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Activating Networks for Success: Leveraging Connections in Life Sciences and Biopharma
CONEXEN—your gateway to meaningful connections in the life sciences, biopharma, and health tech sectors! They bring together professionals and thought leaders to inspire, share insights, and build lasting relationships. Their upcoming event in Oxford is all about unlocking the power…
Read more: Activating Networ...Sleep Cycle are recognized with two Merit Healthcare Awards in 2024!
Congratulations! Our friends Sleep Cycle are recognized with two Merit Healthcare Awards in 2024! Gold for Mobile #DigitalHealth Resources Silver for Best Use of #ArtificialIntelligence Read more here.
Read more: Sleep Cycle are ...NHS using Imperial spinout’s advanced prescription software to improve safety
Delighted to announce a partnership between @ImperialNHS and #InventedAtImperial spinout Dosium to improve patient safety when it comes to prescribing children's medicines. Could be a game-changer and a life-saver. Read more here.
Read more: NHS using Imperia...Discovery of how liver flushes cholesterol from body could lead to better cardiovascular disease treatments
A new discovery about how the liver flushes cholesterol from the body could lead to more effective treatments for cardiovascular disease—the leading cause of death worldwide. Read full article here.
Read more: Discovery of how ...Health tech investment shows signs of recovery in 2024: SVB
Funding in the first eight months of the year has already exceeded pre-pandemic levels, according to Silicon Valley Bank. But high valuations recorded in 2021 are still affecting the market. Read more here.
Read more: Health tech inves...We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury
The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a brain injury. Read more here.
Read more: We Just Got More ...Video Games Boost Cognition, Exercise Improves Mental Health
A large-scale study has revealed that playing video games improves cognitive abilities, while physical exercise enhances mental health, but each activity only affects one domain. The study, involving over 1,000 participants, found that frequent gamers performed cognitively like people 13.7…
Read more: Video Games Boost...How AI Helps Diagnose Rare Diseases
Rare diseases pose a significant challenge for health care professionals. These conditions — often complex and elusive — lead patients through a lengthy journey before a diagnosis is finally reached. The process is riddled with uncertainties, as symptoms usually mimic…
Read more: How AI Helps Diag...Apple begins testing AI software designed to bring a smarter Siri to the iPhone 16
Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday. Read the full article…
Read more: Apple begins test...GE HealthCare introduces elevated POC ultrasound solutions and new tablet-based Venue Sprint
GE HealthCare announced the launch of enhanced Venue ultrasound systems and a new solution, setting the pace of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS): Venue Sprint. Read more in the MedTech Spectrum blog here.
Read more: GE HealthCare int...Three new life science start-ups thrive at Discovery Park
A group of former Pfizer employees have successfully created their own businesses based at and supported by Discovery Park, a thriving life sciences community in Kent. Read the full article here.
Read more: Three new life sc...Medtronic, Siemens Healthineers team up on spine surgery imaging
Two of the top 10 largest medtech companies will partner together on robotic head and spine procedures, with Medtronic looking to link its surgical suite with Siemens Healthineers’ pre- and post-op imaging know-how. Read more here.
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