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  • How AI will disrupt the treatment of Parkinson’s

    Christopher Trummer, co-founder and CEO of tech-enabled early-stage drug discovery company CelerisTX. He shares his insights with Health Tech World about how artificial intelligence will "disrupt" how we treat Parkinson's Disease... Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are already having a major impact on the biopharma space. They are being used to change the [...]

  • Health Tech Forward 2022: The gallery

    Health Tech Forward returned on October 4-5, 2022 - featuring a lineup of global digital health entrepreneurs, medical practitioners, venture capitalists and government leaders. Health Tech Forward was once again a huge success. Exploring the evolving trends shaping the future of health and health technology were global names who delivered eye-opening keynotes, engaging panel discussions [...]

  • The term “AI” is damaging our relationship with tech – Dr Craig Newman

    TED Talks speaker and clinical psychologist Dr Newman speaks to Health Tech World about the importance of AI in healthcare - and how what we call it matters more than you might think...  When you think of artificial intelligence, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If it’s a robot with arms and legs, [...]

  • Revealed: The Health Tech World Top 50 Innovators of 2022

    Health Tech World has announced its Top 50 health tech innovators of 2022. Here are the top picks of health tech companies who stand out for their unique innovation, outstanding tech solutions, or for simply for making the world a better place through health tech… 1 – Innovaccer | USA Through AI innovation, Innovaccer provides [...]

  • One Medical stock price rockets by 70% following Amazon’s announcement of £3.5bn buyout 

    Shares of One Medical have rocketed as high as $17.25 (£14.40) after the news broke yesterday that Amazon will buy the company for $3.9b  Retail giant Amazon will acquire primary care organisation One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction, as it takes another huge and concrete shift into healthcare.  Amazon already runs [...]

  • Where are all the women in AI?

    Only 22% of AI professionals in the UK are female, causing “persistent, structural inequality” in the field. So where are all the women? Artificial Intelligence will reshape every corner of our lives over the coming years. The AI sector in the UK alone was worth over £15 billion in 2020 - and it’s set to [...]

  • The truth about tech addiction: A special report

    Memory loss, shrinking IQ, and flattened creativity are just some of the ways excessive smartphone use is damaging our brains. But what exactly is tech addiction? And how do we know when playing Wordle is not a game anymore? Health Tech World reports… The chances are, you won’t make it to the end of this [...]

  • Treating the blind-spot of healthcare inequalities

    Health inequalities is a much bandied about term - and means different things to different people. But what is glaringly evident are woeful discrepancies in the diagnosis and treatment of type-2 diabetes, especially amongst minority ethnic patients. Cold, hard facts are, as always, powerfully persuasive. Consider these, for example: There are 9 million people living [...]