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Health Europa brings you the latest Research & Innovation News from across the field of European Healthcare & Social Care Policy.

Can machine learning be used to prevent an ACL injury?

Can machine learning be used to prevent an ACL injury?

A study by the University of Jyväskylä has examined the possibility of using machine learning to predict the risk of ACL injury. Anterior cruciate ligament...
Baby’s vaccine responses linked to childbirth method 

Baby’s vaccine responses linked to childbirth method 

The childbirth delivery method is associated with how a baby’s immune system will respond to two key childhood vaccines.   There are multiple types of childbirth...
Finding new ways to prevent sudden cardiac arrest

Finding new ways to prevent sudden cardiac arrest

Primary care visits increase significantly in the weeks immediately preceding a sudden cardiac arrest, according to research from European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).   The findings...
Artificial Intelligence technology can accelerate heart disease diagnosis 

Artificial Intelligence technology can accelerate heart disease diagnosis 

University of Sheffield researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that can speed up heart disease diagnosis.  An AI tool which provides a quick...
Study finds vegan diet boosts weight loss in overweight adults

Study finds vegan diet boosts weight loss in overweight adults

New analysis finds that following a vegan diet for at least 12 weeks may boost weight loss and glucose control in overweight adults or...
Using machine learning to improve prosthetic limbs

Using machine learning to improve prosthetic limbs

Researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg are investigating how intelligent prosthetic limbs can be made more reliable using machine learning.   Researchers are trying to find...
Can astrophysics measure the body clock in hospital patients?

Can astrophysics measure the body clock in hospital patients?

A team from the University of Manchester have adapted a technique originally developed to analyse stars, to measure the human body clock. Astrophysics is used...
Using Artificial Intelligence technology in the IVF embryo selection process 

Using Artificial Intelligence technology in the IVF embryo selection process 

Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence technology that can determine in vitro fertilised embryo has a normal number of chromosomes.   Having an abnormal number of...
Online therapy can help treat symptoms of depression

Online therapy can help treat symptoms of depression 

According to a new study, online therapy and smart devices can help identify and treat symptoms of depression and anxiety.  Amid a shortage of therapists,...
A wearable skin patch monitors haemoglobin levels in deep tissues

A wearable skin patch monitors haemoglobin levels in deep tissues

A team of engineers have designed a wearable skin patch using a photoacoustic sensor to help clinicians monitor haemoglobin levels. Engineers from the University of...
Clinical trial methods in cardiology research need to be updated

Clinical trial methods in cardiology research need to be updated

According to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the current model for randomised clinical trials used in cardiology research must be redesigned. The ESC has...
AI can now be used to detect early knee osteoarthritis

AI can now be used to detect early knee osteoarthritis

Researchers have developed new Artificial Intelligence (AI) capable of detecting early knee osteoarthritis from x-ray images.   The new technology has been developed by the University...
wounds

Researchers create ‘plaster’ to seal internal wounds

An innovative patch to seal internal wounds and prevent dangerous leakages has been developed by researchers in Switzerland. A team of researchers from Empa have...
New technology can improve ambulance services in developing countries

New technology can improve ambulance services in developing countries

Technological improvements in ambulance services could reduce the number of injured people in dying unnecessarily developing nations. New electronic tools that could speed hospital transfers...
Online therapy can help with anger management

Online therapy can help with anger management

A new study from the Centre for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that four weeks of internet therapy can help anger...
CAR T Cell therapy used to treat leukaemia for the first time

CAR T Cell therapy used to treat leukaemia for the first time

In a world first, a patient with relapsed T cell leukaemia has received base-edited CAR T cell therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 2021,...
How dangerous is mould in the home?

How dangerous is mould in the home?

Amid the rise of mould-related health incidents in the UK, Gama Healthcare investigates what can be done to combat the risk of mould in...
The health issues of meat substitutes in a plant-based diet

The health issues of meat substitutes in a plant-based diet

Meat substitutes used as part of a plant-based diet often have poor nutritional value, accompanied by misleading nutritional information, according to a study from...
Researchers identify three new subtypes of brain cancer

Researchers identify three new subtypes of brain cancer

Three new subtypes of brain cancer have been discovered by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin.   The new subtypes of...
Researchers call for personalised psychosis treatment  

Researchers call for personalised psychosis treatment  

Researchers from the University of Birmingham are calling for a personalised psychosis treatment approach for patients.   The new paper, published in Translational Psychiatry, suggests that...

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