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Robo-pets can improve quality of life
for dementia sufferers
Interaction with a robotic companion
can help people with mid to late stage dementia become less anxious
and also have a positive influence on their quality of life,
according to new research. 28 June 2013
NHS intensive care units reduce
bloodstream infection rates by 60%
Hospitals across England
reduced the rate of serious bloodstream infections in intensive care
units (ICUs) by following a series of basic practices, research has
shown. 28 June 2013
Recommendations for the development of nanomedicine in Europe till
2020
The European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN) and the
NANOMED2020 project have published a White Paper on the
Contribution of Nanomedicine to Horizon 2020 research funding
programme. 21 June 2013
App turns smartphone into ECG recorder and transmitter
A researcher at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has
developed an app that enables a smart phone to record data
wirelessly from a small ECG device worn round the chest. 21 June
2013
New layer discovered in human cornea
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a
previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the
front of the human eye. 21 June 2013
Simple tool could help GPs more
accurately assess musculoskeletal conditions
A simple set of
generic questions could help GPs more accurately predict the likely
progression of disease in patients with musculoskeletal conditions,
research funded by Arthritis Research UK has shown. 21 June 2013
Increased payments to hospitals
reduced infant mortality in Thailand
When healthcare reform
in Thailand increased payments to
public hospitals for indigent care, more poor people sought medical
treatment and infant mortality was reduced, a new study by the
Consortium on Financial Systems and Poverty shows. 21 June 2013
Med tech industry applauds planned
US-EU trade negotiations
AdvaMed, COCIR, MITA and MedTech
Europe have applauded the announcement at the G8 Summit for the
benefits that the negotiations could bring to the medtech sector on
both sides of the Atlantic. 21 June 2013
COCIR welcomes changes to EC EMF
Directive protecting use of MRI scans
COCIR has welcomed the
revised European Council Directive on Protecting Workers from
Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (the EMF Directive) passed by the
European Parliament yesterday. 21 June 2013
Mobile app helps elderly manage
medication better
An application for mobile devices that
helps elderly people with multiple illnesses improve medication
management has been developed by. Researchers at the Universidad
Miguel Hernández and partners. 19 June 2013
Antibiotic stimulates production of
itself across bacteria population
An antibiotic has been
found to stimulate its own production of itself in a soil bacterium
when nutrients become limited in a study at the John Innes Centre.
18 Jun 2013
Siemens and Iron Man raise profile of
diabetes in adolescents
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics used
the Marvel Super Hero Iron Man at the Diabetes UK Professional
Conference in Manchester recently to promote early diagnosis and
treatment to manage diabetes effectively. 18 Jun 2013
GE Healthcare to invest US$2bn in software for industrial internet
E Healthcare has announced plans to invest $2 billion over the next
five years to accelerate the development of software for healthcare
systems and applications. 18 June 2013
EC invests €77m into I4MS initiative to boost 200 hi-tech SMEs
The European Commission is launching a new €77 million fund from
its 7th R&D Framework Programme (FP7) to help high-tech SMEs
exploit the potential of ICTs to boost their businesses. 17 Jun
2013
EU-wide call for projects to develop
mobile access to EMRs across borders
The EC-funded DECIPHER
PCP project aims to create a mobile information system that will
allow primary and emergency care doctors to access medical records
of patients from other EU countries using secure mobile technology.
7 Jun 2013
Project to design low-cost digital
healthcare assistants for the home
The SPHERE project is a
collaboration between universities, industry and a local council
that will develop simple home sensor systems to monitor the health
and wellbeing of people living at home. 7 June 2013
Blood test for pregnant women
diagnoses Down's Syndrome in foetus
A non-invasive test that
analyzes foetal DNA in a pregnant woman’s blood can accurately
detect Down’s syndrome and other genetic foetal abnormalities in the
first trimester. 7 June 2013
Vitamin A plays protective role in
inflammatory bowel disease
Scientists at Trinity College
Dublin have discovered that Vitamin A can reduce the damaging immune
responses that lead to inflammatory bowel disease. 7 June 2013
Strathclyde-based chemical
manufacturing research centre receives £34.2m boost
The EPSRC
Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Continuous Manufacturing and
Crystallisation (CMAC) in Strathclyde has received an £11.4 million
cash injection from the Higher Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE), supported with £22.8 million industry and charity
contributions. 6 June 2013
TSB announces funding for 3D printing
projects
Research and development projects using 3D printing
techniques have received a funding boost from the UK Technology
Strategy Board and three research councils. 6 June 2013
HistoIndex chooses London BioScience
Innovation Centre as European base
Singapore-based medical
imaging company HistoIndex has become the 50th life science company
in the London BioScience Innovation Centre (LBIC). 6 June 2013
IMI NEWMEDS project to find new
treatments for schizophrenia and depression
The Innovative
Medicines Initiative (IMI) NEWMEDS project brings together seven
academic research institutions, nine major pharmaceutical companies
and three SMEs to speed the quest for schizophrenia and depression
treatments. 6 June 2013
Sussex Health Informatics Service secures 40,000 networked
devices
Sussex Health Informatics Service (HIS) has selected ForeScout
CounterACT to deliver real-time access and endpoint security for
40,000 devices across 500 sites.
Peratech designs QTC Ultra Sensor for
pressure-sensitive switching
Yorkshire-based Peratech's QTC
Ultra Sensor can be mounted behind a 0.1mm stainless steel or 0.5mm
glass sheet and detect the pressure of a finger on the top of the
sheet to act as a touch-sensitive switch. 5 June 2013
Osteoarthritis halted by treating bone
Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered that
degeneration of bone underneath cartilage plays a key role in
osteoarthritis and exacerbates the damage, and treating this can
prevent damage. 4 June 2013
Baby's life saved by 3D-printed
tracheal splint
Doctors at the University of Michigan have
saved the life of a 20-month-old baby with a collapsed trachea by
printing a custom designed splint based on a CT scan of his trachea.
With video. 4 June 2013
Thirteen national science academies call on G8 to act on drug
resistance threat
The national
science academies of the G8 member states and five other science
academies, are calling on the G8 governments to take action over two
threats to human populations: drug-resistant infectious agents and
sustainable development. 4 June 2013
Junk DNA plays active role in cancer
A human gene sequence until recently considered ‘junk' could promote
cancer progression, according to research at the University of
Nottingham. 4 June 2013
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