Choosing better lung cancer treatments with machine learning
Researchers say that machine learning could help guide healthcare workers’ treatment decisions for lung cancer patients after developing a model that is 71% more...
‘New era’ for multiple sclerosis with £3.7m funding for research
The MS Society has awarded a grant of £3.7m to two UK ‘Centres of Excellence’ as part of its fight to stop multiple sclerosis...
Scientists create most detailed 3D scan of congenital heart disease
Scientists have created the most detailed 3D heart scan of a rare form of congenital heart disease.
The team at the University of Manchester have...
£1m grant to improve cancer self-management and data collection
A grant of £1m has been awarded to Vinehealth to deliver an innovative cancer companion app to four NHS trusts within a randomised controlled...
World’s first human COVID-19 study begins in the UK
The first ever COVID-19 study that will infect humans with the virus is to begin in the UK.
The study will involve 90 healthy, adult...
First aid training and delivery in the UK with the British Red Cross
HEQ speaks with Dafydd Beech, National Community Education Manager at the British Red Cross, about first aid education and the rise of digital delivery.
Dafydd...
FRESH 3D-printing could revolutionise organ transplantation
A new 3D-bioprinting method has tackled a common problem with the 3D-printing of organs which could help revolutionise organ transplantation.
Research into 3D bioprinting has...
Hydrogel more beneficial for wound management than traditional methods
Researchers have demonstrated that hydrogel is more beneficial for wound management and healing than traditional bandages and gauzes.
Recent advances in hydrogel have made them...
How big data can help to save billions of euros in healthcare costs
The improved use of existing databases could help to save billions of euros in healthcare costs arising from osteoporosis-related bone fractures.
According to a study...
The need for digital reform in the social care sector
TEC Services Association CEO Alyson Scurfield details the need for comprehensive digital reform within the social care sector
Innovation, collaboration, and policy during COVID-19
Dr Britta Lassmann of the International Society for Infectious Diseases explores the role of digital innovation in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Britta Lassmann, interview...
Using machine learning to find COVID-19 treatment options
A group of researchers have developed a new system using machine learning to identify drugs that could be repurposed as treatment options for COVID-19...
From vision to reality: the rise of Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare sector
Paula Bellostas Muguerza, Principal at Kearney, explores the growing significance of Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare sector.
Vital steps towards understanding the origins of Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have made a crucial step towards understanding the origins of Parkinson’s disease by identifying the function of a key protein that kills the healthy brain cells of people with the neurological disorder.
Reducing hospital admissions with COVID-19 telemonitoring
A new telemonitoring programme has helped to reduce hospital admissions and ER visits from patients with COVID-19.
The rapid upscaling of a COVID-19 telemonitoring programme...
World’s first research and cultivation facility for psychedelic mushrooms
A new partnership will see the world’s first legal research and cultivation facility dedicated exclusively to psilocybin-producing mushrooms and other plant-based psychedelics.
Field Trip Health,...
Mental health diagnoses and the role of machine learning
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a way of using machine learning to aid mental health diagnoses, and more specifically, to more accurately identify patients with a mix of psychotic and depressive symptoms.
2021: an outlook for 5G in healthcare
BT Enterprise Health Sector Lead Lucy Baker explores the role of 5G connectivity in the growing health tech sector.
Last year was a year like...
Study reveals top-performing point-of-care COVID-19 tests
A new study has revealed the top-performing point-of-care COVID-19 tests that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) "desirable" Target Product Profile (TPP)...
Accelerating the future of digital healthcare
Freshworks head of account management and public sector, John Kelly, explores the impact of COVID-19 on digitisation within the health sector.
If COVID-19 has taught...
