A robotics company specialising in rehabilitation and assistive technology has launched a new cloud-based platform that the company says will enhance patient care and support clinical...
Figures from telemedicine group Doctorlink provide further evidence of the exponential rise of digital health services in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact...
Cecilia Harvey on the applications of sensor technology in healthcare and its potential to tackle COVID-19 and healthcare inequality. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed serious gaps...
Scientists reveal that protein agglomerations typical of neurodegenerative diseases dissociate with infrared laser irradiation The agglomeration of proteins into structures called amyloid plaques is a common...
A UK clinical trial assessing organ damage in COVID-19 patients has disclosed preliminary results from its initial scans of 100 people. Led by Oxford-based medical imaging...
Cloud Technology Solutions’ Alison King on the uses of nascent technologies in healthcare and how the NHS can learn from the UK’s European neighbours. The NHS...
NETSCOUT’s Darren Anstee on the rapid rise in demand for telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine services were initially introduced to solve the difficulties of...
A UK company producing wheelchair wheels with integrated suspension is setting its sights on European expansion. Nottinghamshire-based company, Loopwheels replaces standard spokes with carbon composite springs...
Scientists launch a test that determines the number of neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 within a much shorter period of time than previous methods. To determine immunity...
French electronics company Withings has announced a US$60 million Series B funding round. Withings says it will invest funds to globally scale its business-to-business division Withings...
Scientists have developed a fully automated ‘micro-lab’ that can quickly and reliably determine a patient’s blood type. Created by a team of researchers at Japan’s Tokyo...
A new report from AXA PPP healthcare estimates that employee travel to GP appointments cost UK businesses £1.5bn in lost working time in 2019. The report...
An inhalable drug which could offer a convenient treatment option for the COVID-19 pandemic is currently being developed. Absolute Antibody Ltd has announced a new partnership...
Amy Humphreys and Ben Cossor on how the pandemic is changing the way we think about healthcare technology. During the lockdown period, even the most technophobic...
Scientists have developed a deep learning tool that could help to accelerate the process of predicting and detecting disease-driving mutations in genes. The universal programming tool,...
A UK firm believes its membrane emulsification technology could enable the economic and rapid deployment of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dai Hayward, chief executive of Teesside-based Micropore...
The open innovation platform, AlmirallShare, is calling on the scientific community in a bid to identify new treatments for skin health and establish collaborations in dermatological...
A UK neuroscience firm has launched a new device which aims to combat feelings of worry and stress whilst boosting mental health and promoting the importance...
A COVID-19 ‘hotspot tracker’ has been launched to help identify high risk areas for businesses and individuals as the nation begins to return to normality and...
Tech agency Innovate UK has awarded funding to a project which uses AI to help schools address the mental health of its pupils. It is hoped...
