Zurich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. This prize, which comes with a cash award of one million Swiss francs, recognizes the work of scholars in any discipline devoted to promoting the successful development and life chances of children and adolescents. Professional organizations and experts all over the world who are engaged in research on ...
Schlieren-Zurich (ots) - An innovative new test is now available to detect TSE (scrapie and mad cow disease) in sheep and goats. With the Prionics®-Check PrioSTRIP SR, Prionics brings to the market the first test to achieve high diagnostic sensitivity on preclinical TSE cases. The test was approved today by the European Commission for use in TSE testing in small ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - ESASO, the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology, has opened the 12th AMD and Retina Congress in Prague. Following on from the 11th congress in Lisbon, which covered the whole spectrum of retinopathy, this year's meeting in the Czech Republic takes a significant step ...
Zurich (ots) - - - The 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize is awarded to Prof. Dante Cicchetti, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. - The Off Road Kids Foundation in Germany will receive the 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize. The Jacobs Foundation, a Zurich-based foundation ...
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
Nyon, Switzerland (ots) - "A wrist fracture is a warning sign," says Professor John A. Kanis, president of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). "We urge all adults aged 50 and over who have suffered a wrist or other fragility fracture, to get tested for osteoporosis." Osteoporosis is a chronic 'silent' ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Starting July 1st the Swiss Group has become Gold sponsor of the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) Programme Through its support to the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) Programme, Helsinn Group starts to actively collaborate with the European School of Oncology (ESO) in promoting education in oncology, with special attention to cancer supportive care. SPPC is a collaborative ...
Olten (ots) - President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote speech at the Inspire for Excellence conference co-organised by Swiss Marketing and IMD on May 20. In his speech, titled "Embracing our Common Humanity," President Clinton discussed the challenge of globalization and indicated the way toward a common future based on shared goals and values. "There is a growing recognition that although sharp conflict makes for ...
Geneva (ots) - An investigation by World Radio Switzerland has found that executives within Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse have swung their support dramatically behind Republican challenger Mitt Romney to beat Barack Obama in the US presidential elections this November. Executives at Credit Suisse have so far funded the Romney campaign to the tune of $316,160. It's a total which is just above the amount given to the ...
Berne (ots) - Since 100 years the Swiss News Agency (sda) has been distributing information in the three national languages German, French and Italian. From April 2012 onwards an advance into new dimensions is to be made: For the very first time in it's history the sda will be dispersing English language news. During the preliminary testing phase, customers who subscribe to this service will receive from Monday to Friday ...
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
Bordeaux, France (ots) - Today, at the European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis, healthcare experts and national patient society advocates from around the world attended a special session devoted to the problem of secondary fractures and their prevention. At the heart of the problem is the fact that a ...
Bern, Switzerland (ots) - - - Quality of Life (QoL) is strongly diminished in RVVC patients - Current available treatment fails in two thirds of patients - High medical need demands novel effective treatment options Pevion Biotech AG today announced results from a large, international survey on the Quality of Life ...
Hitachi Medical Systems Europe Holding AG
Zug, Switzerland (ots) - - - First ECR presentation of the combined Hitachi and Aloka ultrasound portfolio with its many highlights - New upgrades for ProSound F75 - New ergonomic lightweight ultrasound system F37 - Image fusion with Hitachi Real-time Virtual Sonography - A new era in MR imaging: the Echelon Oval ...
Ittigen, Switzerland (ots) - Pevion Biotech AG today announced further data from the ongoing clinical study of its therapeutic Candida vaccine PEV7, demonstrating the generation of specific and functional B cell memory in 100% of vaccinees. Furthermore, the results again confirm the capability of Pevion's second generation virosomal vaccine platform to induce strong ...
Bern (ots) - In 2011 the Mühleberg power plant (KKM) of BKW Inc. generated 2,605 million Kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity: 16% less than in 2010 (3,109 million kWh). The reduction is due to the extended revision of the plant in the summer of 2011. Since the early 1970s the KKM has generated more than 105,733 million kWh of electricity. Compared to a modern ...
Bern (ots) - With the aim of introducing a holding structure, BKW Inc. submitted a public exchange offer on 3 October 2011 for a 1:1 exchange of all BKW FMB Energy Ltd. registered shares in free float. In return for each tendered share in BKW FMB Energy Ltd., shareholders of BKW FMB Energy Ltd. will receive one new share in BKW Inc. with the same par value. The ...
DNDi - Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
Geneva, Switzerland/New Delhi, India (ots) - A comprehensive four-year project including over 10,000 patients in clinical and pharmacovigilance studies for diagnosis and treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL, also known as kala-azar) in India and Bangladesh was launched by an international consortium formed last ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey was honored by the visit of Mme Doris Leuthard, Head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications in Switzerland at WISeKey's Booth in the Swiss Pavilion at ITU Telecom World 2011. WISeKey founder Carlos Moreira took the opportunity to ...
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
Nyon, Switzerland (ots) - Today, on World Osteoporosis Day (October 20), the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and its 200 member patient and medical societies are calling on the public and health professionals around the world to take action for bone health and osteoporosis prevention. The global campaign, launched in more than six languages, urges people of all ages to take three essential steps to set a ...
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
Nyon, Switzerland (ots) - For this year's World Osteoporosis Day (October 20), the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is releasing a 24-page report promoting a three-step strategy for healthy bones and strong muscles. To view the Multimedia News Release (MNR), please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/iof/52143/ Professor Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, director Centre on Aging and Mobility at the University ...
EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe
Milan, Italy (ots) - The European congress for spine therapy, -surgery and orthopaedics will take place in Milan, Italy from 19-21 October and will attract numerous medical experts and industry specialists from around the globe. Thousands of participants will exchange their profound knowledge about latest research ...
Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - The APPP is an international movement wanting to lift the PowerPoint issue to the awareness of the world-population. The APPP sees itself as the advocate of approximately 250 million citizens worldwide, who, every month, are obliged to be present during boring presentations in companies, and who have not been represented in politics until ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) notes with concern the results of the Federal Council's energy policy review. The decision to opt for a phased but definitive withdrawal from nuclear energy with no replacements for the existing nuclear power plants will make it difficult in future to guarantee a reliable, ...
Bern (ots) - The SBB website presents itself in a complete redesign as ?the online station?. We took direction from the needs and wishes of various stakeholders: our passengers, market requirements and passengers with handicaps, along with the findings of ex-tensive usability tests. Based on all these factors, we implemented the following key points: ticket purchases within three clicks, a clearer navigation, ...
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
Lugano (ots) - To coincide with World Cancer Day 2011, on 4 February, the Africa Oxford Cancer Foundation (AfrOx) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) are working together to raise international awareness of the growing problem of cancer in Africa. AfrOx and ESMO are launching the 'Cancer in Africa: the Runaway Train' video, seeking to ...
Universität Zürich / University Zurich
Zurich (ots) - - Indication: PDF-File can be downloaded free of charge under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100020780/?langid=2 - A new democracy barometer from the University of Zurich and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) shows the development of the thirty best ...
DAKOMED - Dachverband Komplementärmedizin
Bern (ots) - Anthroposophic medicine, classic homoeopathy, neural-therapy, phytotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine will be paid for via the compulsory health insurance in Switzerland from 2012. This decision was taken by the Health Minister Didier Burkhalter on 13 January 2011. They will be included for a limited period of six years. During this period ...
St. Gallen Oncology Conferences (SONK)
St. Gallen (ots) - This bi-annual conference will highlight meaningful advances concerning treatment of Early Breast Cancer (EBC). The conference will build up on earlier diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations and thereafter provide written guidelines for the international community. Breast cancer specialists from all over the world are awaiting these new ...