Oil prices fall for fourth session ahead of busy Memorial Day travel weekend

  • May 23, 2024
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Stephen Strathdee | Getty Images Crude oil futures fell for the fourth-consecutive session Thursday ahead of the busy Memorial Day travel weekend. U.S. crude oil is down 3% for the week while Brent, the global benchmark, has fallen about 4%. Here are Thursday’s closing energy prices: West Texas Intermediate July contract: $76.87 a barrel, down 70 […]

A three-point plan for digital delivery

  • May 23, 2024
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Sam Shah has seen health tech policy up-close and worries that little progress has been made over the past five-years. However, he has a plan for any health and social care secretary who’d like to solve problems instead of issuing sound bites. Sam Shah has a very diverse portfolio: spanning clinical work, academic leadership, legal […]

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Aevice targets Japan, US with latest $1M fund and more briefs

  • May 23, 2024
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Aevice Health obtains $1M investment for Japan, US expansion Singapore-based respiratory health IT maker Aevice Health has received a $1 million investment from A&D Company for its expansion in the United States and Japan. Based on their agreement, Aevice can leverage the sales network of its investor, which manufactures precision equipment and product inspection equipment […]

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Big data, AI, and personalised medicine: scientists reveal bold vision to revolutionise healthcare

  • May 23, 2024
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A team of scientists have set out a bold vision for precision approaches to understanding, preventing, and treating diseases, driven by revolutionary technologies and new collaborations between researchers and other health professionals. Writing in Frontiers in Science, internationally renowned authors – led by Prof Michel Goldman, recipient of the Blaise Pascal Medal 2024 for his […]

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Why Technology Alone Can’t Solve Loneliness – Digital Health Technology News

  • May 23, 2024
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Loneliness has taken center stage as a global public health threat in recent years. In 2018, the U.K. appointed its first “Minister of Loneliness,” tasked with helping people build community and bolster strong networks of support. This past year, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory, declaring loneliness a nationwide “epidemic.” Chronic loneliness, marked by […]

App will use AI to deliver advancements to multimorbidity self-management

  • May 23, 2024
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Holly Health is to partner with Loughborough University and the Modality Partnership, providing its multimorbidity digital self-management tool to hundreds of thousands of patients. The partnership has secured £447k from Innovate UK to develop a just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) machine learning system with Loughborough University’s Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) & Wolfson School […]