❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
⏱️ Ancient diseases can become modern medicine
Bacteria associated with the ancient disease leprosy can reprogram cells to make the liver grow.
🧘♀️ Mindfulness can work just as well as antidepressants
Meditation can serve as an alternative to antidepressants for those suffering from anxiety.
🧠 Screening for stroke can save both money and lives
A simple screening can show who has atrial fibrillation and who therefore needs blood thinners to reduce the risk of stroke.
💊 Optimized Parkinson's treatment increases patients' quality of life
By adapting the medication to each individual, it is possible to improve the effect of the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
💖 Visualization will provide better and safer heart operations
In the future, a model will be able to simulate heart operations and show which procedure is best for each individual patient.
🧬 New cancer test can detect dangerous cell changes far in advance
A new screening test for cervical cancer can detect high-grade cell changes before they are possible to see with current methods.
🩸 More people may receive dialysis at home
A breakthrough in the understanding of how glucose is transported between cells can mean that many more people can receive dialysis directly at home, thus avoiding going to hospital for treatment.
💊 New pain reliever without the side effects of opioids
New substances have an analgesic effect similar to opioids, but without the negative side effects.
🦻 Hearing aid can alleviate tinnitus
By adapting a normal hearing aid for each individual person, it is possible to alleviate the problems of those who suffer from tinnitus.