More people living with obesity will have access to the newest and most effective obesity drugs to help cut NHS waiting lists after the UK government announced a £40 million two-year pilot. The pilot will explore how approved weight loss drugs can be made safely available to more people by expanding specialist weight management services […]
Shell, which is aiming to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050, said it was concerned by what it described as a “short-sighted” decision. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Britain’s advertising regulator has banned an ad campaign promoting the green initiatives of 2 days ago “From electric vehicle charging to renewable electricity […]
Biosynergy CEO Daniel Herman speaks about the role of nutrients, DNA and epigenetics in space exploration and how these concepts can be applied closer to home. A groundbreaking new field is changing our understanding of human biology. Epigenetics is the study of how behaviours and environmental factors can influence gene activity without altering our DNA […]
IN APRIL 2020, Gales told me over the phone how he and his classmates, now confined to their cells most of the day in the prison version of quarantine, continued working on dance moves that would fit those constricted spaces. “We really wish we could do TikTok,” he said. “We would take over the world.” […]
The 61-year-old woman lifted the laundry basket, then grimly eyed the steps up from the basement. The climb seemed to get tougher every day. Before she was even halfway up, she could feel her racing heart and hear her ragged, rapid breathing. She gripped the wooden handrail in case she started to feel lightheaded again. […]
THINK Surgical, Inc. recently announced that its TMINI™ Miniature Robotic System has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). THINK Surgical chose R&D consultancy Sagentia Innovation, a market-leading advanced surgical robotics developer, to support key aspects of the TMINI system’s development. The TMINI system includes a wireless robotic handpiece that assists […]
NHS Sussex has released their five-year integrated care strategy, ‘Improving Lives Together’, which outlines the integrated care system’s plans to improve health and care for the local population. One of the key priorities the strategy emphasises is “improving the use digital technology and information.” As it stands, Sussex has undertaken a lot of work “to […]
NHS England has recently published a new version of its What Good Looks Like framework, specifically for digital working in adult social care. The framework is intended to set out “what good digital working looks like for care providers and local authorities with responsibility for adult social care in England”. It does this through setting […]
A new study published last month has put forward a new framework intended specifically for assessing evidence from digital health interventions (DHIs). The research entitled ‘rigorous and rapid evidence assessment in digital health with the evidence DEFINED framework’, was published by npj Digital Medicine, proposing a framework to assess Evidence in Digital health for Effectiveness of Interventions with […]
NHS trusts need a lot of technology, but they face complex, structural challenges when it comes to procurement, and these tend to work against smaller companies and innovation. The Highland Marketing advisory board met recently to discuss the issues and the role of marketing. NHS acute trusts need a lot of technology. Infrastructure – cloud […]
