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The trick to keeping the weight off in 2023 could be a strange one. Apparently, it could be as simple as cooling your hands - according to new university research. New and surprising research from Stanford University shows that cooling your palms drastically reduces fatigue, improves performance and causes greater weight loss, aiding people to [...]
Phil Howe, Chief Technology Officer at Core to Cloud and Richard Staynings, Chief Security Strategist at Cylera share their insights with Health Tech World about rising cyber threats to healthcare... With the UK Government now on ‘high alert’ - preparing for a wave of potentially devastating Russian-led cyber-attacks towards our critical infrastructure - what preventative [...]
The Middle East’s largest end-to-end digital health platform has brought its latest campaign to the FIFA World Cup 2022… Digital health leaders in the Middle East have launched a campaign focused on men’s health and preventive health. The campaign, part of which aired on the day of Saudi Arabia’s opening match against Argentina, is focused [...]
In response to the ‘Workforce: recruitment, training, and retention report’ - Robert Miller - CEO, of Wellbeing Software explains why we have a "collective responsibility" to empower health systems to deliver more efficient, precise and proactive care for everyone... The workforce crisis is the greatest challenge facing the UK’s Health and Social Care sector today, [...]
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) was flagged by the NHS as the most prominent condition in which lives could be saved - with plans of preventing 150,000 heart attacks over a decade. What does the technology look like which can achieve this? The 2019 long-term plan from the NHS was clear in its intentions to prevent thousands [...]
Over 3000 GP surgeries and nine Urgent & Emergency Care centres will see a “range of kiosk solutions” to help streamline digital triage and check-in - thus easing pressures around the UK. A digital company has developed a range of kiosk solutions to help eConsult provide a ‘digital front door to healthcare’ in 3200 GP [...]
Professor Karol Sikora is a world leader in oncology and former director of WHO Cancer Programme in Geneva and Lyon. He has written a stark, open letter to the Equitix COO, Siôn Jones, about the “scandalous” closed cancer centres which are needed in a time of crisis... In a recent Tweet, Professor Sikora declared that [...]
Olivia Schlabach, associate vice president at FINN Partners, gives us the lowdown on the CHIME Fall Forum 2022. Here's what she had to say... Last week I had the opportunity to attend the CHIME Fall Forum in San Antonio. As the saying goes, everything in Texas is indeed bigger, including emphasis on the rise of [...]
Amidst the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, families are discovering a captivating trend: the charm of staycations. Staying close to home no longer means sacrificing the thrill of adventure or the joy of spending quality time together. Now, more than ever, accessible family staycations have emerged as the perfect solution, ensuring that every member [...]
As the NHS faces a significant workforce crisis, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out a new ‘digital staff bank’ to unlock access to flexible working and boost staff retention. Data shows that half of current NHS staff contemplating leaving their roles and stress cited as a major contributor - a new ‘digital staff bank’ has been [...]
