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Centre for Sight has launched a new Eye Health MOT service for people aged 40 and over, offering a detailed, consultant-led assessment designed to provide reassurance and detect early signs of eye disease before symptoms appear. The launch comes amid growing public focus on eye health and vision standards for drivers, with many people questioning [...]
Tomorrow (February 1) sees the publication of Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter. Penned by by Gil Bashe, chair global health and purpose at FINN Partners, the book challenges leaders across health, life sciences, technology and policy ecosystems to rethink how care is designed, delivered and experienced. Here we share the foreward by [...]
The Health Tech World Awards 2026 are set to celebrate the health innovators and innovations helping to transform outcomes across the globe. The Leader of the Year award will recognise an exceptional individual who has demonstrated visionary leadership in advancing healthcare through technology innovation. The winner will have made significant contributions to improving patient outcomes, [...]
Mos Health has raised about €920k (US$1.1m) in pre-seed funding for an AI preventative health platform aimed at helping users stick to healthier habits. The Polish-American startup is building what it calls an “AI Health Partner”, combining personalised health protocols, or step-by-step plans, with matched supplements to support routine changes. Mos Health says it is [...]
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has further advanced its digital maturity by successfully going live with Altera Digital Health’s ePrescribing and Medicine Administration (ePMA). Disparate and paper-based workflows have been digitised and standardised across 56 inpatient wards and urgent care areas spanning the trust’s three hospital sites, significantly reducing variations in prescribing practice to enhance [...]
Illumina has completed its acquisition of proteomics company SomaLogic, expanding its multiomics portfolio. Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins and how they function in the body. Analysing proteins in biological samples can reveal disease processes that genomics, the study of DNA, may not show on its own. Multiomics combines several biological approaches, such as [...]
Patients at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are set to benefit from a new digital bedside service following a partnership with Airwave Healthcare, introducing integrated technology that supports entertainment, communication, and access to hospital services. The new bedside terminals are being introduced on the trust’s innovative and award-winning Concept Ward as part of [...]
Google DeepMind has launched AlphaGenome, an AI tool it says can help identify genetic mutations driving disease and point to new treatments. AlphaGenome predicts how mutations can disrupt gene regulation, affecting when genes switch on, in which cells, and how strongly they are activated. Many inherited common diseases, including heart disease and autoimmune disorders, as [...]
By Tony King, SVP, international at NETSCOUT It is a universal experience for all industries to be threatened by cyberattacks. They are, like the threat actors launching the attacks, continuously evolving, and are afflicting more and more organisations. As part of the NCSC’s ninth Annual Review in October 2025, CEO Richard Horne spoke of the [...]
The US ranks sixth for perimenopause knowledge, behind the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands, research by the Mayo Clinic and period tracker Flo has revealed. Perimenopause is the transition leading up to a woman’s last menstrual cycle and includes the 12 months afterwards, after which menopause is established as hormone levels change. It [...]
