This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In 2012, the BBC aired a documentary that pushed diet culture to a new extreme. For Eat, Fast, and Live Longer, the British journalist Michael Mosley experimented with eating normally for five days each week and then dramatically […]
NHS patients with a life-threatening Patients receiving tafamidis through clinical trials also experienced fewer hospitalisations due to their condition than the placebo group. The drug is available on the NHS from today (13 May) thanks to interim funding from the Innovative Medicines Fund after the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave the […]
The word “failure” is rampant in medicine. Hearts, livers, lungs, and kidneys all “fail,” which simply means they cease to do their job. But the failures that patients tend to remember are the ones that seem to indict not an organ but an entire person. Just ask anyone who has been told that they have […]
OKKO Health, a leader in innovative eye health technology, is excited to announce its collaboration with the University of Plymouth. This groundbreaking project will test eye health and track early disease detection in extreme environments, beginning with the depths of a cave and soon to monitor astronauts’ vision in the vastness of space. The monitoring […]
Our favourite event of the year is here, where we hear about health tech projects and programmes from across health and care in the Health Tech Awards 2024 that have made an impact! We’re looking for a fantastic group of NHS professionals to help support the judging process for the Health Tech Awards sponsored by CCube […]
The Scottish government has published the latest update to its Care in the Digital Age strategy, covering delivery plans for 2024 to 2025 across digital access, digital services, digital foundations, digital skills, and data. The update outlines progress over the last year on areas such as remote monitoring, the Integrated Social Care and Health Record, […]
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced the launch of its regulatory sandbox for AI as a Medical Device (AIaMD), AI Airlock, a pilot project which forms a “key part” of the agency’s recently published strategic approach to AI. In what will initially involve the support of 4-6 virtual or real-world projects, […]
After a significant amount of research has shown that volunteers report improved wellbeing and mental health from charitable activities, charity leaders have outlined how further funding for ‘social prescribing’ initiatives, where doctors prescribe volunteering over medication, could massively benefit the not-for-profit sector and health services. A study published by Shaping the Future with Volunteering showed […]
Bird flu has been detected in dairy cows in the US. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA View image in fullscreen Bird flu has been detected in dairy cows in the US. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA Bird flu strain found in US cows flown to UK lab for testing Virus sent to high-security facility so that experts can examine […]
