Music enhancing creativity: fact or fiction?
Psychologists from the University of Central Lancashire, Lancaster University, UK and University of Gävle, Sweden are challenging the idea of music enhancing creativity.
The popular...
Green space during childhood may improve adult mental health
According to Aarhus University, Denmark, it’s time to emphasise the need for designing green and healthy cities, not just for a sustainable future but...
The secret life of antimicrobial peptides revealed by CRISPR
Despite their importance, we know very little about antimicrobial peptides, but scientists have used CRISPR to unlock details of these peptides to combat infection.
Antimicrobial...
Have scientists unlocked neurological behaviour?
According to neuroscientists at NYU School of Medicine, 'silent-type' cells play greater role in neurological behaviour than previously thought.
Brain cells recorded as among the...
Shivom: a precision medicine data secure-sharing and analysis ecosystem
Chief scientific officer Dr Axel Schumacher introduces Shivom as an innovative solution to transform the precision medicine and healthcare services landscape.
AT a time when...
Gram-negative bacterium: toxins that make us sick
According to researchers at Binghamton University, USA, a type of gram-negative bacterium delivers the toxins that make us sick through a specific way of...
Let’s get acquainted with The Digital Healthcare Show
The double award-winning Digital Healthcare Show will return on 26-27 June 2019 to London with the goal of reinvigorating the digital transformation plans of...
Network Analysis: identifying cancer symptom clusters
Pioneering AI technology, Network Analysis, is now able to identify and predict the development of cancer symptom clusters – could this alleviate distress?
Cancer patients...
Could robotic sensor technology diagnose live reproductive issues?
A third of women in England suffer severe reproductive health problems such as infertility and early menopause, but now robotic sensor technology could identify...
SyrinJector takes livestock vaccination to the next level
SyrinJector introduces an innovative solution to the enormous challenge in the digital health of livestock farm world.
According to SyrinJector CEO Nahum Cohen: “The current...
Can computer simulators demonstrate how to reduce lung damage in children?
According to researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, computer simulators can show how to reduce lung damage in children in intensive care.
It is...
Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market value to reach millions by 2025
Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market size is set to exceed $1,636.7 (~€1447.28) million by 2025; according to a new research study published by Global...
Could human gut bacterium reveal possible connection to depression?
Researchers have established a correlation between depression and a group of neurotransmitter-producing bacteria found in human gut bacterium.
From the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)...
Dementia Consortium welcomes £9.5 million dementia drug discovery collab
The Dementia Consortium welcomes Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Takeda and Evotec to join the unique £9.5 million (~€10.85m) charity-industry dementia drug discovery collaboration.
This second...
Examining cell stress for better health or better beer?
Understanding cell stress could help develop effective treatment and could potentially even help to brew better beer.
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have...
The road to accessible health information interoperability
The EP3 Foundation’s Marsali Hancock reflects on the forward-thinking innovations that are necessary to deliver comprehensive health information interoperability.
To date, no health system has...
Let’s talk social psychology and awkward conversations
The social psychology of engaging in conversation has always been an intriguing topic, and now researchers present latest findings on how people engage in...
Challenges and opportunities for brain health
Ever wondered how the World Federation of Neurology is working to foster quality neurology and brain health worldwide?
William M Carroll and Wolfgang Grisold, of...
Advanced cancer diagnostic facilities to be designed by AFL Architects
AFL Architects is set to embark on an ambitious programme of healthcare development, designing advanced cancer diagnostic facilities across the UK.
AFL was awarded the...
First-ever interactive audio map conveying emotion
According to University of California, those spontaneous nonverbal exclamations we make speak volumes, expressing more about what we're feeling than previously understood.
Everything from elation...