healthcare

With both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine people are three times less likely than the unvaccinated to test positive

Full COVID jab protects you 3 times more than no vaccine, study finds

The detail from MRI scans of a patient's head.

Labelling times for life-saving MRI scans cut from years to 30 minutes

Male medicine doctor hand holding in hand medical marijuana

Cannabis, nicotine and psychedelics could be key to healthcare

Visitors at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, Thursday, July 8, 2021.

China is betting on health tech as AI market booms

The Kompaï robot at VivaTech Paris. Its creators hope the robot will be used in healthcare settings.

Are robots the solution to the ageing population crisis?

File photo of a doctor looking at an Alzheimer's PET scan. The NHS is trialling a new tool which they hope will help identify the disease in its early stages.

Can AI help detect the early stages of Alzheimer’s?

The digital future

The future of healthcare will mean embracing more digital solutions

Finnish doctors noticed a surprise drop in the number of heart attack patients they saw last spring.

Did lockdown cut heart attacks by a third?

10/06/2021

Seniors in Florida are taking virtual reality enabled tours in a bid to improve their emotional well-being

Can virtual reality tours improve nursing home residents’ health?

09/06/2021

Vaccines are packed into a Zipline drone ready to be sent to rural parts of Ghana.

These drones are airdropping vaccines to remote Ghanaian villages

04/06/2021

A ransomware is an attack that encrypts the victim's data with the attacker demanding payment to unlock it.

Irish healthcare service targeted by 'significant ransomware attack'

14/05/2021

Due to lockdowns, psychotherapists have had to quickly adapt to digital appointments.

Is online therapy the key to unlocking the mental health crisis?

02/04/2021