This article was taken from: https://pharmafield.co.uk/healthcare/technology-holds-the-key-to-nhs-transformation/ By Paul Midgley Oli Hudson How technology holds the key to NHS transformation helping hard-pressed clinicians work smarter as the Government grapples with staff recruitment challenges. In their General Election manifesto, the Tories pledged to provide 50,000 more nurses, 6000 more GPs and 50 million more GP surgery appointments…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51361955 By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Hopes have been dashed an experimental vaccine could protect people against HIV, the virus that causes Aids. The National Institutes of Health has stopped its HVTN 702 trial, of more than 5,000 people in South Africa, as it found the jab did…
This article was taken from: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2020/january/manchester-research-could-slow-heart-failure By Helen Billam We have awarded funding for a new research project at the University of Manchester, which could find a way to slow down the progression of heart failure. Problems with the heart’s natural recycling system can result in the onset and development of heart failure. Autophagy, which…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51205344 By BBC Health news One of the abiding images of any virus outbreak is people in surgical masks. Using them to prevent infection is popular in many countries around the world, most notably China during the current coronavirus outbreak where they are also worn to protect against high pollution levels. Virologists…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/23/nhs-experiment-ai-will-see-whole-city-offered-virtual-hospital/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor An entire city is to take part in NHS experiment in Artificial Intelligence to ease pressure on GPs and hospitals, under new plans. Patients will be able to Skype medics via smartphones, or receive a diagnosis by chatbots, under the deal agreed by one of the…