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Promising steps made towards hope for schizophrenia treatment
Schizophrenia is a severe mental health condition that causes significant disability and affects one in 100 people.
Patients with schizophrenia commonly experience negative symptoms, which...
Welcome to Health Data Research UK – the national institute for health data science
Ever wondered how Health Data Research UK is uniting UK’s health data to drive innovation & improve public health? Learn more about the health...
Australia medical cannabis firm LeafCann receives full set of licences
Australia medical cannabis innovation company LeafCann has been granted official licences to research and cultivate medical cannabis.
Along with the manufacturing licence LeafCann already holds,...
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...
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...
Unveiling the Digital Health Call, launched by DigitalHealth.London
DigitalHealth.London has launched a Digital Health Call with RYSE Asset Management LLP for early-stage companies to apply for £250,000 – £5 million to grow...
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...
Improving patient experience and outcomes using virtual cognitive assistants
Virtual cognitive assistants could drastically reduce the administrative burden on NHS staff, leading to improved patient experience and health outcomes.
It’s becoming widely accepted that...
Explore International Women’s Day, with EIT Health’s Ursula Mühle
Introducing Ursula Mühle, Director of Education for EIT Health, who talks barriers, challenges and the gender question, and delves into how International Women’s Day...
TILRAY: the medical cannabis research global leader
Medical cannabis is rapidly gaining momentum across the globe, and Tilray Inc. is pioneering the production, research, and distribution of medical cannabis.
This ebook explores...
Gene editing capsaicinoids: should researchers engineer a spicy tomato?
With the latest gene editing techniques, scientists can now insert capsaicinoids, the molecules that give peppers their spiciness, into tomatoes – introducing the spicy...
New inner ear neurons discovered: the potential for new hearing therapies
Researchers have identified new inner ear neurons, which may lead to new hearing therapies to treat disorders.
The team at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden...
Novo Nordisk Research Centre pursues new treatments for diabetes
A new Novo Nordisk Research Centre has opened today in Oxford, UK, and aims to develop innovative new medicines and approaches to the treatment...
European Commission launches free open access to scientific journals
The European Commission, together with 11 top national research funders, has launched an initiative to provide free open access to scientific journals on the...
New non-hormonal contraceptive to be developed
Researchers in Sweden have developed a non-hormonal contraceptive for women with no side effects. The contraceptive is one promising use for a new technique...
Can honeybees help us understand human behaviour?
New research has discovered that looking at honeybees in a colony in the same way as neurons in a brain could help better understand...
Managing cancer pain with basic bedside chart system
A new study from Edinburgh University, UK, has shown how the treatment and management of a patient’s cancer pain can be improved by a...
Treating psychotic illness with antioxidants and amino acids
A scientific paper has revealed that certain nutrients found in food may help reduce the symptoms of psychotic illness when used in the early...
Intense exercise could prevent side effects of mental illness medication
A new study has revealed that a single session of exercise performed just before taking a dose of olanzapine for mental health illness could...
Ageing research and the VELUX FONDEN
Ane Hendriksen sets out the VELUX FONDEN’s commitment to supporting ageing research projects that contribute to improving the quality of life for elderly people.
By...