The importance of gut microbiome for Type 1 diabetes risk
A new study has highlighted that children with a high risk of type 1 diabetes have a different gut microbiome to children at low...
Genes and addiction: study shows gene mutation is linked to abuse
Nature or nurture has always been the big question when it comes to addiction. Now, a researcher has discovered that there is a link...
#MeToo movement gives effective spotlight on harassment, but not necessarily empowering
The movement amplifies previously unheard voices, however CMU analysis of the #MeToo movement media coverage shows accusers often depicted as weaker than alleged perpetrators.
The...
How Artificial Intelligence can revolutionise healthcare
Health Europa spoke to Joerg Aumueller from Siemens Healthineers about the company’s views and strategy to apply artificial intelligence into the clinical routine and...
NHS overpayments: what’s the problem?
With increasing innovation and investment in technology, the NHS is currently in the throes of digital transformation, but could NHS overpayments be occurring? Ben...
The artificial intelligence lab: what will investment in AI mean for the healthcare industry?
In healthcare, tech has already been used to update patient records, improve care delivery and streamline processes – could the introduction of an artificial...
A smart way to ease Europe’s health workforce challenges
Explore with Herwig Ostermann, the need to ensure necessary changes for the sustainability of health systems regarding health workforce challenges.
Delving into the world of...
Driving digital transformation across the healthcare sector with HETT
Introducing Healthcare Excellence Through Technology (HETT), the leading healthcare tech event designed to help drive digital transformation across the healthcare sector.
At a time when...
Study shows sperm production for transgender women could still be possible
Published in Pediatrics, researchers found that after a few months of discontinuing puberty-halting medication, sperm production was still possible in a transgender patient.
Scientists at...
Everything you need to know about menstrual cups
Researchers at LSTM have carried out the first scientific review about menstrual cups and found them to be safe, cost effective and enables waste...
Could bandages be going digital? Monitor dressing and electric pulses to revolutionise wound treatment
The University of Nottingham has received funding to start the process of creating a disposable smart bandage that uses fibre optic sensors to monitor...
Therapeutic targets identified for deadly non-small-cell lung carcinomas
Salk scientists discover a pair of enzymes that drive non-small-cell lung carcinomas, a form of deadly lung cancer, by promoting inflammation.
85% of deadly lung...
Unlocking solutions: welcoming new applied health and social care research bodies
Academic Health Science Network (AHSN Network) welcomes a new national network focusing on applied health and social care research.
Introducing AHSN Network, the catalysts that...
Germany expanding digitisation with the new Digital Care Act
Introducing the new Digital Care Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz), which is now a part of Germany’s efforts to expand the digitisation of the German healthcare system.
Since...
What do you know about the effects of space travel on the human body?
Humans have dreamed of commercially viable space travel since the 1950s, and studies on the impact of space on the body have shown that...
Discover MedTech’s call to action for an interoperable data ecosystem for digital health
MedTech Europe have recently published a paper reflecting on the world of digital health and it’s call to action regarding the need for an...
The digital revolution: good luck to Gould as he looks to galvanise NHSX
Matthew Gould’s first week as NHSX CEO is formally under way, but with the need of a new digital revolution, what should he focus...
Electronic evidence-based care systems: helping care homes enter the digital age
Jonathan Papworth, co-founder and Director of Person Centred Software talks about the urgency for social care providers to adopt electronic evidence-based care systems.
Care home...
Brain computer interface – the rising adoption of wearable medical devices
Explore the current and upcoming trends regarding brain computer interface, the device that can help to create a pathway between the brain and surrounding...
Global healthcare systems: patient data and the rise of feral information systems
Discover the challenges in handling patient data and the rise of feral information systems, as Andrew Meiner of Stalis LTD explains more about the...
