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Red ribbon in Vienna

For the whole week until 23 July 2010 Vienna is the venue of the International AIDS Conference. Various public events, notably the Global Village at the Vienna trade fair centre, will focus on AIDS and on solidarity more...

“Health is a fundamental human right“

The 18th International AIDS conference will take place under the motto “Rights here, right now“ in Vienna from July 18th to 23rd, 2010.  wieninternational.at spoke with the president of the Austrian AIDS Society and conference more...

Vienna cancer research, treatment and teaching under one roof

The increase in incidences of cancer and the excellent research results achieved in oncology at the Medical University of Vienna have given rise to the idea more...

Medical services: a tourism opportunity for Serbia?

In Austria, and particularly in Vienna, for many years now it has been the norm for people to have cosmetic dentistry carried out in Hungary. Significantly cheaper prices are the simple reason for this more...

Vienna Speising Hospital: focus on test tube cells

The spinal department at Vienna’s Speising Orthopaedic Hospital is widely acknowledged throughout Austria, and is continually developing new methods of treatment more...

New dialysis centre opened – better services for patients

On 2 December 2009 one of the world’s largest dialysis centres opened in Donaustadt, the 22nd district of Vienna. Thanks to 72 new dialysis places for about 430 patients, the dialysis demand in Vienna is covered for more...

Vienna world leader in lung transplants

The world’s first successful lung transplant was carried out in Vienna 20 years ago. Today the Medical University’s Lung Transplant Centre at Vienna General Hospital is the largest in Europe, having carried out a total of a thousand transplants more...

Women’s health – Vienna is a trendsetter

The Vienna Programme for Women’s Health has been able to firmly anchor the feminine point of view as regards health care in the city of Vienna, and can look back on ten years of successful activities more...

Health check-up at the museum

In its new exhibition “body.check”, Vienna’s Museum of Technology takes a closer look at the latest advances in biomedical engineering
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Preventing breast cancer – US film star in the fight against breast cancer

Plenty of pink ribbons are to be seen in October, the international month of breast cancer prevention. The world’s most well-known campaigner for breast cancer prevention, Olivia Newton-John, recently paid a visit to Vienna. more...