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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lotus has unveiled a new EV concept which it calls “Theory 1,” a lightweight(-ish) electric sportscar concept inspired by the Lotus Esprit with nearly 1,000hp and capable of speeds up to 200mph. Here at Electrek, we see and report on a lot of wild EV concepts. These concepts are often accompanied by long treatises on […]
A new low-cost electric car is rolling out to global markets, and it’s not from China. Vietnam’s VinFast officially launched its most affordable EV, the VF 3, overseas as it expands its presence in the Philippines. After unveiling the VF 3 in January, VinFast’s mini electric SUV instantly became a hit in its home market […]
Photo: DongFang Electric Corporation Global wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1 2024, with 91.2 gigawatts (GW) of activity, a 23% increase year-over-year, thanks to the Asia-Pacific region. Globally, investment by wind energy developers in H1 2024 totaled $42 billion, a 3% increase year-over-year, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Much of […]
New Wuling Hongguang Mini EV (Source: China’s MIIT) GM’s joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) is launching an updated Wuling Hongguang Mini EV in China. Once the best-selling EV in China, with starting prices around $4,000, sales of the mini EV have slipped as new competition enters the market. The company hopes an updated model can help […]
