Improving care for the elderly with digital healthcare technology
As healthcare systems around the world are learning to cope with growing ageing populations many are looking towards digital healthcare technology to help with...
Discover the latest development in telehealth delivery – smart glasses
The use of telehealth has boomed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is limiting face-to-face care across the globe. Now, researchers are...
COVID-19 provides opportunity for digital innovation in diabetes care
A new report has highlighted how COVID-19 is an opportunity for digital innovation in diabetes care.
As the pandemic forces healthcare systems across the globe...
EIT Health awards UK and Irish startups to assist healthcare in Europe
EIT Health has awarded €40,000 each in funding to UK and Irish startups that will develop tools and services to assist healthcare in Europe.
The...
Tumour-tropic liposome technology could pave way for cancer treatments
A collaboration between Toshiba and Shinshu University has resulted in the development of a ‘tumour-tropic liposome technology’ for gene therapy that could pave the...
Programming uncertainty into AI can improve safety of robotic prosthetics
Programming for uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (AI), as well as incorporating ‘computer vision’, can improve the safety of robotic prosthetics for users.
Walking on different...
New technology can detect virus antibodies in just 20 minutes
New technology has allowed researchers to detect anti-avian influenza virus antibodies in blood serum in 20 minutes.
Using a portable analyser, the researchers have developed...
Young people in Europe are reporting mental health concerns
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and a new report from the World Health Organization has shown that young people in Europe are...
Explosion in telehealth market due to COVID-19
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the telehealth market is set to see a massive explosion in growth as healthcare systems undergo rapid change.
Healthcare systems...
European Commission adds €122m for COVID-19 research and innovation
The European Commission has mobilised another €122m from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for urgently needed research into COVID-19.
The new call for expressions...
Digital therapy is an enabler, not a barrier, to mental health support
In this article Andy Blackwell, Chief Scientific Officer at Ieso Digital Health, discusses how digital therapy can be an enabler to mental health support.
Digital...
The digital health collaboration protecting health staff from COVID-19
Europe is making a collaborative effort in the fight against COVID-19 and now, a new digital health collaboration with EIT Health, an Irish startup,...
Telestroke: modifying stroke care in the age of COVID-19
As COVID-19 limits how patients are cared for, healthcare workers will need to modify their approach to stroke care, such as introducing ‘telestroke’ –...
UK launches large scale COVID-19 immunity study
The UK is to embark on a major, government-funded immunity study that will track the spread of the novel coronavirus infection in the population,...
AI, machine learning, and blockchain are key for healthcare innovation
COVID-19 is acting as a catalyst to innovation in healthcare, and a new report has highlighted how AI, machine learning, and blockchain are vital...
COVID-19: mental health of 41% of British population at risk
An international study has revealed that 41% of the UK population's mental health is at risk because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Led by the Universitat...
Virtual care in the age of COVID-19 and beyond
Two, newly published articles have provided insights into the use of virtual care during COVID-19 and how the lessons and transformations can benefit healthcare...
Teaching Artificial Intelligence to diagnose COVID-19
The largest CT scan database in the world with COVID-19 features has been collected in Russia for teaching AI to diagnose COVID-19.
The new dataset...
Virtual healthcare at the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak
A new study has demonstrated the benefits of using virtual healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Findings from a new study have captured the largest experience...
AI precision medicine mining finds 13 human COVID-19 risk genes
Data scientists have used an AI enabled precision medicine platform to identify high risk genes for COVID-19, along with drug candidates for increasing survival...
