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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidelines recommending that flash glucose monitoring or continuous glucose monitoring be made available for all adults with type 1 diabetes in the UK. The guideline also suggests that all children living with type 1 diabetes should use continuous glucose monitoring. Diabetes UK said [...]
A sugar-containing polymer coating could one day help repair artificial joint implants when they are damaged through wear and tear, research has found. An international team of scientists, including from York and Durham universities and Tsinghua University, China, has developed the technique for easily repairing low-friction surfaces. Taking their inspiration from the way cartilage works [...]
Life sciences investment group NetScientific plc has invested a further $1m into EpiBone Inc, a regenerative medicine company that focuses on bone and cartilage reconstruction based in the US. The investment comprises of $734k from NetScientific’s balance sheet and $266k in advised funds from the group’s corporate finance and venture capital subsidiary EMV Capital Ltd. [...]
Wellness app Evergreen Life has announced the acquisition of Salvie Ltd, creators of the askmyGP online consultation and workflow system that connects patients with their GPs. Mark Hindle, COO of Evergreen Life, said it will work collaboratively with askmyGP on a new platform, Evergreen Connect, to strengthen relationships with GP providers, Clinical Commissioning Groups, health [...]
In the future, soft robotic hands with advanced sensors could help diagnose and care for patients, or act as more lifelike prostheses. Researchers say one roadblock to encoding soft robotic hands with human-like sensing capabilities and dexterity has been the stretchability of pressure sensors. Although pressure sensors, needed for a robotic hand to grasp and [...]
A group of local authority partners will be supported by the Local Government Association (LGA) and transformation agency Rethink Partners to strengthen digital capability in local government. The programme will support 11 local councils to embrace care technology by adopting digital tools and solutions in adult social care. A spokesperson for Rethink Partners said councils [...]
DigitalHealth.London and Centric Health TV are working together to share digital health stories via video, to support the spread of health tech innovations. DigitalHealth.London was launched in 2016 with the aim of creating an active digital health market in London by removing some of the challenges that were holding innovators back. It connects NHS staff, digital health companies and academics, and equips them to improve the [...]
Nerivio, created by Theranica, is the first FDA-cleared, smartphone-controlled prescribed wearable device for the acute treatment of migraine. Theranica says it has demonstrated clinical evidence equivalent to commonly prescribed medications and serves more than 25,000 people with migraine, including adolescents and adults, in the USA. Health Tech World speaks with Alon Ironi, CEO of Theranica, [...]
Technology platform Photonics21 is building a super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner workings of superbugs. Scientists say the NanoVIB microscope will allow users to look into bacteria, such as Streptococcus Pneumoniae, at a molecular-scale resolution, showing up objects smaller than 10,000th the thickness of a sheet of paper, to gain new insights [...]
Bridgeworks' revolutionary data acceleration technology enables organisations to transfer large volumes of data, 200 times faster. Using automated, AI technology Bridgeworks is able to combat the issues of latency and packet loss, meaning that data can get to where it needs to be quicker. Health Tech World spoke with Bridgeworks CEO David Trossell, who joined [...]
