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Interview: Kumbi Kariwo, Birmingham Community Healthcare, on utilising Isla for inclusive wound care – htn

  • September 18, 2024
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HTN sat down with Kumbi Kariwo, equality and inclusion project lead at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, to learn more about her research into wound care in darker skin tones and how this has translated into practice in Birmingham and beyond. Identifying health inequalities On what inspired her to start looking into wound care […]

The number of patients per UK GP has soared by 9 per cent, shows study

  • September 18, 2024
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The number of patients per GP has soared by 9 per cent, rising to a massive 32 per cent when taking chronic conditions into account, a new study in England by University of Manchester researchers has found. The increase – identified from data between 2015 and 2022 – occurred alongside an overall drop in GP […]

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AI products like ChatGPT can provide medics with ‘harmful’ advice

  • September 18, 2024
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The much-hyped AI products like ChatGPt may provide medical doctors and healthcare professionals with information that can aggravate patients’ conditions and lead to serious health consequences, a new study suggests. Researchers considered three-nutrition related diseases in their study, with two experienced dietitians examining a total of 63 ChatGPT outputs of disease management against medical guidelines. […]

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UCL partners with YouTube Health to improve access to mental health information online – htn

  • September 18, 2024
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University College London has launched a partnership with YouTube Health, designed to improve access and quality of mental health information on the site for young people in particular. The university reports high demand for mental health content through YouTube, heightening a “crucial” need for content to be accurate and evidence-based. The collaboration aims to train […]

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£250,000 fund for innovation and digital tools in wound care launches – htn

  • September 18, 2024
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The launch of a new £250,000 fund for innovation and digital tools in wound care has been announced, designed to improve outcomes for patients with chronic wounds by supporting widespread adoption of digital wound management in community nursing. Minuteful for Wound by Healthy.io invites applications from innovators in the wound care space with a deadline […]

Oil stares at a bleak future as China’s economy sputters. The good news: A market ‘bust’ is unlikely

  • September 18, 2024
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The RN-Tuapsinsky refinery operated by Rosneft Oil Co. in Tuapse, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As the world’s oil traders and analysts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore last week, the slump in oil and where it was headed was foremost in everybody’s mind. China, the […]