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£1.7m funding for wearable brain imaging system technology
Wearable brain imaging system technology has been awarded £1.7m to accelerate approval for use in hospitals.
Wearable brain imaging can provide accurate measures of brain...
B Medical Systems’ cold chain transport box receives CERTICOL label
The CERTICOLD quality label guarantees B Medical Systems’ cold chain transport boxes RCW25 are conforming to European GDP guidelines.
B Medical Systems, a global leader...
Is ChatGPT the future of antibiotic prescribing?
Researchers from the University of Liverpool have tested whether ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot, could be used for antibiotic prescribing.
ChatGPT is a chatbot developed...
Using advanced imaging technology to detect lung disease
New research has found that an imaging process used in research labs could detect early-stage lung disease if developed for use in hospitals and...
New digital mental health tech for children recommended by NICE
Four digital mental health technologies have been recommended for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Children and...
Defence Therapeutics begins manufacturing of it’s ARM vaccine
Defence Therapeutics Inc., a Canadian biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development of immune-oncology vaccines and drug delivery technologies, is pleased to announce the start...
The University of Oxford trials bioelectronic implant for incontinence treatment
Revolutionary bioelectrical therapy has been trialled in participants requiring incontinence treatment.
Amber Therapeutics, a company spun out from the University of Oxford in 2021, applies...
Researchers create new technology to diagnose cardiac arrhythmia
Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have discovered a new and improved method of diagnosing cardiac arrhythmia.
A standard electrocardiogram (ECG) has been...
Point-of-care testing for infectious diseases in emergency settings
Inflammatix spoke with Andy Breakell, an emergency medicine consultant at the Royal Liverpool Hospital and Tony Cambridge, lead biomedical scientist at Plymouth Hospital about...
Using CT scans in treatment for high blood pressure
A new type of CT scan, that can light up tiny nodules in a hormone gland, has been identified as a possible treatment for...
New affordable device for fixing broken bones trialled in low-income countries
Imperial College researchers have developed a low-cost, easy-to-manufacture stabiliser for broken bones in place with metal pins or screws attached to a surrounding metal...
New artificial pancreas technology recommended in England and Wales
Around 105,000 people struggling with type 1 diabetes could benefit from artificial pancreas technology.
People who are struggling to manage their type 1 diabetes could...
UCL team gain access to the most powerful supercomputer for drug discovery
A UCL-led team of researchers are using the world’s first exascale supercomputer to identify a shortlist of potential new drugs for diseases.
The supercomputer called...
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?
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...
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
A new study from the Centre for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that four weeks of internet therapy can help anger...
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...
Is self-driven healthcare the future?
New research shows that self-driven healthcare can improve health outcomes and reduce costs, helping promote a sustainable future.
Self-driven healthcare is an umbrella term introduced...
Fitness levels can be accurately predicted using wearable devices
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a method of measuring fitness levels on wearable devices, without the need of exercising.
Normally, tests to accurately measure...
