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WHO guideline recommendations on digital health
Speaking at the HETT 2019 conference on healthcare and technology, WHO consultant Susannah Robinson, explained the WHO’s key guideline recommendations for the future of...
Bone marrow in 3D: new insights into stem cell microenvironment
A new study has revealed insights into the stem cell microenvironment through 3D imaging technology.
Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the...
First of its kind in vitro 3D imaging model for neural tissue developed
In a first of its kind move, researchers have formed 3-dimensional tissue consisting of neurons.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully...
Reducing risk in AI and machine learning-based medical technology
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are increasingly transforming the healthcare sector.
Along with the benefits come new risks and regulatory challenges meaning doctors now...
Shaping the digital transformation of imaging technologies
Healthcare systems are complex – demanding solutions to streamline operations and reduce care costs.
Intelligent imaging technologies, digital health technology and connected interventional solutions enable...
DRS imaging technique can characterise healthy and non-healthy tissue
Research cites 92 studies that assert intra-surgery feasibility of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.
The results of the review, in which diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS imaging technique)...
Breakthrough discovery reveals how memories are coded in the brain
NUS researchers have made a breakthrough in the field of cognitive computational neuroscience, by discovering a key aspect of how the brain encodes short-term...
Imaging study provides insights on functional neurological disorder
Individuals with functional neurological disorder (FND) have symptoms not explained by traditional neurological conditions.
New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and...
Would Virtual Reality make attending therapy easier for stroke survivors?
Researchers have created a virtual reality clinic to make it easier for stroke survivors to attend their physical and occupational therapy sessions.
Results from a...
Can we use smartphones to detect mental and physical stress?
New technologies are transforming healthcare, and smartphones may offer a new solution for detecting mental and physical stress.
A team led by Professor Enrico Caiani...
Artificial Intelligence can design new TB drug regimens
Despite the availability of TB vaccines, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2018.
With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a...
AI in psychiatry: detecting mental illness with artificial intelligence
Advances in AI has allowed for computers to help doctors in diagnosing disease and help monitor patients’ vital signs from any location.
A team of...
Researchers are one step closer to cancer precision medicine
A new, computational model has brought us one step closer to precision medicine for cancer.
Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute for...
Using VR in hospitals instead of anaesthetic to reduce pain in children
The use of Virtual Reality (VR) in hospitals in place of general anaesthetics to alleviate pain for young patients is being trialled in hundreds...
Technology and healthcare: working together for a healthier future
As technology has evolved, so too has our ability to offer better healthcare and surgery.
So, how are technology and healthcare working together to revolutionise...
Brain-mimicking environment created to grow 3D tissue models of tumours
Researchers have developed three-dimensional (3D) human tissue culture models of paediatric and adult brain cancers in a brain-mimicking microenvironment.
The development, led by a team of...
Smart shirt technology could be used to monitor lung disease
A smart shirt that accurately measures breathing through measuring lung function by sensing movements in the chest and abdomen could be used to monitor...
Research shows public do not support exploitation of NHS patient data
According to YouGov, the UK public expect NHS patient data to be protected as a national asset that primarily benefits UK patients, the health...
Technology in healthcare requires value focused leadership
Discover how the NHS is evolving and adapting to technological advances thanks to pioneering leaders – could technology in healthcare be effectively executed in...
Revolutionising digital health: x-tention becomes the new majority shareholder of ICW AG
xt invest AG becomes the new majority shareholder of InterComponentWare AG (ICW), the collaboration will enable both companies to meet the challenges of digital...