In Johannesburg, South Africans marched together decked out in pink to help spread awareness of breast cancer and encourage early detection.

The third annual World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, brought together decision-makers and scientists from around the world to address some of today’s most pressing issues.

Across the world in October, people take action to raise breast cancer awareness. French and Russian citizens in Paris and Moscow go pink.

In a newly published training booklet, you will find a complete listing of system and application training courses for the second half of 2011. Book your course now!

With changing demands due to a growing and ageing population, Australia soon needs to transform its healthcare system from ‘sick care’ to ‘well care’ starting with prevention.

British star architect Lord Norman Foster touches on the healing power of architecture, and the artistic tightrope act between functionality and the feel-good factor for patients.

Medical tourism is gathering pace, but the current trend is not entirely new: for decades, wealthy patients from the developing world have often sought treatment in Western countries.

For the first time in the region, Siemens installed five state-of-the-art medical technologies at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital in Coimbatore, India.

Healthcare providers of all sizes across the U.S. are turning to Soarian to help improve clinical efficiency and streamline financial performance.

Siemens South Africa employees joined the international celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday by volunteering to give back to the local community.

The Sanjeevan Mobile Clinic takes basic medical services as well as health education, to the most remote villages and most poverty-stricken individuals in India.

Patient-centered care is one of the three pillars of the healthcare reform effort in the U.S. The Luminos Agile Fluoroscopy/Radiography system is the latest in Siemens X-ray technology to enhance the patient experience, while offering providers imaging excellence and improved workflow.

“The ultimate objective of life is becoming happy,” says South African Iqbal Survé. In his vision, individual health and a sustainable lifestyle go hand in hand.

Düren Hospital, Germany, aims to achieve savings in the millions in cardiology based on actions recommended by Siemens Healthcare.

Despite progress in the fight against infectious diseases, developing countries face new problems, such as chronic, non-communicable diseases.

The field of healthcare economics is still facing significant challenges in terms of globalization – but not because economists disagree on how to analyse costs and benefits of care.

In recent years, mobile phones have revolutionized the way medicine is being practiced in many parts of Africa.

Many countries are still far from reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 – a reduction in child and maternal mortality of two thirds by 2015.

The challenge in financing healthcare systems is to mobilize additional revenues for healthcare and to find ways of improving health outcome without increasing costs.

Modern medical imaging has brought us ever clearer pictures of the human body. But is our ability to understand these pictures as advanced as the technology?

Siemens’ commitment to environment-friendly products is now documented by the incorporation of four resource-efficient systems into the environmental portfolio.

The international survey results from the Breast Cancer Survey are in and reveal interesting and helpful insights into how women perceive, deal with, and feel about this topic.

The results of the first feasibility study show that the prototype of the innovative new method functions feasibly and sufficiently accurate.