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By Miguel Aragon, vice president for Urology, Capital equipment and Services in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region at Boston Scientific In my conversation with clinicians and hospital managers across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), I hear how healthcare systems are under pressure: from stretched budgets and long waiting lists to the growing [...]
The Chancellor’s latest Spending Review has landed with a clear signal: investment in NHS technology is essential. Alongside a 3 per cent annual real-terms rise in overall NHS funding, the government has committed to an almost 50 per cen increase in the NHS tech budget. Ahead of the highly anticipated announcement of the NHS 10 [...]
Record numbers of people in England have been diagnosed with dementia in the past year, according to recent NHS data. The disease can devastate families, with many making the difficult decision to move a loved one into a care home. John Ramsay understands the challenges of living with dementia first hand having cared for his [...]
Professor Tara Rampal, founder of telehealth firm QuestPrehab, on the significance of its new landmark NHS liver transplant trial. Increasingly the number of patients with frailty, sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and strength), complex comorbidities and advanced age are being offered major surgical interventions. This leaves them vulnerable to complications, which often means unplanned hospital [...]
Icelandic firm Sidekick Health is on a mission to harness digital health advances to enable personalised care at scale, as HT World reports. In healthcare today, many patients are treated with a one-size fits-all approach and treatment is most often given after the fact rather than being preventative. However, a significant amount of patients live [...]
Infection solutions company ActivePure is aiming to revolutionise how environments from hospitals to elite sports facilities stay clean with its air purification system that harnesses NASA space technology, as Stephanie Price reports. Covid-19 has put the spotlight on infection control, with hospitals and public spaces ramping up efforts to stay clean. At an innovation event [...]
From Ozempic to wearables and digital health apps, a new generation of weight management tools have shaken up the weight loss industry. But which of these innovations will actually bring about truly long-lasting change to consumers, patients and health systems? Three experts tackle the question in this exclusive Health Tech World webinar. Featuring: Martin Carlsson, [...]
Dr Adrian Owen is a renowned neuroscientist and university professor. The reseacher is best known for his discovery that some patients thought to be in a persistent vegetative state are fully aware and able to communicate using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Dr Owen is now Chief Scientific Officer at Creyos - a company aiming [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of pandemic preparation. Now, a new study has identified 70 virus lineages that could provide clues as to which virus might become ‘Disease X’ - an unidentified pathogen that could cause the next global pandemic. RNA viruses cause diseases such as the common cold, Covid-19 and measles, and have [...]
SheSleep is the world’s first sleep app designed especially for women to help address issues such as insomnia, hormone imbalance and overall health. Health Tech World heads to Iceland to speak to its founder and CEO Erla Björnsdóttir. Women are more than twice as likely to suffer from insomnia than men, and many sleep patients [...]
