According to the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO), there are more than 1.6 million new cases of breast cancer diagnosed globally each year. This number has been increasing at a rate of 3.1 percent per year. As Prof. Peter Boyle, director of the University of Strathclyde Institute of Global Public Health at the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) in Lyon, France, told conference-goers at the European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-9), “We need to make a reduction in the number of women developing and dying from breast cancer a global priority.”

It is impossible to escape the reality that as the use of mobile electronic devices increases amongst consumers, a proportionate increase in the use of such devices in the medical sales and marketing arena will follow. This is already a significant trend that has spread from pharmaceutical sales to device providers and, indeed, through all aspects of the interaction between physicians and their providers of tools and solutions.

April 30, 2014 — Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new ultrasound device that could help identify arterial plaque that is at high risk of breaking off and causing heart attack or stroke.