Health

Tallinn’s Raeapteek: One of the oldest pharmacies in Europe turns 595

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Raeapteek, the oldest town council pharmacy in Europe and the oldest continuously operating medical institution in Estonia, is celebrating its 595th anniversary. The pharmacy (the Estonian name, Raeapteek, literally means “municipal pharmacy”) has been continuously operating in the same premises in Tallinn Old Town since 1422 – it was first mentioned on 8 April that […]

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An Estonian startup develops a gadget to relieve runny nose

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An Estonian startup, called Capster, has together with medical professionals developed and launched a device that flushes the nose and helps fight runny nose. The Capster device fits into the pocket and, according to the company, offers an effective and nature-based medical remedy. “The compact device is easy to use and offers the capability to

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US pharma company Teligent opens a development lab in Estonia

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The American pharmaceutical company, Teligent, has opened its first unit in Europe – a development lab in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The company, which develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for use by doctors and patients in the United States and Canada, has never ventured out of the North American market. A relatively small

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Estonia to protect patient records with Guardtime blockchain technology

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The Estonian eHealth Foundation has formed a partnership with the Estonian-founded, Amsterdam-based software security company, Guardtime, to use its blockchain-based security to protect patient records. Estonia is one of the few countries in the world where a majority of citizens carry an ID-card with access to hundreds of government services. According to a statement by

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Foreign ambassadors urge Estonia to do more about the HIV epidemic

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The American, British and Finnish ambassadors to Estonia urge the parliament to do more about the spread of HIV in the country, saying the situation of the epidemic is “gravely concerning”. The US ambassador, James D Melville, Jr, the British ambassador, Chris Holtby, and the Finnish ambassador, Kristi Narinen, have written an open letter to

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Global P2P medical expense donation platform launched in Estonia

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DonoBot is a multidimensional, personalised charity platform, set up in Estonia. The firm is a unique peer-to-peer (P2P) donation platform and combines different approaches and services for donors, donees and small charities. DonoBot focuses on medical conditions like diseases, accidents, hereditary conditions or situations that arise from the former. Estonian World spoke with Mai-Liis Kivistik from

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Estonian startup Cognuse to develop brain injury recovery solutions at Baltimore business accelerator

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Cognuse, an Estonian startup that develops and distributes new evaluation and recovery solutions for brain injury patients, has been accepted to the DreamIt Health business accelerator in Baltimore, USA. Altogether, 120 companies applied for the DreamIt Health business acceleration programme, and only nine of them were shortlisted and accepted. “With the help of DreamIt Health

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Estonia tops the list of best e-health implementors in Europe

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According to a recent report by OECD and European Commission, Estonia is on top of the list of 30 countries in implementing e-health services. The study included 1737 hospitals from 27 European member states, Croatia, Norway and Iceland. According to the report, Estonia leads the way in Europe, followed by Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Great Britain.

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