniors, and ageing Baby Boomers. NZ – unlike some other countries – seems hardly aware of how major demographic changes will impact the tourism industry. These changes will be [...]

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Sniffing Device To Drive A Wheelchair And Enable Communication – Weizmann Institute of Science

by Editor on July 28, 2010 in Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare, Investors, Lifescience, Press Release

News release: A unique device based on sniffing—inhaling and exhaling through the nose—might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or communicate with their loved ones. Sniffing technology might even be used in the future to create a sort of “third hand” to assist healthy surgeons or pilots.Developed by Prof. Noam Sobel, electronics engineers Dr. [...]

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Non-pharmacological Treatment (NPT) In The Management of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Over-estimated? New Data

by Editor on July 15, 2010 in Home Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Press Release

Press release: New data presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD): Effectiveness and beneficial effects of AXURA® / AKATINOL® (Memantine) Honolulu, Hawaii – [July 15, 2010] Has the role of non-pharmacological treatment (NPT) in the management of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) been over-estimated? Study results discussed at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) [...]

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