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Excessive levels of THC have been found in UK CBD products

Excessive levels of THC have been found in UK CBD products

In a study by PhytoVista and Centre for Medical Cannabis, it’s been reported that over half of the 30 CBD products in Europe were...
Electronic evidence-based care systems: helping care homes enter the digital age

Electronic evidence-based care systems: helping care homes enter the digital age

Jonathan Papworth, co-founder and Director of Person Centred Software talks about the urgency for social care providers to adopt electronic evidence-based care systems. Care home...
Fears increasing liberalisation of cannabis use could expose more women to pregnancy risk

Fears increasing liberalisation of cannabis use could expose more women to pregnancy risk

Cannabis use during pregnancy has the ability to cause women to experience a premature birth and have higher rates of potentially serious complications –...
Healthcare Partnership Network: why a simple bar code can change the tide in the NHS

Healthcare Partnership Network: why a simple bar code can change the tide in the...

Scheduled to be speaking at the Healthcare Partnership Network event, Stuart MacMillan, Interim Consultant on the NHS project Scan4Safety, talks us through the digital...
Cannabis use as a tool in the harm reduction of opioid use: A Canadian perspective

Cannabis use as a tool in the harm reduction of opioid use: A Canadian...

Lighting up to extinguish the crisis of opioid use? Discover the emerging research for cannabis use as a harm reduction strategy in North America. The...
Brain computer interface – the rising adoption of wearable medical devices

Brain computer interface – the rising adoption of wearable medical devices

Explore the current and upcoming trends regarding brain computer interface, the device that can help to create a pathway between the brain and surrounding...
The Leafcann Group. an emerging leader in Australian medical cannabis research

The Leafcann Group: an emerging leader in Australian medical cannabis research

In the world of medical cannabis research, Leafcann showcase their impressive record and intention to extend their services into the European market. LeafCann is an...
Cannabis, women’s health, and pelvic conditions

Cannabis, women’s health, and pelvic conditions

Discover how Columbia Care are developing products to meet an unmet clinical need in women suffering from pelvic conditions. As one of the nation’s most...
Global healthcare systems: patient data and the rise of feral information systems

Global healthcare systems: patient data and the rise of feral information systems

Discover the challenges in handling patient data and the rise of feral information systems, as Andrew Meiner of Stalis LTD explains more about the...
UK hemp industry: can this help emissions targets and revitalise the agriculture industry?

UK hemp industry: can this help emissions targets and revitalise the agriculture industry?

The UK hemp industry is on the rise, and leaders of the sector are exploring the potential of hemp and its benefits for agriculture,...
Cannabis company Khiron Life Sciences applauds EU Trade Deal with Latin American countries

Cannabis company Khiron Life Sciences applauds EU Trade Deal with Latin American countries

Khiron Life Sciences Corp, a cannabis company with core operations in Latin America, welcomes the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement announced between the EU and Mercosur. Mercosur...
People, innovation, and sustainability at the heart of the medicinal cannabis sector

People, innovation, and sustainability at the heart of the medicinal cannabis sector

New Zealand start-up Greenfern is on its way to becoming an environmental leader in the burgeoning, highly electricity-reliant medicinal cannabis sector. Row upon row of...
Please note, this article will appear in issue 10 of Health Europa Quarterly, which will be available to read in July 2019.

NHS Nurses save 87 minutes a day in revolutionary trial

In a busy hospital setting, innovative technology makes medication rounds safer and more efficient, helping NHS nurses save 87 minutes each, per day, in...
Uniper Care Europe explain leveraging accessible technology and social connections

Uniper Care Europe explain leveraging accessible technology and social connections

Discover the advanced communication technologies as a source of leveraging wellbeing for accessible technology, and social connects and engagement of older adults. Uniper Care Europe...
Reinvigorating the medicinal cannabis industry: ‘naming and shaming’ could dissuade companies

Reinvigorating the medicinal cannabis industry: ‘naming and shaming’ could dissuade companies

Today the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) has expressed dismay at the findings of the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee report...
NTU Singapore poised to shape the future of digital health education with WHO partnership

NTU Singapore poised to shape the future of digital health education with WHO partnership

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is ready to shape the future of digital health education on a global scale in partnership with the...
Discover the funding for cardiovascular disease and integrated care & social care

E-health: discover the funding for cardiovascular disease and integrated care & social care

Introducing the SBRI Healthcare programme, the e-health funding offer launched for cardiovascular disease and integrated care & social care. With only roughly 6 weeks left...
Pregnant women taking epilepsy drugs increase language impairment in their children

Pregnant women taking epilepsy drugs increase language impairment in their children

Today at the 5th European Academy of Neurology Congress, researchers present how epilepsy drugs taken by pregnant women is associated with higher risk of...
As Europe’s regulatory environment progresses, Aurora Cannabis targets expansion in Europe

As Europe’s regulatory environment progresses, Aurora Cannabis targets expansion in Europe

Aurora Cannabis is the world’s largest cannabis-producing company with target output of over 500,000 kilos per year, & now the company calls for patient-focused...
Components of knee joints could be made clearer with the miniature MRI scanner

Components of knee joints could be made clearer with the miniature MRI scanner

Mechanisms of the knee joints are unclear in existing MRI scans, however a research team from Imperial College London has created a mini MRI...

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